• Booth, A. (2016). Fifty Shades of Review with Andrew Booth. https://eahilcpd.wordpress.com/webinar-toolkit/webinar-toolkit-fifty-shades-of-review-with-andrew-booth/

• Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 26(2), 91–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848

Courses:

• Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Coursera - Free, online, flexible and takes under 20 hours to complete.

• Cochrane Interactive Learning - Online modules for Cochrane authors, good for both new and experienced reviewers. Provides around 10 hours of self-directed learning.

Meta-Analysis:

• Seidler, A. L., Hunter, K. E., Cheyne, S., Ghersi, D., Berlin, J. A., & Askie, L. (2019). A guide to prospective meta-analysis. Bmj, l5342. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l5342

• Colquhoun, H. (2016). Current best practices for the conduct of scoping reviews. Symposium Presentation - Impactful Biomedical Research: Achieving Quality and Transparency. https://www.equator-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Gerstein-Library-scoping-reviews_May-12.pdf

• Lockwood, C., Borgess dos Santos, K., and Pap, R. (2019). Practical Guidance for Knowledge Synthesis: Scoping Review Methods. Asian Nursing Research 13(5) 287-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anr.2019.11.002

• Schünemann, H. (eds). Advances in Rapid Reviews series. Systematic Reviews BMC. 

• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). (2015). Rapid Review Summit: Then, Now, and in the Future.

• Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group (RRMG). http://methods.cochrane.org/rapidreviews/

• Ganann, R., Ciliska, D., & Thomas, H. (2010). Expediting systematic reviews: methods and implications of rapid reviews. Implementation Science. 5(1):56. 

• Hartling, L. et al. (2015). A taxonomy of rapid reviews links report types and methods to specific decision-making contexts. J Clin Epidemiol. 68(12). 

• Khangura. S., Polisena, J., Clifford, T., Farrah, K., & Kamel, C. (2014). Rapid review: an emerging approach to evidence synthesis in health technology assessment. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care.30(01):20-27. 

• National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT). (2017). Rapid Review Guidebook: Steps for conducting a rapid review. 

• Tricco, A.C., Anthony, J., Zarin, W., Strifler, L., Ghassemi, M., Ivory, J., Perrier, L., Hutton, B., Moher, D., & Straus, S.E. (2015). A scoping review of rapid review methods. BMC Med 13, 224. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0465-6

• World Health Organization (WHO). (2017). Rapid reviews to strengthen health policy and systems: a practical guide. https://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/resources/publications/rapid-review-guide/en/ 

• Pawson, R., Greenhalgh, T., Harvey, G., & Walshe, K. (2005). Realist review--a new method of systematic review designed for complex policy interventions. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 10 Suppl 1, 21–34. https://doi.org/10.1258/1355819054308530

• Sridharan, S. (n.d.). A brief introduction to Realist Synthesis. University of Toronto - Health Policy, Evaluation and Management. https://www.ncchpp.ca/docs/Sridharan_JASP_realistAN_nov08.pdf

• Cooper I. D. (2016). What is a "mapping study?". Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 104(1), 76–78. https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.104.1.013\

• Miake-Lye, I. M., Hempel, S., Shanman, R., & Shekelle, P. G. (2016). What is an evidence map? A systematic review of published evidence maps and their definitions, methods, and products. Systematic Reviews, 5(1). doi: 10.1186/s13643-016-0204-x

• Peterson, K., Feldt, R., Mujtaba, S., Mattsson, M. (2008). Systematic Mapping Studies in Software Engineering. 12th International Conference of Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE).

• Petticrew, M., & Roberts, H. (2006). Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 

• Aromataris, E., Fernandez, R., Godfrey, C., Holly, C., Khalil, H., & Tungpunkom, P. (2017). Chapter 10: Umbrella Reviews. Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's Manual. The Joanna Briggs Institute. https://reviewersmanual.joannabriggs.org/

• Aromataris, E., Fernandez, R., Godfrey, C. M.,Holly, C., Khalil, H., & Tungpunkom, P. (2015). Summarizing systematic reviews: methodological development, conduct and reporting of an umbrella review approach. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare.13(3).  

• Becker, L., Thomson, D., & Caldwell, D. (n.d.) Addressing Multiple Treatments I: Cochrane Overviews. https://methods.cochrane.org/sites/methods.cochrane.org.cmi/files/public/uploads/Becker%20-%20Intro%20to%20Overviews%20Keystone.pdf

• Fusar-Poli, P., & Radua, J. (2018). Ten simple rules for conducting umbrella reviews. Evidence-Based Mental Health. 21: 95-100.

• Ioannidis, J. (2009). Integration of evidence from multiple meta-analyses: a primer on umbrella reviews, treatment networks and multiple treatments meta-analyses. Canadian Medical Association Journal.181(8):488-493.

• McKenzie, J., & Brennan, S. (2017). Overviews of systematic reviews: great promise, greater challenge. Systematic Reviews. 6(185).

• McKenzie, J (eds.) Overviews of systematic reviews: development and evaluation of methods. Thematic Series published in BMC Systematic Reviews.

• Pham, M., Rajić, A., Greig, J., Sargeant, J., Papadopoulos, A., McEwen, S. (2014). A scoping review of scoping reviews: advancing the approach and enhancing the consistency. Research Synthesis Methods. 5(4):371-385.

• Schultz, A., Goertzen, L., Rothney, J., Wener, P., Enns, J., Halas, G., & Katz, A. (2018). A scoping approach to systematically review published reviews: Adaptations and recommendations. Research Synthesis Methods. 9:116–123.

• Smith, V., Devane, D., Begley, C., & Clarke, M. (2011). Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 11(15).