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title: ToolRouter — Use Case
description: Step-by-step guide for a real-world ToolRouter use case with agent-specific instructions.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/academic-research/use-cases/build-literature-reviews
---
# Build Literature Reviews

A literature review requires comprehensive coverage -- you need to find the seminal papers, trace how ideas evolved, identify current debates, and spot gaps in the research. Doing this manually across databases, journals, and preprint servers takes weeks.

Combining search_papers and paper_details enables a systematic approach. Search to find the initial set of relevant papers, then use paper_details to examine their citations and references. Follow the citation chain to discover papers you would have missed in keyword searches alone.

Graduate students writing theses, researchers starting new projects, grant writers establishing significance, and reviewers assessing the state of a field all need thorough literature reviews. The combination of search and citation tracking covers the topic from multiple angles -- keywords, references, and citation chains.

**Tool:** [Academic Research](https://toolrouter.com/tools/academic-research)
**Skills:** search_papers, paper_details

## Agent Guides

- [How to Build Literature Reviews with Claude](https://toolrouter.com/tools/academic-research/use-cases/build-literature-reviews/claude): Guide for Claude
- [How to Build Literature Reviews with ChatGPT](https://toolrouter.com/tools/academic-research/use-cases/build-literature-reviews/chatgpt): Guide for ChatGPT
- [How to Build Literature Reviews with Copilot](https://toolrouter.com/tools/academic-research/use-cases/build-literature-reviews/copilot): Guide for Copilot
- [How to Build Literature Reviews with OpenClaw](https://toolrouter.com/tools/academic-research/use-cases/build-literature-reviews/openclaw): Guide for OpenClaw
