Literature Review In Literature

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INTRODUCTION One of an essential preliminary task, when you undertake a research study, is to go through the existing literature in order to familiarize yourself with the available information and knowledge in your area of interests. According to Anderson, (1994), the Literature review is an integral part of the research process and makes a valuable contribution to almost every operational step. It has value even before the first step which is merely thinking of a research question that must be answered in the research process. It is an outline of published and unpublished materials which can help to answer basic questions like what are the current theoretical or policy issues and debates that are related to your topic? What is the current…show more content…
Later in the process, the literature review serves to enhance and to consolidate your own knowledge base and helps you to integrate your findings with the existing findings. (Cone & Foster, 1993). In general literature can be divided into four substantive categories which are as follows: the topical literature which is relevant to the subject matter of research, the theoretical literature which is relevant to concepts and theoretical frameworks, methodological literature relevant to strategies of data collection and analysis, lastly is the policy literature which is important to the implementation and effectiveness of the process. Kumar P.31-42 (ch.3). According to Webster and Watson (2002), the categories of literature are potentially relevant to any research subject, the goals and purposes of the research should determine which are useful to any particular project. The theoretical and methodological literature can generally be found in published books and articles, the topical and policy literature s scattered more widely in the so called gray literature which can include foundation reports, conference proceedings, dissertations, magazines, as well as government reports and statistical sources, naturally these sources require much greater effort to uncover and are harder to review in a systematic…show more content…
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