Literature Review Major(Retd) Mrunalini Lecturer RAKMHSU

The student will be able to  Define literature review  List the purposes  Identify the types and sources of literature review  Explain how to locate or search literature  Describe the process and method of writing the literature review

Definitions What is literature ? All written sources relevant to the topic you have selected What is Literature Review ? It is an organized written presentation of what has been published on a topic by scholars and includes presentation of research conducted in the selected field of study

Why do we do review ? Purpose :  To direct the development and implementation of the study  To convey to the reader what is currently known regarding the topic of interest

Types of literature Reports Theses / Dissertations Published research (Journal articles) Conference proceedings

SOURCES  Primary sources : Written by the person who originated or is responsible for generating the ideas published( research published by person/s who conducted the research)  Secondary sources : Summarizes or quotes content from primary sources. ( The authors of secondary sources paraphrase the works of researchers and theorists

 Print Resources  Electronic Literature Searches ◦ Online databases for Nurse researchers  The MEDLINE  The CINAHL(Cumulative index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature )  The PUBMED  INFOTRIEVE ◦ Other bibliographic databases  PSYCINFO  AIDSLINE  HEALTH STAR

Searching the literature :  Select data base to search  Select key words  Systematically record references

 Screening References  Abstracting and recording notes  Organizing the review  Context and Style of writing

Identify key words and concepts to be searched Identify potential references through electronic or manual search Retrieve promising references Screen references for relevance and appropriateness Read relevant reference and take notes Organize references Analyze and integrate materials Write review Discard irrelevant and inappropriate references Identify new references through citations

Sourc e Proble m/Rese arch questio n Sam ple Frame work Conce pts/v ariabl es DesignInstru ment s Result s Implic ation s Com ment s Acor (1995 ) Support progra m for families of head injured patient s 19 famil y mem bers Not specif ied Copin g, self estee m Pretest - posttes t quasi experi mental design Jalowi ec copin g scale, Rosen berg’ s self estee m scale Experi menta l effects presen t but not statisti cally signifi cant in coping Com munit y based interv entio n may not be helpf ul Short time fram e, small sam ple

 Sorting your sources  Developing the written review – Introduction, Discussion of theoretical literature, discussion of empirical literature and a summary  Checking the references for completeness and accuracy

CONCLUSION  A thorough organized literature review facilitates the development of a research proposal  It directs the development and implementation of a study