RRL

• Review of Related Literature


  It gives an overview of all the writings relative to a specific topic
• A research paper, basically, has five chapters, in which Chapter 2 is the review of related literature
• Selecting the right sources for the literature review

  • Very important in producing a quality research paper
• Review of Related Literature

  1. Collecting

  2. Selecting

  3. Reading books, journals, reports, abstracts, and other reference materials
• Background knowledge


  About the problem and associated ideas
• Theories


  That give details of the presence of the problem and certain variables that is connected to the problem
• Data


  That prove the occurrence and gravity of the problem
• Information that may be collected in the Review of Related Literature


  • Detailed and broad results of related studies
  • Gaps and recommendations for additional study specified in related studies
• The significance and rationale of related literature and studies is to find out the similarities and differences between the past and present studies, to get ideas into the critical and controversial aspects of the problem
• It helps recognize and define a research problem
• It gives the researcher a background analysis aspect, which have been studied
• It guides the researcher on what to do on the mechanism of the research methods; this also provides the thoughts to advance with the study until its conclusion
• It avoids redundant duplication of a study
• Reading extensively will enrich your background knowledge on your research topic that will enable you to establish a good groundwork or course of your research endeavor
• Acknowledgment


  It identifies individuals who have contributed to the making of the manuscript, written at the start of the paper
• References or Bibliography


  A whole list of literary materials including all books, journal, theses, and dissertations along with other sources mentioned above. References are arranged alphabetically in some papers or in order of sequence as it comes out in the paper. This holds the summary of the information of all of your sources.
• Information needed in making the referencing list

  • Author's name
  • Date of the publication of the source
  • Page number where you found the information
  • Publisher
  • Place of Publishing
  • Volume
  • Edition
  • Other relevant information –date of access
• Citation, or In-text-citation


  Referring author within the main body of the text. Citations can be done by paraphrasing, summarizing, or through quotations. It can be written in the beginning of a text, between the text, or at the last part of the paragraph.
• Creating or synthesizing your review of related literature


  Gathering ideas from other researches can be done by some patterns or techniques like paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing it
• Paraphrase


  Restates another's idea (or your own previously published idea) in your own words. Paraphrasing allows you to summarize and synthesize information from one or more sources, focus on significant information, and compare and contrast relevant details.
• Online sources for RRL


  • www.worldcat.org
  • doaj.org
  • eric.ed.gov
  • core.ac.uk
  • scholar.google.com
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• AND


  Narrows down results by looking for both or all your search terms in each source
• OR or minus (-)


  They tell the search engine to alternate or exclude search terms
• Quotation marks (" ")


  Enclosing search terms in quotation marks tells the search engine to look for the exact phrase
• When conducting online research, combine use these modifiers with your search terms to get better and more specific results
• Credibility Test


  • Authorship
  • Up-to-date
  • URL
  • Source Type
• Skimming


  Allows you to process a large amount of information quickly. Read the first sentence for each paragraph to get an overall understanding of what your reference is about.
• Scanning


  Allows you to read and spot specific information you need. You can look for keywords related to your topic.
• When you are looking at many sources, use these techniques to help you read efficiently
• Research is more than just using your topic or question to look for references
• Skills that can come in handy when starting a research

  • Combining search terms with modifiers
  • Identifying and Using Reliable Sources
  • Skimming and Scanning
  • Conducting a quick credibility test
• Using these methods will help you go through more resources and quickly identify the ones that best fit your topic