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• A literature review identifies, evaluates and synthesizes the relevant literature within a particular field of research.
• A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic.
• Literature refers to a collection of published information/materials on a particular area of research or topic such as books, journals, and magazines.
• To review the literature means to be able to identify:

  • what has been established, discredited and accepted in your field
  • areas of controversy or conflict among different schools of thought
  • problems or issues that remain unsolved
  • emerging trends and new approaches
  • how your research extends, builds upon, and departs from previous research.
• A review of literature presents much more than a summary of relevant source.
• In reviewing a literature you need to compare, contrast, synthesize and make arguments.
• A research gap is a question or a problem that has not been answered by any of the existing studies or research within your field.
• RRL


  A literature review
• Literature review


  A survey of scholarly sources that provides an overview of a topic under study
• Purposes of RRL

  1. Familiarizes the researcher with the topic under study
  2. Allows researcher to frame the problem within existing knowledge base
  3. Provides an opportunity to benchmark on the studies of other scholars.
• purposes of rrl

  1. Build upon existing research by investigating a different aspect
  2. Refine n existing study by filling gaps
  3. Revise a prior study
• Process of writing rrl

  • Search for relevant literature
  • Evaluate and select sources
  • Identify themes, debates, and gaps
  • Outline the structure
  • Write your literature review
• Outline Structures

  • Chronological = trace
  • Thematic = organize
  • Methodological = compare
  • Theoretical = argue
• Document Review or Literature Sources

  • This involves the collection of data from already published text available in the public domain