Review of Related

Literature
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A written summary of
published research studies and
relevant works about a
particular subject matter that
is related to the researcher's
main topic.

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 Periodicals
 Newspapers, popular social
science magazines, professional
publications (e.g. National
Geographic and Psychology
Today), Internet news
summaries, opinion magazines,
editorials, and mass market
publications (e.g., Time,
Newsweek, The Economist).

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Scholarly Journals
 Peer-reviewed or abstracted refereed
journals containing research results
of social scientists and other
researchers (e.g. Malay, Asian
Studies, Philippine Studies,
American Sociological Review,
Philippine Social Science Review).
 Scholarly journals that can be
accessed online (e.g., JSTOR and
EBSCO HOST), e-journals or Internet
only scholarly journals that
publishes online peer-reviewed
researches (e.g., Philippine e-
journals), and article or book reviews
that contain literature review essays
that provide journal article or book
commentary and evaluations.
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Books
Original research results or a
compilation of research articles
published by university presses
such as University of the
Philippines Press, Ateneo de
Manila University Press, De La
Salle University Publishing
House, and University of Santo
Tomas Publishing House).
Dissertation and Thesis
Written by graduate students
some are published while others
are unpublished and can be
accessed in the university
libraries.
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 Government
Documents
 Published by the national government, local
government units, government agencies, and
international agencies.
Policy Reports and Conference Papers
Published by government and private
research institutes and policy centers.
Professional organizations that hold annual
conferences have scholarly papers presented
in them.

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Policy Reports and Conference Papers

Published by government and

private research institutes and
policy centers. Professional
organizations that hold
annual conferences have
scholarly papers presented in
them.

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