How to Write Review of Literature@ Zaveri Madam.pptx

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1. Review of Literature Dr. Parul Zaveri Associate Professor S.H.P.T. School of Library Science SNDT Women’s University

2. The documentation of a comprehensive review of the published and unpublished work from Primary and Secondary sources in the areas of research topic

3. Literature Review focuses on a specific topic and includes a critical analysis of the relationship among different works(print and non-print) and relating it to Researcher’s work. Summary of current empirical and theoretical knowledge published in past about particular research problem that provides a basis for the study being conducted by the researcher

4. Literature Review Includes: Description of current knowledge base Gaps in knowledge base Contribution of present study to knowledge base The Selection of Available Documents and the Effective Evaluation and Summarization of these Documents to Current Research

5. It is a required part of any Ph.D. Research It is important in shaping your research problem Helps to set relationship between your research and body of knowledge related to your research

6. To convey previous knowledge and facts established on a topic & their strength and weaknesses To identify and clarify concepts, vocabulary and keywords related to the research topic To justify the gap in research and how current research will fill that gap

7. To understand research methodology adopted by past researchers To identify other scholars in the area of research To ensure that no past research has been done on the current research topic selected

8. Steps in Literature Review

9. Disaster Management in Libraries Types of Disaster Man-made Natural Flood Earthquake Terrorism Disaster Plan Content Emergency Contact No. Emergency Kit Preservation measures Disaster Events in Maharashtra/Gujarat Libraries damaged in flood 26 July 2005 Earthquake on Gujarat 26 January 2001 Bhandarkar Institute Disasters in World Concept Map on the topic

10. Exercise Draw a Concept map on your Research Topic

11. Print Resources Electronic Resources (In your institute library as well as other libraries)

12. Print Resources Scholarly Journal articles Thesis & Dissertations Books, Chapters in Books Conference Proceedings

13. Digital Resources E-books E-journals E-databases Websites

14. Each Subject will have different resources- How to Search and where to search Print + Digital Published from Anywhere Published in Multiple Languages Multidisciplinary in nature Published in past

15. Each Subject will have different resources OPAC of Libraries Periodicals Subscribed by Libraries Bibliographies Indexing and Abstracting Sources References given in books, journal articles

16. Each Subject will have different resources General Bibliography Subject Bibliography Periodicals Directories

17. Each Subject will have different resources Databases Subscribed- Emerald, Ebsco , Scopus, Sage, Proquest , Jstor , EconLit , Web of Science, N-list Free- DOAJ, DOAB, Google Book Project, National Digital Library of India, Google Scholar, Eric

18. Each Subject will have different resources Thesis & Dissertations Thesis available in Libraries Shodhganga / Shodhgangotri Proquest Institutional Repositories

19. http://infolibrarian.com/index.html https://www.sociosite.net/index.php https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/ https://scholar.google.co.in/ https://doaj.org/ https://www.doabooks.org/ https://eric.ed.gov/ http://infoport.inflibnet.ac.in/ https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/ http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ Some Useful Websites

20. Search Techniques Know your Keywords, Concepts Use Boolean Searching like ‘and’, ‘or’ and ‘not’ Use and Simple and Advance Search Features Use plural to singular words Use thesaurus

21. Exercise Write down at-least Four Core Journal Titles on your Research Topic

22. Minimum 100 references Focus should be on Scholarly Journal Articles, thesis, Conference research papers References published in last five years Indian and Foreign Publications Language of references Writing a Literature Review

23. Define your topic Develop a Concept Map Identify Scholarly Resources Search for Scholarly References Read through the reference Decide its relevance to your research Make a decision to include in Literature Review or not Writing a Literature Review

24. Evaluate selected resources for its scholarly content, accuracy of data Critically evaluate the relevance of the content to your research topic Note down the complete bibliographic details of the reference Write detailed summary of data relevant to your topic Writing a Literature Review

25. Bibliographic details For Journal articles Author/s, Title/subtitle Journal Title Volume No./Issue No. Date of Publication Pagination Website address Doi no. Date when accessed Writing a Literature Review

26. Bibliographic details For Books/book chapters Author/s of book & book chapter, Title/subtitle of Book & book Chapter Place of Publication Year of Publication Name of Publisher Pagination Website address Doi no. Date when accessed Writing a Literature Review

27. Bibliographic details For Thesis/Dissertations Name of the researcher Title/subtitle of thesis/ disseration Place of Publication Year of Publication Name of the University Pagination Name of the Guide Website address Doi no. Date when accessed Writing a Literature Review

28. Overview the article Identify relevant information to your research Write summary Group this references according to Concept map/Categories One reference may appear in multiple categories Focus on research areas, methodology, findings Avoid general information like introduction Writing a Literature Review

29. Literature Review Chapter Introduction Topics you are going to cover Write literature review like an essay by organizing according to categories Conclusion Complete Bibliographic details of every reference included in the chapter Use Bibliographic standard like APA Writing a Literature Review

30. Re-read your Chapter Check the flow of information Check for any errors Great Your Chapter is Ready Writing a Literature Review

31. Common Errors Too Old References General Articles not research based Incomplete bibliographic details Articles not relevant to the research topic Writing a Literature Review

32. Conclusion Reviewing the research should lead to more research questions and those questions will likely lead you to either revise your initial research question or go back and find more literature related to a more specific aspect of your research question.

33. Useful References https://www.duluth.umn.edu/~hrallis/guides/researching/litreview.html https://library.concordia.ca/help/writing/literature-review.php?guid=what https://libguides.uta.edu/researchprocess/intro https://libguides.uwf.edu/litreview

34. Wish you all the Best Thank You Email: [email protected] Telephone: [phone]

35. Sample Literature Review