BASICS
“IT IS A WAY TO COLLECT QUALITY DATA AND PROOFS TO SUPPORT YOUR CLAIMS AND ARGUMENTS”
Literature Review
Literature review is important because it:
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Provides ideas about what should be studied;
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Helps us conduct inquires that have not already been done;
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Connects our research to existing studies.
But…doing a literature review is not simply summarizing (or copying) what you think is related and useful to your work. BEING CRITICAL AND CAREFUL IS A MUST!
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In reviewing existing literature, you may try to look for gaps in the field and rework your study in a different setting or with different people. Nonetheless, literature review is a continuous sense-making process — you need to review the literature continuously in order to organize your thoughts and refine your analysis.
A GOOD LITERATURE REVIEW SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
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Connect to your research questions
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Connect to your choice of methods and research design
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Support your data analysis
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Help you draw conclusions and make claims about your research.
NATURE OF LITERATURE
Your literature review can be of different dimensions.
Each has its foci and purposes.
