These sessions introduce students to selecting a topic and the basics of literature review. You will learn about what is a good topic and some of the topics you should avoid. The literature review usually provides a detailed analysis of the research topic or theme from the perspective of existing or previous literature. It also critiques and proposes perspectives or ways of addressing the research problem or research questions.
Students will learn how to conduct literature review using the following steps.
- Select and refine a topic
- Identify and Locate literature
- Ensure Relevance
- Record and Retrieve
- Review and Summarize
- Write
topic! what a panic! after the class have been enlightened about how to choose a good topic yet still…..and sir about we providing a topic by Friday…hmmmm…i hope it will not be our final topic for the group work…..we need more time to research on the areas we will like to write on…please? all the same, thank you. your class has been great sooo far!
I have realized that everything we are studying is a build up on previous lectures we need to really read in order to follow and understand what goes on in class.
Get the handbook with the notes it will help.
sir, steps in research… what goes into the conduction of a reconnaissance? and after selecting a topic of a company, do we need to visit the company? if yes, could we come for introductory letters?
It means it is good to have some knowledge about the organization before selecting it for the topic. You do not need to visit it “officially”, you can read more about them by checking on their website or getting to know what they do. Your objective is to ascertain if they fit your study.
okay, thank you sir. with the work, is it possible to ascertain no results at all? what causes this problem? is the topic too narrow?
Less reading – read more about the topic
well sir, if we need to just read from the website. will that be helpful solely done. i believe for our research to be poised well, then we need more than just some sort of first hand information on a website. but word of mouth could prove some reliable basis. what do you think?
Website information is not enough – journals are the better option
exactly sir, but do journals talk all that we need. my problem may be that, if journals become limited in their information, our research stands limited as well.
No single documented resource has all the knowledge – everything is up to an extent limited!