After selecting your topic, the next step of the literature review is to search for, evaluate, and collect the literature.

• Search for means to locate citations to possible sources using catalogs, indexes, databases, references in a book or journal, etc.

• Evaluate means to determine the relevancy and quality of the literature (currency and whether it comes from a peer-reviewed or scholarly publication).

• Collect means to gather the sources in electronic or paper (hard copy) form.