This research guide supplements our continuing education classes “Searching in Support of Systematic Reviews” and “Advanced Searching in Support of Systematic Reviews”.  The sequence of the tabs follows the course outline. Our target audience for both the research guide and the classes is medical librarians. 

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An Introduction to Systematic Reviews
from the Joanna Briggs Institute, an "International not-for-profit Research and Development Organisation specialising in Evidence-Based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health."

What is a Systematic Review?
"The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) is part of the Social Science Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Appraising Systematic Reviews
from the Joanna Briggs Institute, an "International not-for-profit Research and Development Organisation specialising in Evidence-Based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health."

Critical Appraisal Worksheet:Systematic Review/Meta-analysis
from the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries

Mixed-Methods Systematic Reviews: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Findings
from the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (2010)

Grant MJ, Booth A.  A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies Health Info Libr J 2009. 26(2): 91-108. PMID: 19490148

Reeves S, Koppel I, Barr H, Freeth D, Hammick M. Twelve tips for undertaking a systematic review. Med Teach 2002,

24(4):358-63.  PMID: 12193315

Developing Systematic Reviews for Comparative Effectiveness Research (Duke University)

Systematic Reviews (Epidemiology and Public Health Library Guide, University of Ottawa)

Jan Glover, MLS, AHIP
Education Services Librarian
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Yale University
jan.glover@yale.edu

Karen Odato, MSN, MSLIS
Research & Education Librarian
Dartmouth College Biomedical Libraries
karen.odato@dartmouth.edu

Bibliography (WORD)