Literature reviews can be found in multiple types of sources, many of which can be found in the library databases.
Source types that often have a literature review section include:
When searching the databases, use options to limit your search by:
Searches multiple databases (covering most subjects) for sources including scholarly journals, dissertations, magazines, newspapers, eBooks, and more.
Multidisciplinary database (covering most subjects) including scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and other sources.
Additional databases may be useful depending on your subject.
Project MUSE offers complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals and books from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. MUSE provides access to a growing list of scholarly open access content.
Journal articles, indexing, and abstracts related to communication, mass media, and related fields of study.
Education resources including journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations/theses, and books.
Nonprofit publisher of Open Access journals publishing research in science and medicine.
More than 300 peer-reviewed open access journals, part of Springer Nature.
Full-text archive of journals in biomedical and life sciences. (FREE version)
Scholarly, government, and general interest articles about environment-related topics including climate change, sustainability, renewable energy, recycling, and more.