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RRL - A Quick Review
Review of Related Literature
Meaning
The face review of literature consists
of two words: Review and Literature.
The term review means
to organize the knowledge of the specific area of research to evolve an edifice of knowledge to show
that the proposed study would be an addition to this field.The term literature
refers to the knowledge of a particular area of Investigation of any discipline
which includes theoretical,
practical and its research studies.
Phases
Reviewing the literature has two phases:
Identifications
and Reading. It includes identifying all the
relevant published material in the problem area and reading that part of it
with which we are not thoroughly familiar.
Writing.The second phase of
review of literature involves
writing this foundation of Ideas into a section of the research report for the
the joint benefit of researchers
and readers. For
the researcher establishes the background in the field and for the readers
it provides a summary of thinking to understand the study.
Objectives
- To provide theories, ideas, the explanation for hypotheses which may prove useful in the formulation of a new problem
- To provide the sources of hypotheses. The researcher can formulate research hypotheses based on available studies.
- To suggest a method, procedure, sources of data and statistical techniques appropriate to the solution of a problem.
- To enable the researcher to improve his own investigation
- To provide some insight regarding the strong point and limitation of the previous studies.
Functions
- To provide an understanding of the status of research in the problem area.
- To you close to the research approach, method, instrumentation and data analysis.
- To give specific information required to interpret the definition assumption limitation and hypotheses of the research.
Sources
of Literature Review
Generally, sources are mainly divided into two
: Primary source,
Secondary source and
Tertiary Source.
A primary source is an original object or document --
the raw material or first-hand information, source material that is closest to
what is being studied (Betts, n.d.). Scientific and other peer-reviewed journals are
excellent sources for primary research.
A secondary
the source is something written about a primary source. Secondary sources include
comments on, interpretations of, or discussions about the original
material. Secondary source materials can be articles in newspapers or popular
magazines, book or movie reviews, or articles found in scholarly journals that
evaluate or criticize someone else's original research.
A tertiary source is an index or textual consolidation of primary and secondary sources.
Some tertiary sources are not to be used for academic research unless they can
also, be used as secondary sources, or to find other sources
The important sources of review of
related literature is:
Thesis
and Dissertations.
These can be useful sources of information. However, there are disadvantages:
They
can be difficult to obtain since they are not published, but are generally only
available from the library shelf
The
the student who carried out the research may not be an experienced researcher and
therefore you might have to treat their findings with more caution than
published research.
Books. Books tend to be less up-to-date as it takes longer
for a book to be publisher than for a journal article. Textbooks are unlikely
to be useful for including in your literature review as they are intended for
teaching, not for research, but they do offer a good starting point from which
to find more detailed sources.
Figure
1. Book
Journal articles. These are good, especially for up-to-date information. Bear in
mind, though,
that it can take up to two years to publish articles. They are
frequently-used
in literature reviews because they offer a relatively concise, up-
to-date format
for research, and because all reputable journals are refereed (i.e.
editors publish
only the most relevant and reliable research).
Figure
2. Journal
Conference
Proceedings. These can
be useful in providing the latest research, or research that has not been
the publisher. They are also helpful in providing information on which people are
currently involved in which research areas, and so can help track
down other work by the same researchers.
Internet. The fastest-growing source of information is on the
Internet. It is impossible to characterize the information available but here
are some hints about using electronic sources:
- Bear in mind that anyone can post information on the Internet so the quality may not be reliable,
- The information you find may be intended for a general audience and so not be suitable for inclusion in your literature review (information for a general the audience is usually less detailed)
- More and more refereed electronic journals (e-journals) are appearing on the Internet - if they are refereed it means that there is an editorial board that evaluates the work before publishing it in their e-journal, so the quality should be more reliable (depending on the reputation of the journal).
Government/corporate
reports. Many
government departments and corporations commission or carry out research. Their
published findings can provide a useful source of information, depending on
your field of study.
CD-ROMS. At the moment, few CR-ROMs provide the kind of
specialized, detailed information about academic research that you need for
your own research since most are intended for a general audience. However, more
and more bibliographies are being put onto CD-ROM for use in academic
libraries, so they can be a very valuable tool in searching for the information
you need.
Magazines. Magazines intended for a general audience (e.g.
Time) is unlikely to be useful in providing the sort of information you need.
Specialized magazines may be more useful (for example business magazines for
management students) but usually magazines are not useful for your research
except as a starting point by providing news or general information about new
discoveries, policies, etc. that you can further research in more specialized
sources.
Table 1
Types Of Sources
Primary
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Secondary
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Tertiary
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Journal Articles
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Monographs
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Library Catalogs
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Conference Proceedings
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Abstracts
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Guides To The Literature
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Theses & Dissertation
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Handbooks
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- N.R SAXENA B.K MISHRA R.K MOHANTY, Review of Related Literature,2003, Sources of RRL, English,110, Third Edition, Surya Publication Meerut.
- Betts, S. (n.d.). LibGuides: PHYS 342: Materials Science: Home. Retrieved August 20, 2019, from //libguides.kettering.edu/c.php?g=473752&p=3241780
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