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Systematic Reviews

Resources for planning and conducting a Systematic Review of the literature.

Determining the Appropriate Type of Review

What type of review is right for you?
Follow the decision tree and based upon your research objectives, identify the type of review which is the best fit. Top-level distinguishing characteristics for: literature review, rapid review, scoping review, umbrella review, systematic review and meta-analysis.
Temple University Libraries Guide. Systematic reviews & other review types including rapid, integrative, meta-synthesis.
A typology of reviews: An analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. (2009). Grant MJ. Booth A.
Meeting the review family: Exploring review types and associated information retrieval requirements. (2019). Sutton A, Clowes M, Preston L, & Booth A.

Literature Reviews

Literature review and synthesis : A guide for nurses and other healthcare professionals (1st ed.) by Buchholz, S. W., & Dickins, K. A.
ISBN: 9780826152145

Rapid Reviews

Scoping Reviews

How to conduct and report your scoping review: Latest guidance. (2020). Tricco A.
JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis: Development of a scoping review protocol.
JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis: Scoping reviews.
Evidence Synthesis Protocol Template: Open Science Framework.
PRISMA for Scoping Reviews: PRISMA-ScR. (2018).
Includes Links to Key Documents: Checklist, Statement/ Explanatory paper, Introductory video, and Tip Sheets (22 Items).
Scoping Reviews Q&A (Covidence)
Format: presentation in parts followed by Q&A for each.
Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. (2018). Munn Z, Peters M, Stern C, et al.
Systematic versus rapid versus scoping reviews. (2022). Bouck Z, Straus SE, & Tricco AC.
What are scoping reviews? Providing a formal definition of scoping reviews as a type of evidence synthesis. (2022). Munn Z, Pollock D, Khalil H, et al.

Umbrella Reviews