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LITERATURE REPORT
Review of Related Literature &
Studies
Published articles, Published
Literature Review documents, quantitative
chapters in book. and
qualitative
• Is an organized critique of the important Literature studies
scholarly literature that supports a study and a reviews of
key step in the research process. concepts.
Unpublished
• Is useful in developing the researcher’s Proceedings and studies
understanding and background and is particularly audiotapes and
essential when the researcher is not completely videotapes from
familiar with studies previously done within the scholarly
problem area. conferences.
Unpublished
• The review should be organized into sections that Web-based research abstract
or entire studies
present themes or identify trends. The purpose is online from print, audio,
not to list all material published but instead, the
review of literature should synthesize and
articles and online,
evaluate it based on the focus of the study. information conferences etc
from
A literature review must do these things: professional
organization
1. Be organized around and related directly to the
thesis or research question you are developing s and
2. Synthesize results into a summary of what is and agencies.
is not known
3. Synthesize results into a summary of what is and
is not known
4. Formulate questions that need further research
D. Synthesizing Sources
• Involves clarifying the meaning obtained from
the source as a whole.
• Clustering and interrelating ideas from several
sources to form a gestalt are done through
synthesis.