RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

LECTURE #2
Standing on the Shoulders of
Giants Benedikta Siboro
Lecturer Del Institute
of Technology
Email : benedikta.siboro@del.ac.id
  Able to define the concept Literature study
Learning  Able to define the importance of literature study
Objectives  Able to explain and criticize the literature review of previous
research
 Research
Literature Design
Topic Study

Background
Research title

topics :
1. discuss something that has or has not been studied before
2. duplicate previous research but participants or the situation is different

The title is a tool that provides the orientation of the research made as clearly as
possible
  Books  Audio-visual material
 Journals  Electronics databases
 Conference papers  Government reports
 Theses and dissertations  Magazines
What is  Bibliographies  Newspapers
literature  Map  Map
 Indexes/abstracts  Interviewed and other
unpublished research
 Internet
  Qualitative : literature is in introduction area to explain the
different types of research strategies
 Quantitative : literature is in 3 area :
The use of a. Introduction : to provide directions for questions and research
hypotheses
literature in
b. literature review section : to describe in detail the literature
research that supports the research
c. Discussion /result : to review the existing literature and make a
comparison between the results of research that has been done
and the results of research literature
What is
literature (2)
  Literature study : reviewing the literature related research
conducted
 Purposes :
a. As information to other readers about the relationship of
Definition and research conducted on existing research results

Purpose of b. To link research with existing literature

c. To fill the gap from previous research
Literature
Study reinventing
the wheel

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

 Determine Key words

Find reference/catalogue
Stages of
Literature Critical reading
Study
Generate Literature Map

Literature Review + A systematic

literature review
  There are 3 key points of a literature review :
Key points of a a. Theory : what the research says
literature b. Methodology : how the research was carried out
review c. Research gap : missing or gap that research intend to fill
Writing and  A general organization looks like a funnel, that consist of :
Presenting a. Broader topics

Literature b. Subtopics
c. Studies like yours
Review