This document defines the literature review and provides guidance on how to write one. It explains that a literature review reflects a summary of references and relates a researcher's work to others' work. The literature review should use reliable references from sources like academic journals and books. It should include the original authors' thesis statements, methods, findings, and conclusions to understand how the thesis was proven or not. The literature review paper usually has three sections: an introduction of the topic, summaries of referenced articles organized by purpose and findings, and a conclusion summarizing overall findings and questions still needing answers.

1. BAEB601: REESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER 2 (Part 2):
Literature Review
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2. Chapter Aims
This chapter aims to:
3.Define the literature review
4.Understand the theoretical background
5.Identify journal that relate to the research
6.Identify the similarity and differences of journal with your research.
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3. Literature Review – Answers to Questions
• There are some questions you have to answer before starting to
write your literature review:
– What is a literature review ?
– What should be included in the chapter?
– What references to use?
– Any particular details to include in the
review?
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4. What is a literature review ?
• -It is a chapter in your research
paper that reflects the complete
summary of your reference
project.
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5. What should be included in the chapter?
• -Basically, you would only want
to tell a story about another
person’s work. Therefore, you
must have the ability to write a
compact summary to let
your readers know that you
are actually working on a
significant topic interest.
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6. What references to use?
• -Of course, you would only
want to use references that are
highly reliable. You may find
these materials in the forms of
thesis and dissertations which
may come from established
institutions like the library.
Some of these materials may
include an example of
literature review* for your
convenience.
• Academic journals, articles,
books, etc.
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7. Any particular details to include in the review?
• -Of course, you need to include
the very thesis statement of
the author, the methods used
and the final findings. The
conclusion also plays an
important part since it finalizes
the research details which were
extracted from the study. Also, it
gives you the idea of how the
thesis statement was proven.
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8. Literature Review - Writing the paper
A literature review usually has three sections
although they will not be identified as such in
the
paper.
• 1) Introduction: Introduce your topic and
briefly explain why this is a significant or
important area for study. Define terms if
necessary.
• 2) Summary of articles: In a paragraph or
two for each study, briefly explain the
purpose, how it was conducted (how
information was gathered), and the major
findings. When referring to an article, use
the last name of author or authors and date
of publication in the text.
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9. Literature Review - Writing the paper
Example: Calvin and Brommel (1996) believe
family communication . . .
or
Communication serves two primary functions in
families--cohesion and adaptability (Galvin and
Brommel, 1996).
• 3) Conclusion: Briefly summarize the major
findings of the studies chosen. Comments
about what questions need to still be
answered may be included.
References: List the studies used on a separate
page according to APA style format.
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