See the chapter, "The Literature Review, Theory, Problem Statement, and Hypothesis." Also discusses research methodologies.

See Chapter 3, "Doing Your Literature Review." Also discusses research methodologies.

See the chapter, "Literature review and statement of the problem." Also discusses research methodologies.

See the chapter, "How to write chapter two, review of the literature." Also discusses research methodologies.

See the chapter, "Developing a knowledge base through review of the literature." Also discusses research methodologies.

See chapter 3, "Reviewing the literature." Also discusses research methodologies.

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