Systematic & Scoping Reviews : Methodology Behind the Search Strategies

Once you’ve used this guide  and the Guide to Comprehensive Searching  and still have questions, you can book a research consultation if you need further help with searching. Librarians at Gerstein can teach you strategies to:

• Refine your research question
• Develop comprehensive search strategies
• Determine which databases to search
• Minimize bias in your search

Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews
Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2011

• standards for developing high quality systematic reviews across all the steps involved
• Available online: NCBI Bookshelf
• Available in print: Gerstein Library , Floor 2 Below, Call number RA399 .A3 I5722 2011

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
Cochrane Collaboration, 2011

• guidance on how to prepare a Cochrane systematic review
• Available online: Cochrane Handbook

Systematic Reviews: CRD's guidance for undertaking reviews in health care
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (University of York)

• Available online: http://www.york.ac.uk/crd/SysRev/!SSL!/WebHelp/SysRev3.htm

Campbell Collaboration Policies and Guidelines Series
Systematic reviews of social interventions

• Available online: Campbell Policies and Guidelines

JBI Reviewers Manual
Joanna Briggs Institute guide to conducting JBI systematic reviews

• Available online: JBI Reviewers Manual

Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: Towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice, 8(1), 19-32. doi:10.1080/1364557032000119616
 

Levac, D., Colquhoun, H., & O'Brien, K. K. (2010). Scoping studies: Advancing the methodology. Implementation Science, 5(1) doi:10.1186/1748-5908-5-69

Colquhoun, H. L., Levac, D., O'Brien, K. K., Straus, S., Tricco, A. C., Perrier, L., . . . Moher, D. (2014). Scoping reviews: Time for clarity in definition, methods, and reporting. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology,67(12), 1291-1294. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.03.013

Peters MD, Godfrey CM, Khalil H, McInerney P, Parker D, Soares CB. 2015. Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews. International journal of evidence-based healthcare, 13(3):141-146.

Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's Manual 2015: Methodology for JBI Scoping Reviews (PDF)

A guideline to standardize the reporting of scoping reviews – Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) is currently in process.

• Read the executive summary (PDF)

The Gerstein Library does not provide help or assistance with the wrting process.  This assistance is supplied by the Writing Centres on campus.

Toolkit: How to write a great research paper using reporting guidelines

•  toolkit from the Equator Network
• examples of good reporting, guidelines and more

Guidance on scientific writing

• guidelines, books, and a free course on biomedical writing
   

Writing a biomedical research paper: a guide to structure and style

• online book provided from the University of Toronto Libraries

How to write, publish, & present in the health sciences: a guide for clinicians and laboratory researchers

• print book for researchers new to writing & publishing