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RDL 1 - Week 5

The document outlines criteria for selecting materials for a Review of Related Literature (RRL), emphasizing relevance, recency, reliability, and moral correctness. It provides guidelines for proper documentation and citation using the American Psychological Association (APA) style, including rules for reference pages and types of citations. Additionally, it discusses ethical standards in writing the RRL and various forms of plagiarism to avoid.

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RDL 1 - Week 5

The document outlines criteria for selecting materials for a Review of Related Literature (RRL), emphasizing relevance, recency, reliability, and moral correctness. It provides guidelines for proper documentation and citation using the American Psychological Association (APA) style, including rules for reference pages and types of citations. Additionally, it discusses ethical standards in writing the RRL and various forms of plagiarism to avoid.

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Review of

the Related
Literature
Research in Daily Life 2
Criteria in Selecting
Materials for RRL
1. Relevance
Material must be related or
have bearing upon the
subject/topic being pursued.
2. Recency or Currency
Material must NOT be
published not earlier than 5
years ago.
3. Reliability
Material must be reliable,
written by authorities in the
field/discipline of the study
4. Rightness
Material must be true
and morally
acceptable.
Proper Documentation
and Citation
American Psychological
Association (apa)
Documentation System
1. Indent the lines next to the first
2. Spell out the surname and use initials
for given and middle name
3. Enclose in parenthesis the date/year of
publication
4. Capitalize the first word, proper nouns,
and adjectives
4. n.p = No place of publication;
n.d = No date of publication
General Rules for APA
Reference Pages /
Bibliography
Begin the Reference
List on a New Page
Reference cited in the text
must be seen in the reference
list and vice versa
Arrange entries in
alphabetical order
Writing
citationS
Type of Citation Example
Social studies, according to Miller and
Subject-Heading
Wilson (2021), is the study of .............................

Miller and Wilson (2021) define social


Author-Heading
studies as the ...................................

In 2021, Miller and Wilson defined social


Date-Heading
studies as .........................................
How to write the
Review of the
Related Literature
1. Define the topic and the audience
2. Search and re-search the literature
3. Take notes while reading
4. Choose the review you wish to write
5. Keep the review focused
6. Be critical and consistent
7. Find a logical structure
8. Make use of feedback
9. Be up-to-date
Synthesizing Related
Literature
Main Idea 1 Main Idea 2

Author / Proponent 1

Author / Proponent 2

Author / Proponent 3
Ethical Standards in
writing the RRL
1. Practice Honesty
2. Do not intentionally mislead or
misinterpret
3. Give appropriate credit and avoid
plagiarism
Avoiding
Plagiarism
1. Copy-Paste Plagiarism
This type of plagiarism involves
copying a phrase, sentence, or even a
whole text without giving credit to the
original source or its author.
2. Mosaic Plagiarism
This entails selectively
rephrasing specific words,
phrases, or sections of text.
3. Misattribution Plagiarism
This involves attributing a text
to an incorrect author or a
source that does not exist.
4. Self-Plagiarism
This involves duplicating, replicating,
and submitting one's own work multiple
times; without acknowledging the
original source.
always keep in mind:

take notes write a proofread


draft
RRL
Practice
Reviewing
Related
Literature
Research in Daily Life 2

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