REVIEW OF LITERATURE

By: Sathish Rajamani M. Sc (N), Lecturer, BKIN. Daudhar

INTRODUCTION
RoL is one of the Most important steps in any research. It is an account of what is known already about a particular phenomena. RoL contributes to the development of new knowledge. It is a laborious task.

MEANING / DEFINITION
Literature review is defined as a broad comprehensive, in depth, systematic and critical review of scholarly publication, unpublished printed or audio visual materials and personal

IMPORTANCES
Identification, Refinement and Development of Research Problem. To generate questions for research. Orientation to what is known and what is not known.

IMPORTANCES Cont.
Identification of relevant theoretical or conceptual framework. For identifying relevant clinical interventions to test. For the development of hypothesis.

IMPORTANCES Cont.
Assistance in interpreting study findings and developing implications and recommendations.

PURPOSES
To understand the subject matter. To know the relationship of each studies. To identify new ways to interpret and shed light on any gaps in previous research. Recommendations for new research.

PURPOSES CONTI.
To learn how others have defined and measured key concepts. To identify data sources that other researchers have used. To develop alternative research projects. To discover how a research project is related to the

SOURCES OF LITERATURE REVIEW

1. Electronic database 2. Books 3. Journals 4. Conference Papers 5. Theses 6. Encyclopedia and Dictionary 7. Research Reports 8. Magazines and Newspapers

STEPS IN LITERATURE REVIEW

Points to consider
1. Be specpfic and be succinct 2. Be selective 3. Focus of Current Topics 4. Ensure evidence for claims 5. Focus on sources of evidences 6. Account of contrary evidences 7. Reference citations

Points to consider
8. Organization of literature review 9. Referring original source 10. Avoid abbreviations 11. Simple and Accurate sentence structure