Writing Literature Review

BRYAN JESTER S. BALMEO

Teacher III
Subic National High School
A literature review is a process
of:
Compiling
Classifying
Evaluating what other
researchers have written on
a certain topic
 PURPOSES OF REVIEWING LITERATURE
 Convinces your reader that your research will
make a significant and substantial
contribution to the literature

 Demonstrates your knowledge of the

research problem
PURPOSES OF REVIEWING LITERATURE
 Gives credits to those who have laid the
groundwork for your research.

 Reviewing a body of literature on the topic

makes the research study empirical.
 PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
 Being repetitive and verbose
 Citing irrelevant or trivial references
 Failing to cite influential papers
 Failing to critically evaluated cited papers
 Failing to keep up with recent developments
 Lacking focus, unity, and coherence
 Lacking organization and structure
SELECTING THE TOPIC AND LITERATURE
Pick a Topic
 Use of internet is a powerful tool to look
into a topic which is new or rarely
explored.
 A habit of visiting the school library can be
beneficial for a researcher.
 A discussion with teachers or classmates
can yield new ideas/insights.
SELECTING THE TOPIC AND LITERATURE
Selecting the Literature
 LR is not a summary of literature read, but
rather an exposition of background
knowledge for further research.
 Selected literature can be placed in
various section of the research study.
 An effective and practical management of
collected literature will facilitate both the
analysis and synthesis of literature.
 TIPS IN WRITING
 Using academic websites, download 20 –
50 related full journal articles per
search/keyword. Article should not be
older than five years. Use AND/OR in
searching.

 Browse through each article abstract. DO

NOT read the entire journal article yet.
 TIPS IN WRITING
 Remove from your list articles that are not
1. related to your study; 2. not
scholarly/journals; 3. older than 5 years.

 Create a list of articles through a table:

author, year, key variables, number and
type of respondents methods used in the
study, and findings.
 10 Great Academic Search
Engines for Research Students
www.scholar.google.co
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www.eric.ed.gov.
www.virtuallrc.com
www.citeulike.org
www.jurn.org
academic.research.microsoft.c
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www.loc.gov
www.refseek.com
www.sciencedirect.com
www.academia.edu
 REFERENCES

1. Educatorstechnology.com
2. Practical Quantitative Research Writing – David C.
Bueno, EdD