1. By Dileesha Sandeepana

2.  To conduct a ‘preliminary’ search of existing material.  To organize valuable ideas & findings.  To identify other researches that may be in progress.  To generate research ideas.  To develop a critical perspective.

4.  Deductive: Developing a conceptual frame work which is tested using data.  Inductive: Explores the data to develop theories which is then subsequently relate to the literature.

5.  To refine research questions & objectives.  To highlight research possibilities.  To discover recommendations for further research.  To avoid repeating work.  To sample current opinions in newspapers & journals.  To provide insights into strategies, approaches & techniques.

6.  Previewing  Annotating  Summarizing  Comparing & contrasting

7.  Why am I reading this?  What is the author trying to do in writing this?  What is the writer saying that is relevant to what I want to find out?  How convincing is this?  What use can I make of this reading?

8.  Include key academic theories  Demonstrate that the chosen area is up to date.  Use clear referencing for the reader to find the original cited publications.

9.  A single chapter  A series of chapters  Throughout the report

10.  Demonstrate that you have read, understood & evaluated your material.  Link the different ideas to form a cohesive & coherent argument.  Make clear connections to your research objectives & the subsequent empirical material.

12.  Define the research parameters.  Generate key words.  Discuss your research.  Brainstorm ideas.  Construct Relevance trees. Techniques

14.  Define the scope of your review.  Access relevance & value.  Access sufficiency.

15.  Biographic details.  Brief summary of content.  Supplementary information.

16.  Stealing from another source.  Submitting material written by another.  Copying material without quotation marks.  Paraphrasing material without documentation.

17.  Importance of critically reviewing literature.  Approaches.  Skills for effective reading.  Structure of the literature review.  Three main categories of sources.  Literature search strategy.  Evaluating.  Recording.

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