Literature Review

Module 3
Selecting Relevant
Literature
Activity
Direction: Using the clues given below, arrange the scrambled letters to
form a word associated with literature review. Write your
answers on your notebook.
Activity
Direction: Draw a happy face ☺ if the statement describes the goal of

literature review and a sad face  if otherwise. Write your
1. Stimulates new ideas.
2. Suggests hypotheses for replication.
3. Establishes the credibility of research.
4. Generalizes the context of the research.
5. Delinks the current to the prior research.
6. Integrates what is known in an area or field.
7. Summarizes what is known in an area or field.
8. Makes a connection between the research and the existing body of
knowledge.
9. Decreases a reader’s confidence in the researcher’s professional
competence.
10.Points out areas where prior studies agree, disagree and where major
questions remain
• Just like the process you underwent when you were
choosing your strand, selecting the literature to be
included in your research needs a lot of critical
thinking.
• You may have considered your intellectual ability,
talent, interest, opportunities in the field and the like.
• The same is true in choosing literature for your study.
• Careful evaluation must be done in order for you to
identify what new information you can give to the
existing pool of knowledge.
Literature, in the context of
research, refers to a
collection of published
information or materials on a
particular area of research or
topic, such as books and
journal articles of academic
value.
On the other hand, a literature
review is a process of studying what
has already been written on a
particular topic. The process involves
identifying, locating, and analyzing
documents that contain information
related to a researcher’s research
topic (Avilla, 2016). Likewise,
Aveyard (2010) defi ned it as a
"comprehensive study and
interpretation of literature that
addresses a specifi c topic."
Prieto, et. al (2017)
listed down the
purposes for which
literature review is
done:
As you look for literature to incorporate in your review, you have to eye the most valuable and
pertinent information to your study. Hence, you do not list everything you find especially resources that
are not collected by an academic library. The following are the five basic criteria for evaluating
information from any sources:
Direction: A. Give the criteria in evaluating literature employed in the
following statements. Choose you answers from the box below. Write your
Module 4
Citation of Review of
Related Literature
Defi nition, Importance,
and Styles of Citation
As a researcher, everyone is responsible
in taking into consideration diff erent
aspects of crafting her academic paper.
A student-researcher must take into
mind that ethical considerations must be
done in order to avoid plagiarism.
Plagiarism is unethical practice of using
words or ideas (either planned and
accidental) of another author/
researcher or your own previous works
without proper acknowledgement.
Activity
Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if

otherwise. Write your answers on your notebook.
1. A good literature review may consist of simply a summary
of key sources.
2. A literature review has an organizational pattern and
commonly combines the summary and synthesis often
within the specific conceptual categories.
3. A literature review is plainly included on your thesis or
research paper as to make your manuscript bulky.
4. A literature review is designed for you to provide an
overview of sources you have explored while researching a
particular topic.
5. A good literature review in your study provides your readers
how your research fits within a larger field of study.
Activity
Direction: Using the puzzle, find out the answer on each item. Write your answers
on your notebook.
1. This pertains to the reliability and correctness of information used by the researcher.
2. It refers to the facts that are applied by the researcher that are not influenced by
personal beliefs or feelings.
3. This is the extent of a reference material used by the researcher which meet the
needs and depth of the research topic.
4. It is the degree to which the information gathered by the researcher is useful or
related to one another.
5. This refers to the process of putting together all the materials from different sources
into an integrated whole.
What is citation? A citation are set of rules on how to
cite sources in an academic writing. Whenever you refer
to someone else’s work, a citation is required in order
to avoid plagiarism (Swaen,2015). In addition, citation
is referred to as, the way you tell your readers that a
certain material in your work came from another
source. It will give the readers the information
necessary to fi nd that source again (Turnitin, 2017).
Below are the other reasons that you need to bear in mind while crafting and
completing your Chapter II. The Importance of Citation
1. It is helpful for anyone who wants to find out more about your
ideas and where they came from.
2. Citing sources shows the amount of research you’ve done.
3. Citing sources strengthens your work by lending outside
support to your ideas.
4. It is a basis of authenticity of one’s study.
5. It ensures the ethical and academic honesty of someone’s
work.
6. It reveals the sources of information and knowledge.
7. It served as a legal basis in crafting the body of your study.
Those are some of the importance of citing sources while you
are working and crafting your Review of Related Literature
Chapter.
Moreover, as a student-
researcher develops his /her
capacity in choosing relevant
Review of Related Literature
(RRL), it is right for them to
know the diff erent styles of citing
sources. Below are the diff erent
styles of citation in a research
paper that are commonly used
for citing sources on your Review
of Related Literature.
Styles of Citation used in an Academic Paper
1. Modern Language Association (MLA)

 It is widely used in the Humanities such as in the
fields of English, Literatures, Arts, and
Philosophy. It uses brief parenthetical citations in the
text that refers to an alphabetical list of work
cited appearing at the end of the work.
These are the examples of MLA Style of Citation when it comes to

a Book as a source of the researcher’s Review of Related Literature.
The following are the examples of citation in APA style:
Here is a diagram in which you may use in order for you to
organize your information, concepts and ideas using your Research
Working Title.
Direction: Below are given set of citation styles that are usually used by researcher. Identify
whether the given citation is an APA, MLA, or CHICAGO. Write your answers on your notebook.

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Module 3

Direction: Draw a happy face ☺ if the statement describes the goal of

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if

1. Modern Language Association (MLA)

These are the examples of MLA Style of Citation when it comes to

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