The document discusses the definition, purposes, and process of conducting a literature review. It defines a literature review as surveying scholarly sources to be summarized, evaluated, and used to support a study. The purposes are to provide understanding of the study, justify the need for the study, and establish concepts for the study. When selecting literature, sources should provide insights on variables and present accurate, up-to-date results. The document outlines steps for conducting a literature review including deciding the topic, searching literature, finding excerpts, coding information, creating a schema, and writing the review. It also discusses different types of reading and tools for reviewing literature.

1. SELECTING AND
SYNTHESIZING
INFORMATION
FROM RELEVANT
LITERATURE
Practical Research 1 – Quarter 4

2. LITERATURE
REVIEW
• Definition
As cited from Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania (2020),
Literature review requires for a survey
of scholarly articles, books, and other
sources which will later be
enumerated, summarized, and
evaluated in order to form a concrete
basis and support for the current
study.

3. LITERATURE
REVIEW
• Purposes
The following are the purposes of
literature review (University of South
Carolina Library, 2020):
1. It provides the researcher a clear
understanding of the study to be
investigated.
2. It justifies the need for conducting
the study.
3. It serves as the basis for
establishing concepts presented in
the study.

4. In selecting the literature for a study, the following
questions should be considered:
1. Can this literature give me insights to present
properly essential variables of my study?
2. Is this literature up-to-date?
3. Does this literature provide perceptive and
accurate results and conclusions?
4. Does this literature present contrasting ideas
which can be used in identifying
research gaps?
SELECTING THE
LITERATURE
REVIEW

5. Boza (2015) of University of California
presents six steps in conducting a
literature review. These steps are as
follows:
1.Decide on the area of research.
2. Search for the literature.
3. Find relevant excerpts in books and
articles.
CONDUCTING A
LITERATURE
REVIEW

6. Wilson (1990) identified four types of
reading. These are as follows:
Elementary reading. This type of
reading pertains to word-recognition
type of reading wherein sentences are
literally comprehended.
Systematic reading. This type of
reading employs skimming strategy
wherein the researcher-reader may
focus on the highlighted terms in the
sample source manuscript.
FOUR TYPES
OF READING

7.  Analytic reading. This type of
reading requires the researcher-
reader to break the whole scholarly
work into parts for better
understanding.
 Comparative reading. This type of
reading considers two or more
scholarly works which will be
analyzed for comparing-contrasting
purposes.
FOUR TYPES
OF READING

8. 4. Code the literature.
Two of the commonly used tools for
reading and review purposes are as
follows:
Highlighting. This tool uses marks and
symbols that will help the researcher to
easily revisit the important ideas found in
a scholarly work.
Annotation. This tool uses words,
phrases, and sentences which serve as
written remarks of the researcher
CONDUCTING A
LITERATURE
REVIEW

9. 5. Create conceptual schema.
6. Begin writing literature review.
CONDUCTING A
LITERATURE
REVIEW

10. TRUE OR FALSE.
C O N T O S O A L L - H A N D S
10
Write True if the given statement
is correct and False if not.
1. Literature review refers to a
comprehensive summary and
evaluation of scholarly works.
2. Literature review leads to a
vagueness of a study.
3. A good literature is out-to-date.
4. Doing a literature review
requires a systematic procedure.

11. TRUE OR FALSE.
C O N T O S O A L L - H A N D S
11
Write True if the given statement
is correct and False if not.
5. Articles and books to be
reviewed must be relevant to the
variable of the study.
6. Elementary reading employs a
skimming strategy.
7. Comparative reading deals with
the analysis of viewpoints of
different authors.

12. TRUE OR FALSE.
C O N T O S O A L L - H A N D S
12
Write True if the given statement
is correct and False if not.
8. Annotation uses words, phrases, and
sentences to mark some observations of
the researcher towards the article being
read.
9. Synthesis matrix is used to organize
important ideas found from different
literature.
10. If an idea or claim from a certain
literature is used in a current study, the
researcher must cite its author.