noun
document retrieval; literature search
Technical term in computing and library science for searching and retrieving documents from a database or collection.
このシステムは文献検索に特化している。
This system specializes in document retrieval.
文献検索の結果、関連する論文が10件見つかった。
The literature search found 10 related papers.
情報検索 is broader, covering all information retrieval, while 文献検索 focuses specifically on documents and literature.
Compound of 文献 (ぶんけん, 'document, literature') and 検索 (けんさく, 'search, retrieval').