literature (body of all written works) / literature (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)

(literature) belles-lettres, fiction (light literary compositions valued for their aesthetic properties)

(literature) nonfiction

source literature (a list of documents (books, articles, newspapers, publications, etc.) cited by the author of the work)

(library science) bibliographic list of the works of a subject that is mentioned in the work, usually placed at the end of the work along with the literature on the subject