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The literature review is a written overview of major writings and other sources on a selected topic. Sources covered in the review may include scholarly journal articles, books, government reports, Web sites, etc. The literature review provides a description, summary and evaluation of each source.
Where to search when doing a literature review
- Start with research databases. Scopus and Web of Science are good databases to start with for any research topic and literature review.
- Focus your search with specific databases.
- Find books, theses and more.
What are the types of review of related literature?
Types of Literature Reviews
- Argumentative Review. This form examines literature selectively in order to support or refute an argument, deeply imbedded assumption, or philosophical problem already established in the literature.
- Integrative Review.
- Historical Review.
- Methodological Review.
- Systematic Review.
- Theoretical Review.
Why review of related literature is important?
The literature review is important because: • It describes how the proposed research is related to prior research in statistics. It shows the originality and relevance of your research problem. It demonstrates your preparedness to complete the research.
The purpose of a literature review is to: Identify need for additional research (justifying your research) Identify the relationship of works in context of its contribution to the topic and to other works. Place your own research within the context of existing literature making a case for why further study is needed.
Original documents such as diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, records, eyewitness accounts, autobiographies. Empirical scholarly works such as research articles, clinical reports, case studies, dissertations. Creative works such as poetry, music, video, photography.
What are the two ways of review of related literature?
Systematic literature review can be divided into two categories: meta-analysis and meta-synthesis. When you conduct meta-analysis you take findings from several studies on the same subject and analyze these using standardized statistical procedures.
What’s the difference between related literature and related studies?
Related literature are often from journalist or any officials whereas the opinions and facts presented matters and can affect the masses’ opinion and thinking. Related Studies are from researchers or from official public offices, and thesis from different universities and libraries.
Related literature and studies help the researcher understand his topic better because it may clarify vague points about his problem. It also guides the researcher in making comparisons between his findings with the findings of other similar studies. So it is necessary that the related materials should have true value.