The methods used to carry out a literature review

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Oliver in his article; ‘Succeeding with your Literature Review,' is demonstrating an image that in any research, it is necessary to conduct a literature review to understand what other scholars have researched in the field to help in doing more research. Kumar (2014: 48), alternatively, uses literature review to collect research information from relevant sources concerning searching for pertinent information, reviewing the literature, developing a theoretical framework, a conceptual framework and expressing the literature review through writing. Aim To identify the relevance of literature review in coming up with a research model and their unique element in illustrating the significance of the research study. The purpose of the assignment is to discuss the methods used to carry out a literature review in Kumar and other relevant texts and their relevance in a literature review.

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Objectives • Discussion of the methods used to search for literature. Secondly, as a tool for information searching, literature review contributes to the building up of a pool of data in a given profession. The information identified from the research through literature review is a contribution of the already existing data. Kumar identifies different methods of searching for literature as books, journals, conference papers, and the internet. Books Books give the most significant literature that focusses on the development of research in the areas of interest. The best way I would search for information from the books would be the use of the library catalogues. On the negative attributes, the materials are generally not up to date with the current publications. Journals They are the most common up to date sources of research literature.

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In looking for specific information, one needs to collect various journal publications that are related to the topic of research and identify the most relevant to the research thesis. Some of the ways this can happen are by locating the hard copies of the journals that are relevant to the research problem. Secondly, there is a need to read through the citations to identify the abstracts of the articles, and finally looking through the electronic database. However, sometimes there may be no information in the areas of interest which is quite disadvantageous. The internet According to Walliman (2011:72) internet provides published information by professionals and academicians. The internet covers all other sources of literature information such as journals, books, and conference papers.

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One can search for the data from the internet using keywords of the topics of research. Some of the search sites that can be utilized include the google scholar and Yahoo. Later on, the researcher can go ahead and single the arguments into slots that the researcher will need to add the relevant information as time goes passes. A critical examination needs to look at various aspects that are in conjunction with whether the knowledge it has been confirmed beyond reasonable doubt that the knowledge is relevant. In the review, there is a need to note if there is any difference in what the researchers are analyzing. It is necessary to check on the theories and methodologies adopted and the characteristics of measurement.

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In the review, there is a need to ascertain the areas that have little or nothing known to advance in information extraction. It is an extension of the theoretical framework and focusses on the research problem. At the academic framework level, there is too much concentration on the theories or the difficulties in which the studies are inclined (Kumar, 2014: 57). The conceptual framework gives a clear description of the aspects earlier selected from the theoretical framework. Most of the theories are put up in the explanation of the particular elements or topic of study. However, in research, out of these research problems, one may only need to test a single aspect of research. They can do this by listing down the relevant information they need from the literatures.

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A researcher can come up with headings and sub-headings to distinguish the information. Later, the researcher requires to review the literature and consider conceptualizing the relevant data they require for a given research through supportive arguments. At this level the researcher compares the relevant information they have collected with other relevant research information. The information needs to be backed up the relevant references and quotations from sources used. Theoretical framework ensures there is proper organization of ideas and the relevant theories that assist in fast and timely retrieval of information. Conceptual framework plays the role of ensuring there is further clarification of the relevant information described in the theoretical framework. The two are interdependent and should be inclusive in any form of literature review.

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