�DIFFERENT SOURCES OF RRL �PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

Review of related literature

Types of reviews

• Self-study reviews
• Context reviews
• Historical review
• Theoretical reviews
• Integrative review
• Methodological reviews

Scopus and Web of Science

The literature selected should be sufficiently contemporary to demonstrate the way in which the report is building upon recent research.

For writing literature review you need to follow certain rules, e.g. chronological order, style of quoting the authors with year, paraphrasing the desired content and writing in your words.

Steps of Literature Review

• 1. Choose Your Topic

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• 2. Identify Databases
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• Resources

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• 3. Search &Refine

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• 4.Read &Analyze

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• 5. Write the Review

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Characteristics of a Good Quality

Review of Literature

• A good review of literature must be comprehensive.
• It should include up-to-date references.
• It should be systemic.
• It should be reproducible.
• It should be free from bias.
• It should be well written.
• It should be in the form of sum of its parts.
• It should be clearly searched and selected.
• Accurate references should be given in the review.

Resources of Literature Review

• Resources of literature review
• Books

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• Journals

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• Research Reports

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• Theses

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PRIMARY SOURCES

Primary sources are original

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Primary sources vary by discipline

Who are you?

SECONDARY SOURCES

• A source that provides non original on second hand data or information.

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