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Sources of Literature Review: Presented BY Kilda.S Associate Professor, MSN Dept

The document discusses two main sources of literature review: primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are original research studies written by the original researchers. Secondary sources are descriptions of studies prepared by others who did not conduct the original research. Tertiary sources are reference materials that summarize or repackage information from primary and secondary sources without attribution to a specific author. The document provides examples of different types of primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.

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Sources of Literature Review: Presented BY Kilda.S Associate Professor, MSN Dept

The document discusses two main sources of literature review: primary and secondary sources. Primary sources are original research studies written by the original researchers. Secondary sources are descriptions of studies prepared by others who did not conduct the original research. Tertiary sources are reference materials that summarize or repackage information from primary and secondary sources without attribution to a specific author. The document provides examples of different types of primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.

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Sources of Literature Review

PRESENTED
BY
KILDA.S
Associate Professor ,MSN Dept
• Literature can be reviewed from two

sources:

1. Primary sources

2. Secondary sources
1. Primary Sources:
2. Primary sources are original, peer-reviewed ,and published
research journal articles reported by the original researchers.
• Literature review mostly relies on primary sources, i.e. research reports,
which are description of studies written by researchers who conducted
them.
• Most primary sources are found in published literature.
• A primary source is written by a person who
developed the theory or conducted the
research, or is the description of an
investigation written by the person who
conducted it.
• Example of a primary source: Historical
documents- Birth Certificates, Government
records, Deeds, Court documents, Military
records, Tax records, Census records,
Art.
Historical
Email document
(Letters) s
Visuals

Speeches
(sound
recordings)

Primary Sources Journals

Studies

Auto
biographi
Governm es
ent
statistics Memoirs
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2. Secondary Sources
• Secondary source research documents are description of studies
prepared by someone other than the original researcher.
• They are written by people other than the individuals who
developed the theory or conducted the research.
• The secondary sources may be used when primary sources are not
available or if researchers want external opinion an issue or problem
or even the results of their own research.
Example of a Secondary Source: A literature review on patient
experiences in the ICU: Stein-Parbury, J. & Mckinley, S. (2000) patient
experiences of being in an intensive care unit: a select literature
review. American Journal of critical care, 9:20-27. 7
The main sources from where literature can be searched are as….

Magazines Electronic
& database
Newspapers

Research Books
Resources
Reports of
literature
Encyclopaedia review
Journals
&
dictionary

Thesis Conference
papers

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Tertiary Sources
Some reference materials and textbooks are considered
tertiary sources when their chief purpose is to list, summarize
or simply repackage ideas or other information. Tertiary
sources are usually not credited to a particular author.
Examples of Tertiary Sources: 
Dictionaries/encyclopedias (may also be secondary), almanacs,
fact books, Wikipedia, bibliographies (may also be secondary),
directories, guidebooks, manuals, handbooks, and textbooks (may
be secondary), indexing and abstracting 

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