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WordNet 英英词典 literature literatures Native writing of recognized artistic value(hypernym) writing, written material, piece of writing(hyponym) Sanskrit literature(class) carved, he humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"(synonym) lit(hypernym) literary published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"(hypernym) writing, written material, piece of he profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"(hypernym) profession
科技文献（scientific and tech-nical literature）记录有科学技术知识或信息的一切载体。通俗地说，科技文献就是除了社会科学文献以外的一切文献。
我认为作为文献时两词可通用，证据为新东方词汇书中有科技文献短语表达为scientific documents，只是可能美国人不这么讲，依然用scientific literature表达
科技文献就是对科学技术有一定的参考价值的出版的书籍