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Dr.
Eng.
Khairy
Elsayed
Faculty
of
engineering-Mattaria
Mechanical
Power
Engineering
Department
Thanks
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What is LR?
A literature review discusses published
information in a particular subject area
within a certain time period.
A literature review can be just a simple
summary of the sources, but it usually
has an organizational pattern and
combines both summary and synthesis.
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What is LR?
A summary is a recap of the important
information of the source, but a synthesis is a
re-organization, or a reshuffling (rearrange),
of that information.
It traces the intellectual progression of
the field, including major debates.
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What is LR?
A review is a preface to and rationale for
engaging in primary research.
A review is a required part of grant and research
proposals and often a chapter in MSc theses and
PhD dissertations.
Generally, the purpose of a review is to analyze
critically a segment of a published body of
knowledge through summary, classification, and
comparison of prior research studies, reviews of
literature, and theoretical articles.
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Whenever you make a copy of any paper, make sure that you get
the full citation
Read Every Document With a Pen and a Highlighter
Read All the Important Documents Twice
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Introduction
Gives a quick idea of the topic of the literature review,
such as the central theme or organizational pattern.
Body
Contains your discussion of sources.
Conclusions/Recommendations
Discuss what you have drawn from reviewing
literature so far. Where might the discussion proceed?
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Thematic
A structure which considers different themes
Methodological
Focuses on the methods of the researcher, e.g.,
qualitative versus quantitative approaches
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Summary table
It is useful to prepare.
Such a table provides a quick overview that
allows the reviewer to make sense of a large
mass of information.
The tables could include columns with
headings such as
Author
type of study
Sample
Design
data collection approach
key findings
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Citation
Sample
Environment
Method
Conclusions
Colour
Bellizzi, Crowley
and Hasty (1983)
125 Adults
Furniture
store
Laboratory
experiment
Photographic
s l i d e
simulations
70 Adult
women
107 Students
Te l e v i s i o n s
shown with
different
c o l o u r
backgrounds
Furniture
stores
Laboratory
experiments
Photographic
s l i d e
simulations
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Supermarket
shoppers
Retail store
Field
experiment
Milliman (1982)
216 Shoppers
Supermarket
F i e l d
experiment
116 Students
Bank branch
- waiting for
service.
Laboratory
experiment
Video
simulation
171 Shoppers
Wine store
F i e l d
experiment
Summers and
Hebert (2001)
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Customers
Hardware
store
Apparel store
F i e l d
experiment
Music
Lighting
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Citation
styles
Information prominent citation
Example:
For viscoelastic fluids, the behavior of the timedependent stresses in the transient shear flows
is also very important (Boger et al., 1974).
Author prominent citation
Examples:
Close (1983) developed a simplified theory
using an analogy between heat and mass
transfer and the equivalent heat transfer only
case.
Several authors have suggested that
automated testing should be more readily
accepted (Balcer, 1989; Stahl, 1989; Carver &
Tai, 1991).
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Reporting verbs
Argue
Assert
Assume
Challenge
Claim
Contend
Contradict
Describe
Dispute
Emphasize
Establish
Examine
Find
Maintain
Note
Object
Observe
Persuade
Propose
Prove
Purport
Recommend
Refute
Reject
Remark
Suggest
Support
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Examples:
There are three factors that control the
concentration of aluminum in seawater.
The finite rate coefficients have an effect on heat
transfer through a horizontal porous layer.
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Examples:
Haberfield (1998) showed that the velocity
of many enzyme reactions was slowed
down if the end product had an increased
paramagnetism.
Allington (1999) found that the
temperatures varied significantly over time.
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Rough Draft
Final Draft
Edit
Edit Again
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Show
others
Have someone else look at your
literature review for
Clarity
Can they understand what youre trying
say?
Flow
Does the organization make sense?
Completeness
Are there areas left out?
Questions left unanswered?
Statements without citations?
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Pitfalls
Limited range
Insufficient information
Irrelevant material
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Common
errors
in
reviewing
literature
Hurrying through review to get started could mean that you will
miss something that will improve your research.
Relying too heavily upon secondary sources.
Concentrating on findings rather than methods.
Overlooking sources other than academic journals. Dont forget
newspaper articles, magazines, blogs, etc.
Searching too broad or too narrow of a topic.
Inaccuracy in the compiling of bibliographic information.
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Thank you
Dr. Khairy Elsayed
kelsayed75@gmail.com
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