Looked for were English and Icelandic sources on various online search engines with deeper manual searches through the refrence lists of articles found online, such as „PubMed“, ProQuest“, and „Science Direct“, In addition to searching through the bibliographies found in said articles, search parameters such as infertility, invitro fertilization, artificial insemination, emotional health, anxiety, depression, and quality of life were also included.
Leitað var eftir heimildum á ensku og íslensku um efnið á ýmsum leitarvélum á veraldarvefnum svo sem“ PubMed”,“ ProQuest” og“ Science Direct” auk þess sem farið var handvirkt gegnum heimildalista þeirra rannsókna sem fundust við leitina. Helstu leitarorðin voru ófrjósemi, tæknifrjóvganir, glasafrjóvgun, andleg heilsa, kvíði, þunglyndi og lífsgæði.