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REVIEW OF RELATED

LITERATURE
Review of Related Literature
A review of related literature is the process of collecting,
selecting, and reading books, journals, reports, abstracts, and
other reference materials. Summary of existing knowledge on
the research topic
What does it mean?
 CONTENTS Ground information
about the problem and related.
Theories that explain the existence of the problem and the
possible connection between certain factors and the problem
Data that confirms the existence and seriousness of the
problem
General and specific findings of studies related to the problem
Recommendations for further study given in related studies
Why do you need to do Review of
Literature?
• It helps the researcher identify and define a research
problem
• It helps justify the need for studying a problem.
• It prevents unnecessary duplication of a study
• It can be a source of a theoretical basis for the study
• Why do you need to do Review of Literature?
Why do you need to do Review of
Literature?
• It enables the researcher to learn how to conceptualize a
research problem and properly identify and operationally
define study variables
• It helps formulate and refine research instruments
• It provides lesson for data analysis and interpretation.
When to start doing Review of
Related Literature?
• While the research problem is still being conceptualized, the
researcher must already start reviewing literature. In
identifying and defining the research problem, the
researcher must be able to show evidences that the problem
really exists and is worth investigating.
When to start doing Review of
Related Literature?
• It is important that the researcher knows what is already
known about the problem or what earlier researchers have
found about it and what questions still need to be answered
before the research questions or objectives are finalized.
When to start doing Review of
Related Literature?
• Theories which the researchers use to explain the existence
of a research problem and used as bases in analyzing
relationships between variables can be generated from
reference books on theories or from related studies. The
researcher therefore, must have already read adequate
literature at the start of the research activity.
Materials Needed to be Reviewed:
• General References
• Indexes – print collection of current article locations
arranged topically
• Abstracts – contains a brief summary of each listed article
• Databases – electronically searchable or machine readable
indexes and abstracts
 Materials Needed to Review
• Primary Sources
• Examples are researches found on published journals.
• Secondary Sources
• Publications where authors cite the works of others.
Examples are books, encyclopedias.
• Secondary sources are good references for overview of the
problem.
• Online Resources
• Internet and Email
Steps In Literature Review :
• Review the precise definition of the research problem. Note
the key variables specified in the study objectives and
hypothesis.
• Formulate “search terms” (key words or phrases)
• Using indexes of general references, search for relevant
primary and secondary sources guided by the search terms.
Steps In Literature Review :
• List in a note of index card the bibliographical data of the
pertinent information selected as follows:
• a. author
• b. title
• c. name of publication
• d. date of publication (include place and date)
• e. pages of the article
Steps In Literature Review :
• Introductory Part
• Begin with brief introduction to the topic of interest and the
significance of that topic
• Researcher may suggest why he or she has a personal
interest in the topic or why it is an important topic to the
communication discipline, perhaps clarifying some theory or
providing a solution to a practical problem
How To Write Review Of Literature?
• Second Section
• Generally the longest part, comes on different pattern
depending on the information that has been collected
• In this section researcher summarizes the previous
knowledge, theory and research regarding the topic
How To Write Review Of Literature?

• Final Section
• This section is the critical evaluation of the state of current
knowledge.
• This is the synthesis of the previous section indicating
questions and gaps that have yet to be resolved
• The outcome of this section will be the formulation of a
specific research problem (question or hypotheses) that the
researcher will attempt to resolve in future investigation

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