The best way to find out what's been written about a specific idea is to search databases. This allows you to search across many publications simultaneously. Below I've suggested a couple of databases to try. You can also search Primo and Google. (Additional information about searching Primo on "Finding Articles by Title" page.)
Keep in mind, though, that both Primo and Google contain information about sources other than periodicals. So... limit your results using the tips below.
Tips:
Covers topics in most areas of academic study. Full-text provided for over 10,000 publications, with over 7,850 peer-reviewed. Abstracts and indexing available for over 13,780 journals in the collection.
Also includes full-text access to over 5,000 journals. Offers coverage of many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
A comprehensive collection of peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals from leading university presses, not-for-profit publishers and prestigious scholarly societies. Journals can be searched individually, in groups, or all together.