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Literature
Review
William Oduro
FRNR, CANR,KNUST
November, 2012
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The Literature
Review
The review of the literature is
defined as a broad,
comprehensive, in-depth,
systematic, and critical review
of scholarly publications,
unpublished scholarly print
materials, audiovisual materials,
and personal communications
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The Literature
The Review
review of the literature is traditionally
considered a systematic and critical
review of the most important published
scholarly literature on a particular topic.
Scholarly literature refer to published and
unpublished data based literature and
conceptual literature materials found in
print and non print forms
Data based literature reports of
completed research
Conceptual research reports of
theories, concepts 3
Research, Education And
Practice
Research
Review of
Literature
Educatio Practice
n
Theory
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Purposes of
Literature Review
The overall purpose of literature review is
to discover knowledge
Research purposes of literature
review:
1. Determines an appropriate research
design/method (instruments, data
collection and analysis methods) for
answering the research question
2. Determines the need for replication of
a well designed study or refinement of
a study
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Purposes of
Non Literature Review
Research purposes of literature
review:
1. Determines what is known about a
subject, concept or problem
2. Determines gaps, consistencies &
inconsistencies about a subject, concept
or problem
3. Discovers unanswered questions about
a subject, concept or problem
4. Describes strengths & weaknesses of
designs, methods of inquiry and 6
Purposes of
Literature Review
Non Research purposes of literature review:
5. Discovers conceptual traditions used to
examine problems
6. Generates useful research questions or
projects/activities for the discipline
7. Promotes development of protocols &
policies related to e.g. nursing practice
8. Uncovers a new practice intervention, or
gains support for changing a practice
intervention
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Research & Non
Research Purposes
Whether a nurse is developing a
research study, a curriculum,
or a patient protocol, s/he
should base that project on a
critical review of the literature
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The Role of Secondary
Sources
Two general reasons for using
secondary sources:
1. A primary sources is literally
unavailable
2. A secondary source can provide
different ways of looking at an issue or
problem
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