Lesson 5.
0 Review
of Related
Literature
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1
MAY BETHZAIDA P. SALAS
Lesson Objectives for
Today!
• Selects relevant literature.
CODE: CS_RS11-IIIf-j-2
Discuss the importance of
conducting a review of related
literature.
Activity: Getting to
Know You!
• Divide into 4 small Guide Question:
groups. Each group will What is it
be given a picture of a about?
famous or viral person, What do you
place, thing, or issue to want to know?
discuss about. List down.
• Discuss the picture and Where do you
determine ways on how plan to find
to get more information answers? List
about the topic in the down.
picture. Use the
template. Do this in 10
minutes.
Group 1 – a famous Tourist destination
Group 2 – a viral Facebook post
Group 3 – a recent Proclamation
Group 4 – a new Teacher assigned in your school
Let’s answer the
questions:
• How would you describe your
experience in doing the activity?
• What did you consider when
selecting for the correct sources of
your information?
• How can we apply this activity in
doing research?
Review of
Related
Literature
What is a Literature
Review?
• A literature review surveys books,
scholarly articles, and any other
sources relevant to a particular issue,
area of research, or theory, and by doing
so, provides a description, summary,
and critical evaluation of these works
in relation to the research problem
being investigated.
• Literature reviews are designed to
provide an overview of sources you
have explored while researching a
particular topic and to demonstrate to
your readers how your research fits
5 Purposes of Literature
Review
(McMillan & Schumacher, 1984)
1. Define and limit a problem –
identifying key issues about a
broad topic will help make your
research clearer and aligned.
2. Place your study in perspective –
it will help you identify where to
start in adding more information
about your chosen topic.
5 Purposes of Literature
Review
(McMillan & Schumacher, 1984)
3. Avoid unintentional replication of
previous studies – a literature review helps
you make informed choices of what and
what not to include.
4. Selects methods and measures – you
will get ideas on how previous researches
succeeded or failed in their conduct of the
same research topic in order to avoid it.
5 Purposes of Literature
Review
(McMillan & Schumacher, 1984)
5. Relate findings to previous
knowledge and suggest areas for
further research.
3 Types of Literary
Sources in Research:
• Primary Sources – these sources are
records of events or evidence as they are first
described or actually happened without any
interpretation or commentary. The reports are
original and directly from the source.
Examples: Thesis, dissertations, scholarly
journals, government reports, original artworks,
speeches, letters, diaries, interviews, and
autobiographies.
3 Types of Literary
Sources in Research:
• Secondary Sources – these sources offer
an analysis or restatement of primary
sources. They try to describe, interpret, or
explain the primary sources.
Examples: textbooks, book reviews, paper
reviews, political analysis, commentaries.
3 Types of Literary
Sources in Research:
• Tertiary Sources – these are sources that
index, abstract, organize, compile or digest
other sources. Their main purpose is only to
list, summarize, and rearrange old
information.
Example: dictionaries, encyclopedia, almanacs,
Wikipedia, manuals, handbooks, directories,
guidebooks.
University of Minnesota Crookston (2023). Retrieved
https://crk.umn.edu/library/primary-secondary-and-tertiary-sources#:~:text=Primary%2C%20Secondary%2C%20and%20Tertiary%20Sources
Online Sources
for Literature and
Past Studies
Google Scholar
scholar.google.com
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes
the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of
publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November
2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online
academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and
dissertations, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, and other
scholarly literature, including court opinions and patents
ERIC
eric.ed.gov
Online digital library of education research sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of
Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
Did you know that ERIC has journal providers from 28 countries? We aim
to provide the best information to our users from around the globe
IDEAS
ideas.repec.org
IDEAS the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and
available freely on the Internet. Based on RePEc, it indexes over 2,200,000
items of research, including over 2,000,000 that can be downloaded in full
text.
PsycARTICLES
http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycarticles/
index.aspx
PsycARTICLES is a robust database offering complete
access to the full text of more than 80 landmark journals in
behavioral science and related fields
SABER (World Bank)
saber.worldbank.org
SABER Using new diagnostic tools and detailed policy information, the Systems
Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) collects and analyzes
comparative data and knowledge on education systems around the world and
highlights the policies and institutions that matter most to promote learning for
all children and youth.
WB Open Knowledge Repository
openknowledge.worldbank.org
The World Bank's annual report on the external debt of
developing countries includes comprehensive data for 125
developing countries
data.gov.ph
Data.gov.ph aims to make national government data searchable,
accessible, and useful, with the help of the different agencies of
government
Philippine eLib
elib.gov.ph
The Philippine eLib is a collaborative project of the National Library of the Philippines
(NLP), University of the Philippines (UP), Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Teach 100
teach.com/teach100
Teach100 is a resource to help educators and those in the field of
education find the most relevant blogs from across the Web. The list is
compiled based on blogs you recommend to us, and is meant to reflect
the quality of education blogs that are available.
Citation Machine
citationmachine.net
CITATION MACHINE™
HELPS STUDENTS
AND PROFESSIONAL
RESEARCHERS
to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal is to
make it so easy for researchers to cite their information sources, that
there is virtually no reason not to because someday the information
that someone else wants to use will be yours
How Helpful is a Review of
Related Literature?
• The review of related literature provides a
concise summary of information and
data findings that describe current
knowledge and facts.
• It offers a rationale for conducting
future researches by answering the
research gap. The gap will hopefully
ensure that your research will likely have
a valuable contribution to the already
existing available data.
Important
Reminders:
Why use quotations, paraphrases, and summaries?
• Provide support for claims or add credibility to your writing
• Refer to work that leads up to the work you are now doing
• Give examples of several points of view on a subject
• Call attention to a position that you wish to agree or disagree
with
• Highlight a particular striking phrase, sentence, or passage by
quoting the original
• Distance yourself from the original by quoting it in order to cue
readers that the words are not your own
• Expand the breadth or depth of your writing
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Let’s Try!
Identify if the sources are Primary, Secondary, or
Tertiary:
1.Merriam encyclopedia
2.Science textbook
3.Diaries
4.Journals/Thesis
5.News Report
6.Paper review
7.Police report/blotter
8.Handbook
9.Interviews
10. Paintings
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Indexing Related Literatures:
Indexing or organizing literatures that you have finished
reading into a tabular form allows you to easily find
related arguments as they are highlighted in your
index. It also allows researchers to better store and
locate their resources for reference later on.
Type of Year Title Author( Objectives Key Link/
Literatur Publishe s) of the Findings/ URL
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Making links between
studies
Agreements
• Similarly, author B points to…
• Likewise, author C makes the case that…
• Author D also makes this point…
• Again, it is possible to see how author E
agrees with author D…
Disagreements
• However, author B points to…
• On the other hand, author C makes the
case that…
• Conversely, Author D argues…
• Nevertheless, what author E suggests…
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How to organize
studies
• Thematic Arrangement
• Focus: establish how similar/different the
current study from the previous one
• Chronological arrangement
• Emphasize the development and progress in a
specific field of study
• Typological arrangement
• If there are sufficient studies conducted locally
about the topic of your research
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