Literature review: A search for scholarly journal articles on your topic. You are looking for methodologies that have been used by others in the field to solve your problem or similar problems.
1. Find a great source on your topic.
2. Mine it for keywords, subject headings, and sources in its bibliography.
3. Do more searching and watch your bibliography grow.
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