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The Literature Review

The Literature Review. Dr Areefa Albahri. The Literature Review. The review of the literature is defined as a broad, comprehensive, in-depth, systematic, and critical review of scholarly publications, unpublished scholarly print materials, audiovisual materials, and personal communications.

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The Literature Review

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  1. The Literature Review Dr Areefa Albahri

  2. The Literature Review The review of the literature is defined as a broad, comprehensive, in-depth, systematic, and critical review of scholarly publications, unpublished scholarly print materials, audiovisual materials, and personal communications

  3. The Literature Review • The review of the literature is traditionally considered a systematic and critical review of the most important published scholarlyliterature on a particular topic. • Scholarlyliteraturerefer to published and unpublished data based literature and conceptual literature materials found in print and non print forms • Data based literature reports of completed research • Conceptual research reports of theories, concepts

  4. The value of literature • Glean idea • Study other research • Give idea areas where research needs to be done

  5. Types of Resources • General Reference tools : come first (Systematical information) Examples: articles, books, reports, indexes, abstracts • Primary sources : their study directly to the reader(Detail information) Example: journal

  6. Secondary sources : author describe the work of others.(quick overview) Examples: educational encyclopedias, textbooks

  7. Steps Involve in a Literature Research • Define research problem • Look relevant secondary sources • Select and peruse general reference • Formulate search terms • Search relevant primary sources • Obtain and read relevant primary sources, and note and summarize key points in the sources.

  8. Doing a Computer Search • Define the problem • Decide the extent of the search • Decide on the database • Select search words and discover descriptors • Conduct the search

  9. The Benefits of Computer Search • Fast • Cheap • Provides printout also

  10. Steps of Searching the Literature Determine concept/issue/topic/problem Conduct computer (and/or hand) search Weed out irrelevant sources before printing Organize sources from printout for retrieval Retrieve relevant sources Conduct preliminary reading and weed out irrelevant sources Critically read each source (summarize & critique each source) Synthesize critical summaries

  11. Steps in Writing Literature Review • Organize analyze • Integrate categorize • Synthezise Locate and Evaluate the Sources

  12. Why we need them? • Improve & restate the question • Helps to clarify purpose & scope of the literature review. • Examine the topic more deeply.

  13. 5 parts of Literature Review • Introduction • Body • Summary • Conclusions • Reference List

  14. The Use of Literature Review in Quantitative Research • Design and method The literature review reveals strengths and weaknesses of designs and methods of previous research studies • Outcome of the analysis (findings, implications, and recommendations) The literature review is used to discuss the results or findings of a study. The discussion relates the study’s findings to what was or was not found in the review of literature

  15. Primary and Secondary Sources Primary source: is written by a person(s) who developed the theory or conducted the research Secondary source: is written by a person(s) other than the individual who developed the theory or conducted the research

  16. Thank You

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