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ESSE eee, , POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LITERATURE REVIEW mS, , (evaluate its reliability, usefulness, validity). The following points are to be considered when, assessing, analysing, and writing a literature review:, , 5 Be specse eee pee specific features of study methodology and, ee oly G n-depth analysis of each point and long description of, , ° Be selective: Researcher should narrow down a lot of information into a small space for, literature review. Just the most important points (i.e. those most relevant to the review’s, focus) must be mentioned in each work of review., , e Focus of current topics: Researcher needs to analyse some points, such as if it is a current article, and if not, how old it is; has its claims, evidence, or arguments been superseded by more recent work; if it is not current, then if it is important for historical, background; etc., , e Ensure evidence for claims: Researcher should focus on what support is given for claims, made in the literature. What evidence and what type (experimental, statistical, anecdotal,, etc.) of evidences are offered? Is the evidence relevant and sufficient? What arguments are, given? What assumptions are made, and are they warranted?, , e Focus on sources of evidences: Researchers should ensure the reliability of the sources of, , “the evidence or other information—if they are from author’s own experiments, surveys,, historical records, government documents, etc. He or she should check how reliable those, sources are., , e Account of contrary evidences: Does the author take into account contrary or conflicting, évidence and arguments? How does the author address disagreements with other, researchers?, , e Reference citation: Any references cited in the literature review must be included in the, bibliography /reference list. The common practice is that the reviewer does not list references in the bibliography that are not directly cited in the literature review or elsewhere in, the paper/ thesis., , ° Organization of literature review: A literature review is organized by subtopic, not by, individual reference. In a typical literature review, the writers may cite several references, in the same paragraph and may cite the same reference in more than one paragraph, if, that source addresses more than one of the subtopics in the literature review. Typically,, discussion of each source is quite brief. The contribution the present reviewers make is, organizing the ideas from the sources into a cogent argument or narrative that includes, , their perspectives., , ° Referring original source: The reviewer sh, = aan ” :, with each reference. This may require a careful rea, author refers to another source whose ideas are relevant or interesting,, , and use that original reference., ° Write in own language: It must be ensured by the researcher that the literature is, written in own words and paraphrasing must be avoided. However, the opinion of the, , original author must be accurately presented in the written literature., her should use simple sentences and, , * Simple and accurate sentence structure: A researc, must avoid errors of grammar and punctuation. Express one idea in a simple sentence., , Ensure that all sentences have a subject, verb, and object., , ould focus on citing the material that originates, ding of the reference. If the reference, it is better to track, , |. FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING RESEARCH
