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CHAPTER FIVE

REVIEWING THE LITERATURE

Writing A Literature Review

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Knowledge does not exist in a vacuum, and your work

only has value in relation to other people’s. Your work

and your findings will be significant only to the extent

that they are the same as, or different from, other people’s work.

(Jankowicz 1995, pp.128–9)

Writing A Literature Review

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•To demonstrate your knowledge of the subject.•To provide an outline of the relevant theories and concepts.

•To focus the research question.

•To determine the extent of past research into the subject.•To develop a hypothesis.

•To identify methodologies and methods that have beensuccessfully utilised in the past.

•To help ensure all relevant variables are identified.

•To allow comparison of your findings with those of others.

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SOURCES OF LITERATURE

• Peer-reviewed journal.

• !on"erence paper.

• #$e %n&erne&.

• Pa& &$ee.

• 'ewpapera*azine.

• #rade journal.

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• +$a& i &$e ource o" &$e li&era&ure

• +$o are &$e au&$or re &$e e/per& in &$e "ield

• +$a& o&$er work $ave &$e pu0li$ed in a iilar area

• % &$a& piece o" li&era&ure re"erenced elew$ere in o&$er

ar&icle on &$e u0jec& area %" o, are uc$ re"erencepoi&ive or cri&ical

• +$en wa &$e ar&icle pu0li$ed % i& a recen& ar&icle or $a

i& 0een upereded 0 o&$er reearc$

• in* our own knowled*e, $ow *ood do you &$ink &$e

ar&icle i

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• Who produced the page? Was it

 !n academic institution or publisher?

 !n official company or organisational web page?

 ! personal web page?• What are their qualifications for producing such material?

• What was their purpose in producing the page?

• Who was their intended audience?

• "as the content undergone any form of refereeing process?

• When was the page last updated?

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#$e li&era&ure review $ould &ar& wi&$ an in&roduc&ion,

iden&i"in* &$e &opic under inve&i*a&ion and providin* a

con&e/& "or &$e review.

#$i $ould 0e "ollowed 0 &$e ain 0od, w$ere &$e

li&era&ure i reviewed.

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e*in &$e review wi&$ a 0road overview o" &$e relevan&

idea, concep& and de"ini&ion, 0e"ore narrowin* down &oore relevan& work. Pa& reearc$ $ould 0e *rouped

&o*e&$er under appropria&e ca&e*orie, "or e/aple3

• 4&udie involvin* iilar reearc$ pro0le.

• 4&udie involvin* iilar e&$odolo*ie.

• 4&udie coin* &o iilar concluion.

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• +$a& do we know

• +$a& don6& we know (reearc$ *ap)

• 7ow our &ud "i& &$e reearc$ *ap.

• +$a& ou a e/pec& &o "ind ($po&$ee).

• ela&e &$e li&era&ure &o our &ud.

e critical i" appropria&e.

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• akin* &$e review ipl a li& o" pa& &udie, orproducin* an anno&a&ed 0i0lio*rap$.

• 'o& rela&in* &$e li&era&ure review &o &$e &ud, and akin* i&

ipl a *eneral review o" &$e u0jec& a&&er.

• 'o& &akin* &ie &o iden&i" &$e 0e& ource, and *ive uc$

ource due ep$ai, w$ile a& &$e ae &ie over-

ep$aiin* weaker or le ipor&an& ource.

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• :ailin* &o apprecia&e &$e relevan& wider (i.e. 0eond ju& &$a&

w$ic$ i por& rela&ed) li&era&ure.

• elin* on econdar ra&$er &$an priar ource o"

li&era&ure (&e/&0ook ra&$er &$an journal ar&icle "or e/aple).

• ncri&icall accep&in* &$e "indin* o" e/i&in* li&era&ure ra&$er&$an cri&icall evalua&in* &$e.

• 'o& coniderin* con&rar "indin* and al&erna&ive

in&erpre&a&ion.

• aiin* pro0lea&ic iue 0u& no& addrein* &$e.

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L1/ERA/URE RE1EW

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• 7ave % covered &$e ke li&era&ure

• % &$e li&era&ure review up &o da&e

• 7ave % covered recen& ource

• o % rela&e &$a& li&era&ure &o reearc$ ;ue&ion

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• 7ave % produced a cri&ical aeen& ra&$er &$an a

decrip&ive review

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&ruc&ure ra&$er &$an ipl producin* a li& o" li&era&ure

• 7ave % iden&i"ied &$e *apweaknee in e/i&in*

li&era&ure

• oe reearc$ ;ue&ion eer*e clearl "ro &$e

li&era&ure

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1. %& i ipor&an& &$a& ou develop our own e/per&ie in

&$e u0jec& a&&er a& an earl &a*e in &$e reearc$proce. #$i i done &$rou*$ loca&in*, readin* and

reviewin* relevan& li&era&ure.

2. #$e wri&&en review o" &$i li&era&ure alo "or an

ipor&an& par& o" our wri&&en repor&.

<. %n our earc$ "or li&era&ure, ou $ould no& re&ric&

ourel". roaden our earc$ a& &$e 0e*innin*, and 0e

prepared &o eek ou& di""eren& ource. =ou $ould &$en

*raduall "ocu our review &oward our par&icularreearc$ o0jec&ive.

SUMMARY

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>. lwa rela&e our review &o our own reearc$

;ue&ion, ra&$er &$an ipl akin* i& a review o" &$e

&a&e o" knowled*e in &$e area per e.

5. ?/i&in* li&era&ure a, in cer&ain cae, provide ou

wi&$ e/i&in* da&a wi&$ w$ic$ ou can ac$ieve our

reearc$ o0jec&ive.

SUMMARY