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Systematic Reviews for the Social Sciences

The Systematic Review process

 

Systematic reviews may seem daunting at the outset. When embarking on your review, it is useful to break the process down.

Formulating a focused question

Creating a protocol

Location of Studies>

Grey literature

Creating a search strategy

Scoping searches 

Managing your search results

Analysing your results

Writing up your review

Useful books

Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review book cover

Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review

Doing a Systematic Review book cover

Doing a Systematic Review

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews book cover

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews