Literature Research

Literature research involves searching and studying existing (written) knowledge sources to gain insight, background, and recognized standards around a topic. For a back-end developer, this can include: reading articles about design principles, research on back-end security, scalability, technical documentation about back-end components, or industry guidelines.

This skill is important because it enables you to build on existing knowledge and best practices rather than starting from scratch.

Starting Points

• Literature study (ICT Research Methods)
• Who Can You Trust? Crash Course Navigating Digital Information
• Google scholar

Key Points

• You demonstrate the ability to find and select relevant literature.
• You maintain a critical attitude and consider the authority and perspective of your sources.
• You summarize the main findings from the literature in your own words and apply this knowledge.
• You use APA or IEEE citation style.

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• Last updated: 30.09.2025
• Updated by: GS