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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		Secondary		Tertiary
Journal Articles		Monographs		Library  Catalogs
Conference Proceedings		Abstracts		Guides To The Literature
Theses & Dissertation		Handbooks

References:-

•    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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