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Literature Survey Report- Literature forms the basis of any scholarly writing.
Hence, it is important for the learners to learn and write a literature survey report.
There are three types of source literature, viz, primary, secondary and tertiary.
While undertaking a literature survey you would need to use all of these. For
choosing a topic of literature survey also, you need to refer to literature. Moreover,
it should be an area of your interest. Some of the illustrative areas from which you
can choose are as follows:
 Libraries- Changing Trends
 Digital Libraries, Institutional Repositories
 Artificial Intelligence Applications in Libraries
 Information Resources- OA, OER
 Digital Information Services
 E- resources
 NEP 2020 and Libraries
You may use the following broad structure for the report:
1. Abstract- Please give an abstract of your work in about 200 words
2. Introduction- This should provide a background to the work and the topic
undertaken by you. Hence, the introduction should include the concept of
‘literature review’ as well as the topic of the literature review.
3. Aims and Objectives- Every work is undertaken with some aims and
objectives, so is the review of literature. Objectives should be clearly mentioned in
small steps moving from general to particular. State the objectives as clear and
crisp steps that are achievable.
4. Scope and Limitations- Mention the scope of your review in terms of the
contents and other areas like geographical coverage or coverage of the source
literature in terms of time or form.
5. Methodology- Indicate the method of literature collection here. This would
include the sources of literature and the search tools, techniques and strategies
used.
6. Themes and Subthemes- Literature survey has to be presented under themes
and sub- themes. For that you need to have a conceptual clarity of the topic. You
must have read quality background material on the topic in books or other
reference sources that helps you to prepare a conceptual map of the topic in terms
of its themes and sub-themes. Try to review the literature in terms of these topics
and sub-topics. Also try to organise the review in terms of basic conceptual articles
to theoretical articles and research articles. Present the discussion in third form and
enclose aspects taken as such from the source literature in double inverted
commas.
7. Conclusion and Suggestions- The review should follow with a conclusion
that should highlight the areas that have been covered and those that have not been
studied and need more research.
8. References and Bibliography- References need to be provided in-text as
citations. Follow APA standard