Systematic Reviews as Topic

Works about a review of primary literature in health and health policy that attempt to identify, appraise, and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets specified eligibility criteria to answer a given research question. It's conducted using explicit methods aimed at minimizing bias in order to produce more reliable findings regarding the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation that can be used to inform decision making. MeSH, Year introduced: 2019

Databases

PubMed

PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, is a database of biomedical citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations…

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Embase

Embase is a highly versatile, multipurpose and up-to-date biomedical database. It covers the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day and all articles are…

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CINAHL

Provides access to nursing and allied health literature covering a range of clinically-oriented topics.

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Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database

The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP database provides tools that help healthcare professionals implement an effective evidence-based practice program and provide the best possible patient care.

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Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)

A definitive register of controlled clinical trials from Cochrane Library.

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ClinicalTrials.gov

Repository of information about past, current, and planned clinical research studies and information about their results as those become available.

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Cochrane Library

Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Health Technology Assessment Database, and NHS Economic Evaluation…

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PROSPERO: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews

PROSPERO allows researchers to comply with PRISMA, providing a public record of planned methods and raising awareness of their systematic review. The unique registration number allows researchers to track use and monitor the impact of reviews.

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Ebooks

JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis: 2024 Edition

Author

Aromataris, Edoardo (ed.); Lockwood, Craig (ed.), Porritt, Kylie (ed.); Pilla, Bianca (ed.); Jordan, Zoe (ed.)

Year

2024

ISBN

9780648848820

Subject

Knowledge Discovery

Systematic Reviews as Topic

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, 2nd ed.

Author

Higgins, Julian P.T.

Year

2020

ISBN

978111953662

Subject

Systematic Reviews as Topic

Meta-Analysis as Topic

Research Design

Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews

Author

IoM (U.S.), Committee on Standards for Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Year

2011

ISBN

9780309164252

Subject

Systematic Reviews as Topic

Knowledge Base Articles

Preliminary Topic Investigation

Learn the purpose, importance, and strategies of conducting a preliminary topic investigation, also know as an exploratory search of the literature.

Preliminary Topic Investigation Checklist for Systematic and Scoping Reviews

How do you know if you've explored enough literature to ground your research project? This checklist can help guide you through the preliminary topic investigation at the start of a review.

Planning a Systematic Review

Learn steps, standards and deliverables necessary to initiate a systematic review.

Scoping Review Methods and Resources

Learn about the scoping review methodology and utilize appropriate resources to prepare for and conduct your review.

Systematic Review Methods and Resources

Learn about the systematic review methodology and utilize appropriate resources to prepare for and conduct your review

Locating Registered and Published Systematic Reviews

Learn sources and tips to look for registered and published systematic reviews.

Fundamentals for Systematic Review Protocols

A comprehensive guide to create and register protocols for systematic reviews.

Selecting Bibliographic Databases to Search Literature for a Systematic Review

Guidance on how to identify and select bibliographic databases to conduct searches and locate relevant reports of published studies for a systematic review.

Identifying Search Terms for Your Literature Review

A practical guide to identifying keywords and subject headings for building effective and reproducible literature search strategies.

Using PubMed Filters in a Preliminary Topic Investigation

Too many search results in PubMed? Learn how and why to use PubMed Article Type filters to create clusters of the same publication types when exploring a new topic.

Translating Searches Between Databases 

Translating searches from one database to another database is required for many research projects. Here are some approaches to consider when working on a translation.

Start Your First Covidence Review

Make systematic reviewing faster and easier. Covidence supports import and de-duplication of citations, title, abstract and full-text screening, risk-of-bias assessment, and data extraction.

Tools

SWIFT Review

SWIFT-Review (SWIFT is an acronym for “Sciome Workbench for Interactive computer-Facilitated Text-mining”) is a freely available interactive workbench which provides numerous tools to assist with p

Covidence

Covidence is web-based software tool that allows to streamline production of systematic reviews.

Tutorials

Cochrane Interactive Learning

Learn more about the systematic review process through Cochrane Interactive Learning’s self-directed learning modules. You will need to sign up for an account to use the modules.

Covidence Demo

This demo from the Covidence Academy introduces the key features and functions found in Covidence, all designed to streamline your systematic review.