Pacific Literature Searches in the Internet Age

The purpose of this essay is to explore one particular aspect of a master’s-level literature review: the literature search. Emphasis is placed on how librarians and libraries fit into the search process, particularly in the age of the Internet. The essay is intended less as a step-by-step “how to” than as a guide to conceptualizing the search process as a whole, particularly as that process plays out within the multidisciplinary field of Pacific Islands studies.