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Review of Literature Search: Internet

Introduction

A Review of literature is an essential part of academic research that synthesizes, analyzes, and evaluates the existing body of knowledge on a specific topic. It provides a comprehensive overview of studies, theories, concepts, and methodologies that have been previously explored in relation to the research question or objective. It sets a stage for understanding the background and context of the study, highlighting key theories, methodologies, and findings from previous work.

Definitions of review of literature

An organized written presentation of what has been published on a topic by the scholars. (Burnsand Grove, 2005)

An Account of what has been published by accredited scholars and researchers. (Taylor, 2011)

According to Creswell (2005) , a review of the literature “is a written summary of journal articles, books and other documents that describes the past and current state of information, organizes the literature into topics and documents a need for a proposed study.”

Importance of review of literature

Review of literature clearly state that the purpose of the literature review is that explain the research problem or question and why it is important to review existing literature. Conducting thorough literature search is crucial for any research project. It allows research to gather existing knowledge, identify gaps, and avoid duplication of efforts, thereby enhancing the quality of the work.

Characteristics of a Good Quality Review of Literature

• A good review of literature must be comprehensive

• It should include up-to-date references.

• It should be systemic

• It should be reproducible.

• It should be free from bias.

Factors Affecting Review of Literature

The major factors affecting review of literature are the following

Researcher’s Background

An experienced researcher finds it easy to prepare a review of literature than a beginner.

Complexity of the Research Project

It is easy to collect review of literature for simple and easy research projects than complex ones.

Availability of Resources

Availability of resources like computer, internet facility, online and offline

Study Time Frame

To conduct a relevant review of literature sufficient time is needed.

Availability of Support System:

If there are many research scholars involved in the research then a good review of literature can be gathered. Journal subscription makes it easy to prepare a good review of literature.

Purpose of Review of Literature

• It helps to identify what is already known about a research problem

• It helps to build on previous knowledge.

• Many published research studies contain recommendation for future research, from which we can get idea fora new research study

• It makes researcher know what research has already been done in a particular area so as to avoid duplication.

• It is necessary to narrow the problem to be studied.

• It helps researcher to get acquainted with the relevant theory, strategies, tools and instruments for conducting the research

• It helps to understand the different ways of conducting the research study.

Types of literature review

from the below figure 1 shows the various types of literature review

Figure 1

Sources of Review of Literature

Literature sources may be classified as primary source and secondary source

Primary Source:

A primary Source is a literature resource of a study written by the original researcher. It is research publication written by the person or people who conducted the research.

Examples: Research Articles, Unpublished Thesis/Dissertation, Personal Diary, hand written records and reports, etc.

Secondary Source:

These are second hand information prepared or written by someone other than the original author.

Examples: Newspaper, Book Chapters, Television, Radio, Magazine, Wikipedia, Journals, etc.

Tertiary Source:

These are excellent sources that can provide general background information to help narrow or broaden the focus of a topic.

Stages of Literature Review

Below figure 2 shows the various steps of literature review.

Figure 2

From below table 1 shows an example for writing review of literature

Table 1

On this table shows the model for review of literature search writing

Author Technique used Findings

Huang Regression trees, Artificial Neural Network, and Case Based Trees In this study, the authors suggested Multiple data processing techniques and a 10 fold cross-validation technique to get the precise output.

Li et.al Feature selection techniques and wrapper based techniques This study suggested the usage of ISBUG datasets for the evaluation of methods.

Oterveria Model trees, Multi-Layer perception neural networks, support vector Promising results were found by using hybrid approaches.

Conclusion

A literature review is an account of the previous efforts and achievements of researchers on a phenomenon. It helps to compare with other previous study.

References

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