Selecting Relevant Literarture and its important in research

1. Lesson 1:
Selecting Relevant
Literature
Module 3

2. Literature
• is an oral or written record of man’s
significant experiences that are
expressed in an ordinary manner. It
is conveyed directly or indirectly.
Direct expressions is in books,
journals, periodic papers, and online
reading materials. Indirect
expressions are not written or spoken
at all but is mirror image of his
environment (Ridley 2012).

3. The Review of Related
Literature
is one of the main components of a
research study, specifically in the
second chapter. It gives an overview
of all the writings relative to a
specific topic (Prieto, Naval & Carey,
2017). Therefore, selecting the right
sources for the literature review is
very important in producing a quality
research paper.

4. • is the process of collecting,
selecting, and reading books,
journals, reports, abstracts,
and other reference
materials.

5. What are the
sources of
Literature
Review?

6. Primary Sources
provide first-hand information
that is closest to the object of
the study. Embody all sources
that are original
are original, peer reviewed, and
published research journal
articles reported by original
researchers.

7. Primary Sources
are the research reports, which are
description of studies written by
researchers who conducted them.
is written by a person who
developed the theory or conducted
the research, or is the description of
an investigation written by the
person who conducted it.
are found in published literature

8. Secondary Sources
provide second-hand data or
information. Sources that are non-
original. Written about primary
sources
research documents are description
of studies prepared by someone
other than the original researcher.
they are written by people other than
the individuals who developed the
theory or conducted the research.

9. Different Types of
Literature by
Wallace and Wray
(2006, p.92)

10. Theoretical Literature
describes expected or
anticipated relationships
about the way things happen
Research Literature
refers to a report of a
systematic investigation that
has been undertaken in need
to answer a specific problem

11. Empirical Research
deals with a research that was
done through the observation and
measurement of the world around
us.
Practice Literature
written by practitioners about their
field of expertise
Policy Literature
tells practitioners how to act in a
set of circumstances.

12. 1) A Review of the Related Literature
provides a concise summary of
information and data findings that
describe current knowledge and facts.
2) It provides foundation of knowledge
on a topic. It identifies areas of prior
scholarship to prevent duplication and
give credits to researchers. It helps
selects appropriate material in
designing your research methodology
and find relationship among
researches.

13. 3) A good literature involves 5c’s; Cite,
Compare, Contrast, Critique and
Connect.
4) There are two sources of literature
review; the primary sources which
contains the first-hand information and
the secondary sources which contains
non-original information.
5) There are five types of literature. It
includes theoretical literature,
research literature, empirical research,
practice literature and policy literature.