The presentation introduces scoping reviews as a structured approach for mapping broad or poorly defined research fields, emphasizing their role in identifying key concepts, methods, data sources, and knowledge gaps rather than evaluating study quality. It explains how scoping reviews differ from systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and narrative reviews, and outlines when and why they are most useful, particularly in early-stage research. The presentation details common tools and workflows, including literature databases, reference managers such as Zotero, screening platforms like Rayyan, and reporting guidelines such as PRISMA-ScR. A concrete example is provided through a scoping review on wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for COVID-19, describing search strategies, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and preliminary findings. Early results highlight heterogeneity in wastewater data collection, normalization methods, modeling scales, and evaluation practices, alongside a lack of large-scale, multi-region generalization studies. The talk concludes with practical challenges and key takeaways, underscoring the high time investment but substantial value of scoping reviews for clarifying research directions and justifying future studies.