Research Seminar

“ONLINE SOURCES OF
REVIEW OF LITERATURE”
PREPARED BY:
MR.GIREESH S PILLAI
FIRST YEAR MSc NURSING
HOLY CROSS COLEGE OF NURSING,
KOTTIYAM
Specific objectives:
At the end of the class students will be able to
 Definition Of Review Of Literature
 Purposes And Importance Review Of Literature
 Components And Elements Literature Review
 Categories And Type Of Review Of Literature
 Steps In The Review Of Literature
 Sources Of Review Of Literature

DEFINITION:
“Literature review is defined as a broad, comprehensive, in depth, systemic,

and critical review of scholarly publication, publication, unpublished printed
or audio visual material and personal communication”.
(S K
Sharma,2005)
Count…….
“A Literature Review Is A Body Of Text That Aims To Review The

Critical Points Of Knowledge On A Particular Topic Of Research.”
(ANA,2000)
“A Literature Review Is An Account Of What Has Been Already

Established Or Published On A Particular Research Topic By
Accredited Scholars & Researchers.”
(University Of Toronto,
2001)
PURPOSES OF REVIEW OF LITERATURE
 To survey the literature on an area of study;
 To present information in literature as an organized sum up;
 To critically analyse data
 Identify areas of prior scholarship to prevent duplication and give credit to

other researchers
 Identify inconstancies: gaps in research, conflicts in previous studies, open

questions left from other research
 Identify need for additional research (justifying your research)
 Identify the relationship of works in context of its contribution to the topic

and to other works
IMPORTANCE OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW
 It helps in the selection and definition of the research problem
 It helps in highlighting the state of the art of the problem of study
 It helps in specifying the conceptual frame work of the study
 It is useful in guiding the methodology of the study
 Literature review suggests other procedures and approaches
 It helps in explaining the findings of the study

COMPONENTS OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW
 Objective of the literature review
 Overview of the subject under consideration.
 Clear categorization of sources
 Discussion of both the distinctiveness of each source and its

similarities with the others.
ELEMENTS OF REVIEW OF LITERATURE
 Locate major formative works in the field
 Ascertain key researchers working on this topic
 Fine fain ideas conclusions and theories. Establish similarities & differences
 Notice main methodologies & research techniques
 Identify gaps in existing research
 Show relationships between previous studies / theories
 Provide context for your own research

ESSENTIAL CATEGORIES:
 Simple
 Applied
 Academic
TYPES OF REVIEW OF LITERATURE
 Argumentative Review
 Integrative Review
 Historical Review
 Methodological Review
 Systematic Review
 Theoretical Review
STEPS IN THE LITERATURE REVIEW PROCESS
 Define your subject and the scope of the review.
 Search the library catalogue, subject specific databases and other

search tools to find sources that are relevant to your topic.
 Read and evaluate the sources and to determine their suitability to

the understanding of topic
 Analyse, interpret and discuss the findings and conclusions of the

sources you selected
OVERVIEW OF RESOURCES
o MAGAZINES &NEWS PAPER
o RESEARCH REPORT
o ENCYCLOPEDIA & DICTIONARY
o THESES
o CONFERENCE PAPERS
o JOURNALS
o BOOKS
o ELECTRONIC DATABASE
SOURCES OF REVIEW OF LITERATURE
 PRIMARY SOURCES
 SECONDARY SOURCES
 TERTIARY SOURCES
PRIMARY SOURCES
o Original written works – poems, diaries, court records, interviews,
surveys, and original research/fieldwork
o Research published in scholarly/academic journals.

SECONDARY SOURCES
o BOOKS
o MAGAZINES
o NEWS PAPER
o ONLINE ARTICLES
TERTIARY SOURCES
 INDEXES
 ABSTRACTS
 DATABASE
o ELECTRONIC SOURCES
o PRINTED SOURCES
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
 CINAHL
 Ovid Health STAR
 CD ROM
 Radix
 ExcerptaMedicadataBASE
 CANCERLIT
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 Pub Med
 Paperity
 Dryad
 Semantic scholar
 The Education Resources Information Centre

COUNT…
 MEDLINE
 CIA World Factbook
 Digital LIBRARY OF THE COMMON Repository
 Bielefeld Academic search engine
 JURN
CO
 The Cochrane Library
 EconBiz
 BioMed Central
 Dhlp Computer Science Bibliography
 OpenDOAR
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Public Library of Science
CORE
Social Science Research Network

C
 The Registry of Nursing Research and Practice Innovations (RNR)
 Zenodo
 PsycINFO
 Directory of Open Access Journals

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 ScienceOpen
 arXiv e- Print Achieve
 EThOS
ONLINE JOURNALS:
 http://www.nursefriendly.com/nursing/linksections/nursingjorn al.html
 http://www.nsna.org
 http://www.healthweb.org
 http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php
 http://www.healthweb.org.browse.cfm?catergy=1727
 http://www.juns.nursing.arizona.edu
 http://www.medbioworld.com
 http://www.nursingworld.org.ojin
 http://www.eaa-knowledge.com.ojni/#
 http://www.nursingweek.com
ONLINE DATABASE
 http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov (HIV/AIDS information)
 http://www.hazmap.nlm.nih.gov (information on hazardous agents)
 http://www.child.nih.gov (combined health information database)
 http://www.toxinet.nlm.nih.gov (toxicology database network)

PRINTED SOURCES
 JOURNALS
Name of National Journals:
o Nursing & Midwifery Research Journal
o Indian journal of Nursing Research & Midwifery
o The nursing Journal of India
o Nightingale Nursing Times
o International Journal of Nursing Education
o Indian Journal of Nursing Studies

Name Of International Journals:
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o Nursing Research
o Research in Nursing & Health
o Nursing Sciences Quarterly
o Western Journal of Nursing Research
o Applied Nursing Research
o Biological Research for Nursing
o Advances in Nursing Sciences
o Clinical Nursing Research
o Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
o Journal of Qualitative Research
o American Journal of Nursing
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 Research reports
 Unpublished dissertations & Theses
 Magazines & newspapers
 Conference papers & proceedings
 Encyclopaedias & dictionaries Books

CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Denise F Polit, Cheryl Tatano Beck (2009), Essential of Nursing
Research, Seventh edition published by Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott,
Williams &Wilkins), Noida.
• BT Basavanthappa (2010), Nursing Research, Second edition

Published by Jaypee, New Delhi .Page No:92-94
• Dr .R Bincy (2015), Nursing Research (Building Evidence for Practice)

Revised and Updated Second Edition. Page No:84,89-94

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“ONLINE SOURCES OF

 Definition Of Review Of Literature

 Purposes And Importance Review Of Literature

 Components And Elements Literature Review

 Categories And Type Of Review Of Literature

 Steps In The Review Of Literature

 Sources Of Review Of Literature

“Literature review is defined as a broad, comprehensive, in depth, systemic,

“A Literature Review Is A Body Of Text That Aims To Review The

“A Literature Review Is An Account Of What Has Been Already

 To present information in literature as an organized sum up;

 To critically analyse data

 Identify areas of prior scholarship to prevent duplication and give credit to

 Identify inconstancies: gaps in research, conflicts in previous studies, open

 Identify need for additional research (justifying your research)

 Identify the relationship of works in context of its contribution to the topic

 It helps in the selection and definition of the research problem

 It helps in highlighting the state of the art of the problem of study

 It helps in specifying the conceptual frame work of the study

 It is useful in guiding the methodology of the study

 Literature review suggests other procedures and approaches

 It helps in explaining the findings of the study

 Objective of the literature review

 Overview of the subject under consideration.

 Clear categorization of sources

 Discussion of both the distinctiveness of each source and its

 Ascertain key researchers working on this topic

 Notice main methodologies & research techniques

 Identify gaps in existing research

 Show relationships between previous studies / theories

 Provide context for your own research

 Search the library catalogue, subject specific databases and other

 Read and evaluate the sources and to determine their suitability to

 Analyse, interpret and discuss the findings and conclusions of the

o Research published in scholarly/academic journals.

 Ovid Health STAR

 The Education Resources Information Centre

 CIA World Factbook

 Digital LIBRARY OF THE COMMON Repository

 Bielefeld Academic search engine

Social Science Research Network

 Directory of Open Access Journals

 arXiv e- Print Achieve

 http://www.hazmap.nlm.nih.gov (information on hazardous agents)

 http://www.child.nih.gov (combined health information database)

 http://www.toxinet.nlm.nih.gov (toxicology database network)

o Nursing & Midwifery Research Journal

o Indian journal of Nursing Research & Midwifery

o The nursing Journal of India

o Nightingale Nursing Times

o International Journal of Nursing Education

o Indian Journal of Nursing Studies

 Unpublished dissertations & Theses

 Magazines & newspapers

 Conference papers & proceedings

 Encyclopaedias & dictionaries Books

• BT Basavanthappa (2010), Nursing Research, Second edition

• Dr .R Bincy (2015), Nursing Research (Building Evidence for Practice)

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