INTRODUCTION TO MENDELEY

Welcome to Day 02

Nilantha Ramanayaka

Department of Sport Science and Physical Education

University of Kelaniya.

Digital Revolution

in

Education

Lack of knowledge about

academic social media

What is Literature Review

literature review is an evaluative report of information found in the literature related to your selected area of study. The review should describe, summarize, evaluate and clarify this literature.

Functions of Literature Reviews

• Establish research context
• Show why the question is significant
• Illustrate and describe previous research, including gaps and flaws
• Ensure that research has not been done before

Steps to Literature Review

• Search the relevant literature
• Read and review with a note (Annotation)
• Citation in the body of research report

Issues in steps

CREATE YOUR PROFILE

• Finding the green literature
• Keep them as backup (Store in digital or virtual environment)
• Citation in the body of research report
• Build the bibliography or reference lists

YOU PUBLICATIONS