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The Literature Review:
A Few Tips On Conducting It
Written by
Dena Taylor, Health Sciences Writing Centre
Summarized by:
s1150036
Takahiro Ebana
What is review of literature?
A literature review is an account of what has been
published on a topic by accredited scholars and
researchers.
In writing the literature review, your purpose is to
convey to your reader what knowledge and ideas have
been established on a topic, and what their strengths
and weaknesses are.
As a piece of writing, the literature review must be
defined by a guiding concept.
Get advantages by writing
review of literature
writing a literature review lets you gain and
demonstrate skills in two areas:
1. information seeking1. information seeking
The ability to scan the literature efficiently, using
manual or computerized methods, to identify a set
of useful articles and books.
2. critical appraisal
The ability to apply principles of analysis to identify
unbiased and valid studies.
The points that is necessary in
review of literature
1. be organized around and related directly to the
thesis or research question you are developing
2. synthesize results into a summary of what is and is
not known
3. identify areas of controversy in the literature
4. formulate questions that need further research
Example : Ask yourself questions
1. What is the specific thesis, problem, or research
question that my literature review helps to define?
2. What type of literature review am I conducting? Am I
looking at issues of theory? methodology? policy?
quantitative research (e.g. on the effectiveness of a new
procedure)? qualitative research?
3. What is the scope of my literature review? What types of
publications am I using (e.g., journals, books, government
documents, popular media)? What discipline am I working
in?
Example : Ask yourself questions
like these about each book or article
you include
1. Has the author formulated a problem/issue?
2. Is it clearly defined? Is its significance (scope,
severity, relevance) clearly established?
3. Could the problem have been approached more
effectively from another perspective?
4. What is the author's research orientation (e.g.,
interpretive, critical science, combination)?
Example : Ask yourself questions
like these about each book or article
you include
5, In material written for a popular readership, does the author use
appeals to emotion, one-sided examples, or rhetorically-charged
language and tone? Is there an objective basis to the reasoning, or is
the author merely "proving" what he or she already believes?
6, How does the author structure the argument? Can you "deconstruct"
the flow of the argument to see whether or where it breaks down
logically (e.g., in establishing cause-effect relationships)?
7, In what ways does this book or article contribute to our
understanding of the problem under study, and in what ways is it
useful for practice? What are the strengths and limitations?
8 How does this book or article relate to the specific thesis or question
I am developing?
Final notes
A literature review is a piece of discursive prose, not a list describing or
summarizing one piece of literature after another. It's usually a bad sign
to see every paragraph beginning with the name of a researcher.
Instead, organize the literature review into sections that present
themes or identify trends, including relevant theory. You are not trying
to list all the material published, but to synthesize and evaluate it
according to the guiding concept of your thesis or research question
If you are writing an annotated bibliography, you may need to summarize
each item briefly, but should still follow through themes and concepts
and do some critical assessment of material. Use an overall introduction
and conclusion to state the scope of your coverage and to formulate the
question, problem, or concept your chosen material illuminates. Usually
you will have the option of grouping items into sections―this helps you
indicate comparisons and relationships. You may be able to write a
paragraph or so to introduce the focus of each section

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Tw2010week7 s1150036

  • 1. The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It Written by Dena Taylor, Health Sciences Writing Centre Summarized by: s1150036 Takahiro Ebana
  • 2. What is review of literature? A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. In writing the literature review, your purpose is to convey to your reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. As a piece of writing, the literature review must be defined by a guiding concept.
  • 3. Get advantages by writing review of literature writing a literature review lets you gain and demonstrate skills in two areas: 1. information seeking1. information seeking The ability to scan the literature efficiently, using manual or computerized methods, to identify a set of useful articles and books. 2. critical appraisal The ability to apply principles of analysis to identify unbiased and valid studies.
  • 4. The points that is necessary in review of literature 1. be organized around and related directly to the thesis or research question you are developing 2. synthesize results into a summary of what is and is not known 3. identify areas of controversy in the literature 4. formulate questions that need further research
  • 5. Example : Ask yourself questions 1. What is the specific thesis, problem, or research question that my literature review helps to define? 2. What type of literature review am I conducting? Am I looking at issues of theory? methodology? policy? quantitative research (e.g. on the effectiveness of a new procedure)? qualitative research? 3. What is the scope of my literature review? What types of publications am I using (e.g., journals, books, government documents, popular media)? What discipline am I working in?
  • 6. Example : Ask yourself questions like these about each book or article you include 1. Has the author formulated a problem/issue? 2. Is it clearly defined? Is its significance (scope, severity, relevance) clearly established? 3. Could the problem have been approached more effectively from another perspective? 4. What is the author's research orientation (e.g., interpretive, critical science, combination)?
  • 7. Example : Ask yourself questions like these about each book or article you include 5, In material written for a popular readership, does the author use appeals to emotion, one-sided examples, or rhetorically-charged language and tone? Is there an objective basis to the reasoning, or is the author merely "proving" what he or she already believes? 6, How does the author structure the argument? Can you "deconstruct" the flow of the argument to see whether or where it breaks down logically (e.g., in establishing cause-effect relationships)? 7, In what ways does this book or article contribute to our understanding of the problem under study, and in what ways is it useful for practice? What are the strengths and limitations? 8 How does this book or article relate to the specific thesis or question I am developing?
  • 8. Final notes A literature review is a piece of discursive prose, not a list describing or summarizing one piece of literature after another. It's usually a bad sign to see every paragraph beginning with the name of a researcher. Instead, organize the literature review into sections that present themes or identify trends, including relevant theory. You are not trying to list all the material published, but to synthesize and evaluate it according to the guiding concept of your thesis or research question If you are writing an annotated bibliography, you may need to summarize each item briefly, but should still follow through themes and concepts and do some critical assessment of material. Use an overall introduction and conclusion to state the scope of your coverage and to formulate the question, problem, or concept your chosen material illuminates. Usually you will have the option of grouping items into sections―this helps you indicate comparisons and relationships. You may be able to write a paragraph or so to introduce the focus of each section