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6 years ago in Literature Review By Shilpa

Tips to analyse literature sources

I want to write literature review chapter. Please suggest me some tips to choose and analyse the sources. Thank you in advance

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By Ramesh B Answered 6 years ago

Hey Shilpa ! First of all, identify your research question before looking for the suitable sources. Without doing so, you will not be able to choose the apt literature sources

By Venu R Answered 6 years ago

Yes before searching for literature sources it is a must to identify the research theme you wish to study. After doing so, you can either follow systematic, retrospective or citation approach to search the sources. To know more about these process, kindly visit http://www.library.dmu.ac.uk/Images/Howto/LiteratureSearch.pdf

By Mukesh Answered 6 years ago

To critically analyse the sources, identify & evaluate the previous research and discover the areas which have been investigated and which is yet to be investigated. Examine the gap between the studies, compare the data, and develop hypotheses.
I referred https://libguides.uwf.edu/c.php?g=215199&p=1420520 for conducting a literature review. Initially I found the process very easy. But as time passes you will not be able to cope up with the process. If this happens to you too do not hesitate to take help from may be http://thesisindia.in/, https://www.chanakya-research.com/

By Shilpa Answered 6 years ago

Thank you so much for the answers

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