Remember all the stuff we had you do under idea generation? Now you get to use it.

At this point, you should have:

• A set of terms that are important to the research question you want to answer and their definitions.
• A set of goals and objectives.

You should now be ready to:

1. Decide which literature search tools you are going to use.
2. Compare your terms to the terms used in each search tool you plan to use (e.g., thesaurus for electronic indexes and print indexes, glossaries for textbooks).
3. Refine your terms based on the comparison (but do not discard them - they may yet be useful).
4. Review your goals and objectives.
5. Decide on a preliminary literature search strategy.