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Systematic Reviews

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

Creating a search strategy

Grey literature

Managing your search results

Analysing your results

Writing up your review

Useful books

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions

The revised edition of the Handbook offers the only guide on how to conduct, report and maintain a Cochrane Review.

Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review

Doing a Systematic Review

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews

How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine and healthcare

A recommended book. See Chapter 2: Searching the literature.