"literature database" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it whenever you are referring to a collection of literature that is organized and stored in a database. For example, "The library has a large literature database available for students to search."
With little left to lose, he started searching for other drugs that might complement the chemotherapy he was about to start, using the biomedical literature database PubMed.
Ologeez is the semantic front-end for PubMed, the biggest biomedical literature database.
The predictive equations were calibrated by using the literature database.
We have also exploited a literature database issued from uniaxial and torsion fatigue tests.
Life-cycle inventory data were compiled from literature database and field surveys to contractors.
A literature database search was performed using the research platform Web of Science.
A bibliographic search was performed on an international medical literature database (Medline).
A literature database of over 750 critically evaluated data points, covering six orders of magnitude in volatility, has been assembled to develop the calculation methods.
A literature review was conducted within the literature database "The Guide to Computing Literature," searching for "cognitive load theory" and "Sweller".
The CAS literature database (Chemical Abstracts Plus, CAplusSM) covers scientific publications and patents since around 1900 (including the references cited therein since the publication year 1996).
The PubMed literature database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) and Google search (https://www.google.com/) were considered as major sources for collecting the plant derived anti-mycobacterial compounds and extracts.
