Conducting research literature reviews: From the Internet to paper by 
Doing your literature review: Traditional and systematic techniques by 
Evaluating Research Articles from Start to Finish by A literature review does not present an original argument, but instead is an overview or discussion of existing literature (scholarly writing) on a particular topic. The literature may come from books, articles, reports, or other formats.
It's a review because it usually contains a summary, synthesis, or analysis of the central arguments in the existing literature.
This page includes material from Sharon Leslie's excellent Literature Reviews research guide.
See Ms. Leslie's guide for much more information about writing lit reviews.
These are probably the two databases you'll need for this project. The library has many other relevant databases if you're not finding what you need.
Some topics will be covered well in both databases or might need to be searched elsewhere.
Ask Jill if you need advice.
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