1) Keep your Search strategy set at Select a field.
2) Enter in your main Topic search term in the first search box.
3) If needed add a second qualifying search term in the second search box.
4) Type in "literature review" or "Review of literature" in the third search box.
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1) Keep the search strategy set at Select a field, and enter in your main topic in the first search box.
2) If needed add a second qualifying search term in the second search box.
3) "Literature reviews" can be used as a Subject term or as a general keyword.
1) Type in your main topic in the first search box.
2) If needed add a second qualifying search term in the second search box.
3) Type "literature review" or "review of literature" in the third search box.
1) "Literature Reviews" is a Descriptor in ERIC.
2) Choose DE: Descriptor in the first Search Box.
3) Add your search terms in the second and third search boxes.
1) Enter in your topic search term in the first search box.
2) In the second search box, you can change the search approach to SU Subject Terms, and type in "Literature Reviews".
3) Literature Reviews is a Subject Heading in Historical Abstracts.
1) Type in your main topic in the first search box, and keep the search approach at Full Text.
2) When you type "review of the literature" or "literature review" in the second search box, change the search approach to Abstract. In other words, the database will look for this phrase just in the Abstract field of the article.
1) To retrieve "literature reviews" in LLBA, you will be conducting a keyword search, similar to Education Full Text.
2) Enter in your topic search term in the first search box.
3) Add "literature review" or "review of literature" in the second search box.
4) Keep search strategy set at "All Fields (No full text).
1) PsycInfo and PsycArticles use "literature review" as Content Type.
2) In EBSCO, scroll to the bottom of the search screen and select the category: Methodology
3) From the Menu list select Literature Review and click on it.
4) In the search box at the top of the screen type in your topic keywords.
1) Enter in your main topic search term in the first search box.
2) If you need to narrow the focus of your topic, you can add a second keyword in the second search box.
3) To retrieve other lit review articles, be sure to type the term "literature review" or "review of literature" and place it in quotation marks.
1) Enter in your topic search terms in the first search box.
2) Add "review of literature" in the second search box.
3) You can also limit your search to just "peer reviewed" journals.
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