Selecting and
Synthesizing
Information
from Relevant
Literature
•Other previous researches related
to the study currently conducting
•Requires a survey of scholarly
articles, books, and other sources
Literature Review
•Will be enumerated, summarized,
and evaluated in order to form a
concrete basis and support for the
current study
•Selected literature may appear on
various sections of the study
Literature Review
1.It provides the researcher a clear
understanding of the study to be
investigated
2.It justifies the need for conducting the
study
3.It serves as basis for establishing
concepts presented in the study.
Purposes of Reviewing
a Literature
1.Can this literature help me to clearly present the
delimitation of my study?
2.Can this literature give me insights to present properly
essential variables of my study?
3.Is this literature up –to -date?
4.Does this literature provide perceptive and accurate
results and conclusions?
5.Does this literature present contrasting ideas which
can be used in identifying research gaps?
Selecting the Literature for a Study
Conducting a Review of
Literature
1.Decideontheareaofresearch
•mustclearlyknowthetopicaswellastherationale
ofthestudytobeconducted
2.Searchfortheliterature
•utilizeprintedmaterialsandreferences
•onlinesources,whichalsoofferscholarlyarticlesand
books,mustlikewisebeconsidered
Conducting a Review of
Literature
3.Findrelevantexcerptsinbooksandarticles
•Readingtheabstractofascholarlywork
a.Elementaryreading
b.Systematicreading
c.Analyticreading
d.Comparativereading
Conducting a Review of
Literature
a.Elementaryreading
Thistypeofreadingpertainstoword-recognition
typeofreadingwhereinsentencesareliterally
comprehended
Conducting a Review of
Literature
b.Systematicreading
Employs skimming strategywhereinthe
researcher-readermayfocusonthehighlightedterms
inthesamplesourcemanuscript
Similarly,theymayalsolookintothetitleofthe
sampleandwilltrytoseeifsimilarvariablesofthe
currentstudyarepresented
Conducting a Review of
Literature
c.Analyticreading
Requirestobreakthewholescholarlyworkinto
partsforbetterunderstanding
Establishconnectionwiththeauthorbyaskingthe
5Wsand1Hquestionsthroughannotation
Useofdictionaryforconceptclarification
Thenotesmadefromtheanalysisisthen
synthesizedandwillserveasanoutput
Conducting a Review of
Literature
d.Comparativereading
Twoormorescholarlyworkswhichwillbe
analyzedforcomparing-contrastingpurposes
Variousviewpointsoftheauthorsregardingthe
particularconceptsandprinciples
Generalizedsummaryoftheanalysisfromthis
typeofreadingthenservesasanoutput
Conducting a Review of
Literature
4.Codetheliterature
•Categorizingthemesoftheconceptsfoundin
differentliteratureforanalysisandevaluation.
a.Highlighting
b.Annotation
Conducting a Review of
Literature
a.Highlighting
usesmarksandsymbolsthatwillhelptoeasily
revisittheimportantideasfoundinascholarlywork.
aidtoeasilydistinguishthesimilaritiesand
differencesfoundinvarioussources
Conducting a Review of
Literature
b.Annotation
useswords,phrases,andsentenceswhichserve
aswrittenremarksoftheresearcherreflectinghis/her
understandingandquestionsregardingthescholarly
work.
Conducting a Review of
Literature
5.Createconceptualschema
•researchermayutilizealiteraturereviewsynthesis
matrix
•synthesismatrixreferstoatableusedfororganizing
importantideasfoundintheliterature.
Conducting a Review of
Literature
6.Beginwritingliteraturereview
•Withacompletevisionofnecessarydatacame
fromreadingandreviewingliterature,the
researchermaynowbeginthedraftofthe
manuscriptforreviewofrelatedliteraturesection.
•usetransitionalwordsinordertoarrangeideas
accordingly(e.g.theuseof“similarly”topresent
thatideashaveincommon).