On September 10, 2025, a group of forty-three students along with two faculty members, Dr. Jenifer H. Gao and Dr. J.Q. Zhou, from the Faculty of Business participated a seminar delivered by Prof. Wai Ming To. The event was held in Room M608 from 2:30 PM to 4:15 PM.

During the seminar, Prof. To provided an overview of the context surrounding literature reviews. The aim was to equip attendees with essential knowledge regarding the concept of a “literature review”, covering its definition, purposes, and distinguishing what it is and what it is not. He then discussed methods for locating literature, both from historical perspectives and through modern tools like the Internet and artificial intelligence (AI). Prof. To highlighted that the primary focus of a literature review is to identify “quality” and “relevant” literature by utilizing reputable academic indexing databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and CNKI. He cautioned against relying on Google, Google Scholar, and Google AI. Furthermore, Prof. To demonstrated how the PRISMA 2020 workflow, which stands for the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, can assist in conducting a “systematic” literature review that covers the development of a research topic and its highly-cited articles. The seminar concluded at 4:15 PM. Following this, two students asked about how to identify research gaps in a literature review and whether the software VOSviewer could be utilized for this purpose. Prof. To provided them with answers.  

Figure 1. Prof. To delivering the seminar