Completeness of Literature Review

Sample Paper Excerpt

The author of a manuscript being prepared for submission conducted a literature review of 'internet-use' by researchers, citing more than three hundred articles. The literature review follows the progression of research in this area, with topics ranging from theoretic and conceptual to methodological and substantive. The author, who is familiar with the field, relies on published abstracts to provide summaries of each study. In this way, the author is able to complete the literature review fairly quickly.

What mistake did the author commit?

Failure to read an entire article compromises one's ability to discern subtle conceptual and methodological issues not revealed in abstracts.
The author should have also read the Discussion section.
The authors should have also read the Introduction section.
The practice is acceptable because abstracts represent the essence of each scientific article.

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