Mobile commerce, m-commerce, uses mobile devices for the purchase and sale of products and services. A bibliographic review is the state of the art of an area of knowledge that includes activities such as: the search for information, gathering data and finding the most significant advances in the area. The purpose of this article is to propose a methodology for carrying out a literature review and to present an example of this methodology on mobile commerce. It is hoped that this proposal will facilitate the development of the latest research in different areas of knowledge.