PR-2-Q1W7-W8-Writing-Review-of-Related-Literature

Literature Review

An examination of relevant books, scholarly articles, and any other sources pertinent to an area of research (Melegrito et al., 2016).

Analysis

Systematically breaking down the relevant literature into its constituent parts (Bloomberg & Volpe, 2012).

Synthesis

The act of making connections between those parts identified in the analysis (Bloomberg & Volpe, 2012).

Review of Related Literature (RRL)

Briefly summarizes studies directly related to your research and usually includes the purpose, procedure, findings, and recommendations.

Primary Sources

First-hand knowledge such as experiments, original objects, literary works, performances, and raw data collected.

Secondary Sources

Oral and written accounts of phenomena produced by others.

General References

Indexes, reviews, and abstracts used as preliminary sources.

Ethical Standard 1

Report the findings in your cited studies objectively. Refrain from distorting the findings of other research works. (Barrot, 2017)

Ethical Standard 2

Avoid injecting editorial comments or manipulating the ideas in a certain study just to make it support your own claims. (Barrot, 2017)

Ethical Standard 3

Always cite your sources as a way of acknowledging the studies relevant to your own and practicing intellectual honesty. (Barrot, 2017)

Ethical Standard 4

Refrain from fabricating information or making data and reporting them as actual data from a certain research work. (Barrot, 2017)

Ethical Standard 5

Avoid plagiarism. (Barrot, 2017)

Plagiarism Definition

A deliberate or reckless representation of another’s words, thoughts, or ideas as one’s own without attribution in connection with submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise. (The Writing Center, UNC)

IEEE Plagiarism Level 1

Copying a full paper word for word, without acknowledging the source.

IEEE Plagiarism Level 2

Lifting a large portion of research work (up to 50%) without citing its source.

IEEE Plagiarism Level 3

Copying specific portions of another work (sentences or paragraphs) without citing it.

IEEE Plagiarism Level 4

Failing to cite and failing to correctly paraphrase the portions of another work.

IEEE Plagiarism Level 5

Incorrectly citing a source and copying heavily from it.

Function 1 of Lit Review

Justifies a research question, method, or theoretical and conceptual framework.

Function 2 of Lit Review

Establishes the relevance of the topic.

Function 3 of Lit Review

Provides necessary information to better understand a specific topic or study.

Function 4 of Lit Review

Shows reviewers familiarity and mastery of the topic.

Function 5 of Lit Review

Establishes the niche of the study.

Function 6 of Lit Review

Resolves conflict among contradictory studies.

Part 1 of Lit Review Structure

Introduction – States purpose, importance, scope, selection criteria, and organizational pattern.

Part 2 of Lit Review Structure

Body – Includes historical background, theories, study relationships, strengths and weaknesses, and viewpoints.

Part 3 of Lit Review Structure

Conclusion – Restates thesis, summarizes agreements and disagreements, and links to research questions.

Literature Review Step 1

Literature Search – Review style, choose topic, determine sources, search databases, use keywords, and evaluate.

Literature Review Step 2

Evaluation and Analysis – Skim abstracts, group articles, take notes, use concept map, write synthesis and outline.

Literature Review Step 3

Writing – State thesis, justify gaps, use citations, use headings and transitions, organize body, and clarify definitions.

Direct Quotation

Reproducing a source word-for-word with quotation marks and citation.

Indirect Quotation

Quoting a source that is cited and/or quoted in another source.

Paraphrasing

Rewriting a passage or idea of someone’s work into your own words, same length as original.

Summarizing

Condensing a lengthy piece by focusing on the main idea, about one-fourth the original length.

reference citation

(complete bibliographic information which usually appears at the end of the paper)

in-text-citation

(indicate the source within the body of text)

APA

stands for American Psychological Association, a style guide used for writing in the social sciences.

MLA

stands for Modern Language Association, a style guide commonly used for writing in the humanities.

IEEE

stands for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a style guide often used in technical fields and engineering.