PRACTICAL RESEARCH: Module 4, Lesson 3
SOURCES OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
The sources of related literature and studies may include the following:
1. Books, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other similar references.
2. Articles published in professional journals, magazines, periodicals, newspapers, and other publications.
3. Manuscripts, monographs, memoirs, speeches, letters and diaries.
4. Unpublished theses and dissertations.
5. The constitution, and laws and statures of the land.
6. Bulletins, circulars, and orders emanating from government offices and departments, especially from the
office of the Presidents of the Philippines and the Department of Education (DepEd).
7. Records of schools, public and private, especially reports of their activities.
8. Reports from seminars, educational or otherwise.
9. Official reports of all kinds, educational, social, economic, scientific, technological, political, etc. from the
government and other entities.
The said sources can be categorized as:
1. Primary Sources: artifacts, autobiographies, court records, diaries, Emails, speeches, letters interviews,
letters, official reports, drawings, maps, photographs, speeches,
2. Secondary Sources: biographies, critical studies of an author's work, dictionaries, journal articles,
handbooks, magazines, newspapers, reports, textbooks, 1. Local, if the inquiry was conducted in the
Philippines and
2. Foreign / International, if they are conducted in foreign lands. 1. Libraries, either government or schools
(private or public)
2. Government and private offices
3. The National Library and
4. Online websites (Aparejo, 2018)
Related studies, on the other hand, are studies, inquiries, or investigations already conducted to which the
present proposed study is related or has some bearing or similarity. They are usually unpublished materials
such as manuscripts, theses and dissertations (Calderon& Gonzales, 2015).
They may be classified as:
Locating the Sources of Related Literature and Studies
Generally, the sources of related literature and studies according to Calderon &
Gonzales (2015) can be accessed from the following:
Since students like you are mostly technologically savvy and exposed to computers and the internet websites, you can
utilize online websites for your related review of literature and studies. Feel the value of the internet, search engines
and websites in writing Chapter 2 of your research – Review of Related Literature.
Here’s how you are going to do it. Just follow these simple steps.
1. In your desktop, laptop, or high-tech cellphone, click open the Google Chrome. A window will pop up like
the one shown below.
2. Type on this space the title of your study or the key words of your research title. For example, type here
“Sample study on the Effect of Video Games on Academic Performance of Senior High School
Students”. After encoding the title, click enter. What will pop up from the window are the website links to
choose from. This will be how the window will look like.
3. Be sure to click the websites that are scientifically and scholarly reliable. Blogs and Wikipedia are not
considered the best sources for research studies because in most cases, they contain mere opinions only.
4. Choose the website that reflects author’s name and year of publication (found below the website). When
you are going to write related literature and studies, you need to cite the authors, year, and the link. This is
what you have to open or click.
5. Upon clicking, you will be brought to another window where you can personally access the website and
the research study itself. This is the time where you can take note information from the study and cite the
author/s. Here it is:
You can also browse through search engines such as Yahoo! search. In the box of Yahoo.com, follow the
same procedure stated in searching studies shown in steps 1 to 5. Type the title of your study or key words and click
enter.
You can also log on to Google Scholar. This is one of the most reliable sources of research studies,
journals, books and other materials needed in writing related literature and studies. Most of the researchers
do their literature search in this website because of its unique features. You can access to different
abstracts and full research in PDF too which means you can also down load the research or abstract since
there are icons which will notify us that it can be downloaded for free. You can even choose the authors
(local or international) and trim your searches to the latest studies, journals and books. So, enjoy your
research and choose the latest sources which are needed in your study.
Follow these simple steps in finding research abstracts or studies using google scholar.
1. Log in to google chrome. Then in its search engine of google chrome, type google scholar. Then, a
window will pop up showing the website of google scholar. Click the google scholar
2. What appears after clicking the google scholar is another window for google scholar search engine. Here
you can encode the title of your research or the keyword.
ACTIVITY
Activity 1: In a whole sheet of paper
1. List down the primary sources of related literature you can find in your school.
2. List down the secondary sources of related literature you can find in your school.
3. Categorize them by supplying the column below:
Activity 2:
Follow the steps in locating Sources of Related Literature and Studies. Use the search engines in searching
information of either one of these research titles below. Choose only the websites with the authors’ names and year of
publication. Be sure that the sources are within the five (5) years recency period (e.g., if today is 2021, then your
sources must only be those published within year 2016 - 2021). List down at least five (5) research titles with authors
and year of publication that are related to the study you have chosen. Then copy the Abstract. Submit your list to your
teacher. Output should be an A4-sized bondpaper
1. Gender Equality Among Senior High School Students: Teachers’ Perspective
2. Exploring the Use of Technology Among Secondary Teachers
3. The Lived Experiences of Teenage Mothers in Senior High School
4. Life and Struggles of Working Students Studying in SHS: A Phenomenological Study
5. The Lived Experiences of SHS Learners Affected by Covid 19 Pandemic
6. Working Open High School Students: A Phenomenological Study of Senior High School Life Journey
7. A Qualitative Study of Covid Patients’ Experiences Towards Community, Family, and Relatives´
Discrimination
8. Emotional and Psychological Well -Being of SHS Students During Pandemic
9. Exploring the Lived Experiences of SHS Students in Online Distance Learning
10. A qualitative Study Exploring High School Students’ Understanding of and Attitudes towards their
Chosen Track and Strand
Try to start researching about the topics below by following the example given. You can choose the titles
below.
