ICT tools in literature review – UGC NET Question

Statements A, B, D and E accurately describe how ICT tools support literature review: databases provide access to peer-reviewed sources, search operators refine queries, alerts track new work and digital management systems organise notes and references. Statement C is false because personal blogs alone are not sufficient for a rigorous review; peer-reviewed and scholarly sources are essential. Thus, the option with A, B, D and E is correct.

Option A:
Option A is incomplete because it omits E, leaving out the important role of digital note and reference management in maintaining an organised, traceable review.

Option B:
Option B is correct because it gathers all the relevant true statements about search, monitoring and organisation tools, while excluding the misleading suggestion in C that non-reviewed blogs can replace scholarly literature.

Option C:
Option C is incorrect because it leaves out A, not explicitly acknowledging the centrality of academic databases for systematic searching, even though it retains some true statements.

Option D:
Option D includes C, the claim that blogs alone are sufficient, which contradicts standards for scholarly reviews and therefore renders the combination invalid.