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The Critical Literature Review

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 Acknowledgement

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These slides have been adapted from:
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• On successful completion of this course, student will be able to:
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 Functions Literature
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2. You can look at a problem from a specific angle.
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3. You do not run the risk of “reinventing the wheel”;
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4. You are able to introduce relevant terminology and to define key
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terms used in your writing.
5. You obtain useful insights of the research methods others have
used to provide an answer to similar research questions.
6. The research effort can be contextualized in a wider academic
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 Functions Literature
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• In a project that is inductive and exploratory in nature, it may
help you to develop a theoretical background, which provides
an overview of the key literature pertinent to your specific topic

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 Functions Literature
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• In a deductive study, a review of the literature will allow you to
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model and to develop hypotheses.

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 Data Sources
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• Reports of government departments and corporations
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• Newspapers
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 Searching for Literature
• Most libraries have the following electronic resources at their
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disposal:
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– Full-text databases
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– Bibliographic databases
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 Evaluating the Literature
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 Documenting the Literature
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3. “The Potluck Paper”
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4. “The Poor Disguise”
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5. “The Labor of Laziness”
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6. “The Self-Stealer”
Reprinted with permission from: What is Plagiarism? (n.d.), retrieved
June 22, 2011, from
http:// www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/what_is_plagiarism.html.

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 Common Forms of
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1.“The Forgotten Footnote”
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2.“The Misinformer”
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3.“The Too-Perfect Paraphrase”
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4.“The Resourceful Citer”
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 References
• Sekaran, U & Bougie, R. (2016). Research methods for business :
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