In PsycINFO, you use the "Methodology" filter to limit your search to either literature reviews or to systematic reviews.
Here is how PsycINFO distinguishes between the two types of reviews:
Literature review: "a survey of previously published literature on a particular topic to define and clarify a particular problem; summarize previous investigations; identify relations, contradictions, gaps, and inconsistencies in the literature; and suggest the next step in solving the problem."
Systematic review: "A form of literature review that comprehensively identifies, appraises, and synthesizes all relevant research on a specifically formulated question."
To demonstrate simply:
In PsycArticles, you use the "Methodology" filter to limit your search to either literature reviews or to systematic reviews.
Here is how PsycArticles distinguishes between the two types of reviews:
Literature review: "a survey of previously published literature on a particular topic to define and clarify a particular problem; summarize previous investigations; identify relations, contradictions, gaps, and inconsistencies in the literature; and suggest the next step in solving the problem."
Systematic review: "A form of literature review that comprehensively identifies, appraises, and synthesizes all relevant research on a specifically formulated question."
To demonstrate simply:
In ScienceDirect, you can run an Advanced search and then limits the results to Review articles.
Click on "Advanced search":
Enter your search terms:
Then, after running your search, limit the results by selecting the "Review articles" filter:
In MEDLINE, before or after running your search, simply select the "Review Articles" filter:
