Sicilian

Hello everyone, I am an Asperger's person who is also an ADHD; I am linguistically intelligent; I love sitting-still, reading, writing, and expanding my knowledge, but I, often, get bogged down at some points or fail at finding precise content for literature review. I am differently hardwired; I struggle with implied things, I hyper-focus when I should not, and I do not focus when I should. Irregularities cut my circuit short. I learn slower than others, but when I learn something it becomes mesmerizing eventually, but I don't have the quick and intuitive start many people enjoy. I always end up being excellent at things, but next fall, I will be studying Political Science, International Relations, and I want to work efficiently. The literature review part of research is mysterious to me; I noticed that scholars tend to keep ideas of the LR implicit so as to be understood only by scholars in the field, but that does not help new people, like me, get a grasp of what literature review is NOT. I know that LR is about citing others conclusions, relevant studies, ... etc, but again, I have difficulty knowing what literature review is NOT and how to deal with its irregularities. The reason for my question is that not all research thesis and questions have enough/clear/precise/direct-to-the-point content to include in the literature review to eventually run a research in a regular way; there are irregularities; What to do in this case? Do I cite the closest points to my topic even if they seem far from it? spending hours looking through books to get something relevant to my topic makes me lose energy and hope. Are there efficient techniques/strategies for looking through books and journals to find the content I am looking for? Are there any tips as to what and what not to include in the literature review? What different scenarios/problems they may face? And how to tackle these problems. I know research is not hard as some people finish three 20-page papers in one semester, but I don't get it. Some others, double major in their master's endeavors. Many professors and colleagues seem to keep things to themselves, but that does not help beginners. Many students suffice with doing like what other scholars do, but I prefer to know why they do things the way they do them? I don't feel comfortable imitating others as I know that, at some point, missing blocks will expose that I was just imitating and that I was not a genuine researcher.