GUIRAO GORIS, Silamani J. Adolf. Usefulness and types of literature review. []. , 9, 2. ISSN 1988-348X.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1988-348X2015000200002.

Rapid progression of scientific knowledge with the increasing number of electronic publications in the Internet requires a literature review to have an updated knowledge on a topic of interest. The evidence based practice progress have produced an increase of new types of literature reviews. The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive understanding of what a literature review is, its purpose and relevance and differences between literature review and other forms of academic writing. A categorization of the types of reviews is explored.

: Review; Literature review; Literature review as topic.