Comprehensive Literature Review
A Tool to Manage CLR
A Comprehensive Literature Review (CLR) serves as a foundation for further research by providing a comprehensive overview of existing knowledge, identifying gaps and areas for further investigation, and offering insights into theoretical and methodological approaches within the field.
What is Literature Review?
• A literature review is study or survey of a
written text either a books, journals, conference paper, article Thesis, Web
Site, Patent, or any recognized scholarly source material related to a specific
topic or research question.
• It is useful whenever you are writing a research
paper(s) or thesis.
• References at the end of research paper or thesis show
that you have carefully reviewed the relevant literature and are now
contributing to something novel.
Difference
between Literature Review and CLR
Both types of literature reviews
involve examining existing research, a Review of Literature tends to be
narrower in scope, less detailed, and focused on providing an overview, while a
Comprehensive Literature Review is broader in scope, more in-depth, and aims to
provide a comprehensive analysis of the literature.
Purpose
of CLR
• To gather all the available sources related to your
topic.
• To study an existing material related to your topic.
• To know the pros and cons of existing work.
• To know the scope of each work.
• To identify or Find the loopholes in existing work.
• To find the methods and methodology adopted by earlier
researchers.
• To understand with the current state of knowledge on
your topic.
• To ensure you are not repeating earlier work.
• Helps in building your knowledge in your field.
• To explain, how your work is differed from others.
• To know who else worked or working on related to your
topics.
• It helps in developing an outline for your research
i.e. Research question(s) is formed once literature study is over.
Important Things
to do while reading CLR
• Be careful about citing old references. The rule of thumb is to go back at the most five to six years old specially in a faculty like Science and Technology.
• Read at least 25-30 papers and works related to your
topics.
• Read Abstract and conclusion part very well, here only
you can find the gaps.
• Make your points after reading each literature i.e.
don’t wait to write it later.
• Download all the important files in a specific folder.
Note down all links.
• Note down all the bibliographic information
(references) very well.
Why ICT Tools?
• Storing and recalling downloaded information can be
challenging.
• The Problem Difficulty in remembering the location of
saved information. Scatter of downloaded images, PDFs, and links.
Tools to store Info of web source
• Diigo ( https://www.diigo.com/
) is a social bookmarking website that allows users to bookmark and tag
Web pages once signed-up.
• Additionally, it allows users to highlight any part of
a webpage and attach sticky notes to specific highlights or to a whole page.
• Features of Diigo: Saving resources in various formats
(web pages, images, PDFs).
• Categorizing resources with tags for easy retrieval. Accessible
from any device or location.
Various other Tools to Manage Review of Literature
·
Zotero
·
EndNote
·
Mendeley
·
RefWorks
·
Paperpile
·
Citavi
·
ReadCube Papers
·
Qiqqa
Conclusion
In an age of information abundance, tools
like Diigo play a crucial role in helping individuals effectively manage
digital resources. Whether conducting research, Diigo offers a streamlined solution for
information management and retrieval.
Bibliography
- Dr. S. B. Kishor, “Research Methodology”, 1st edition published by DAS Ganu, Prakashan, Nagpur in March 2022 (ISBN 978-93-84336-74-5)
- Dr. S. B. Kishor, Dr. Ajay S. Kushwaha, Dr.
Gitanjali J, “Research and Publication Ethics”, 2nd Ed. published in Feb. 2023, published by DAS Ganu, Prakashan, Nagpur (ISBN
978-93-84336-71-4)
About Author
Comments
Post a Comment