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Have We Got Reviews For You? How to do a quick scoping search to find review articles

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Have we got reviews for you?

Louise Preston and Mark ClowesInformation Resources GroupHave we got reviews for you?

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TodayWhy might you want to look for evidence reviews?What is a scoping search?Key sources for finding reviewsSpecific sourcesMore general sourcesSupport available from Information Resources

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Why might you want to look for evidence reviews?Ive got a great idea for a primary research study I want to know what has already been done in that areaId like to do a systematic review and I want to know if it has been done beforeIve got a rough idea for some research and Id like to know how to structure my research question

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What do we mean by a review?There are all sorts of reviews out there (Grant & Booth 2009)Quantitative versus qualitativeSystematic review gold standard in clinical topics, adhering to a predefined protocol etc. Many other types of review different types are more appropriate for different topicsScoping not systematic (although it is possible to conduct specific, systematic searches for reviews) Databases that contain (systematic) reviewsOther sources of evidence

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Key sources for finding existing reviews

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The Cochrane Library

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A great decision tool for clinicians or policy makers.

Links reviews to their included studies.

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Like Epistemonikos, PDQ evidence links reviews to their included studies. Particularly strong on policy making and expands coverage more into Health Service Delivery/Health Systems (relevant for a particular ScHARR audience).

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Prospero does what it says on the tin.

Please register YOUR systematic review here.

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Campbell Library particularly strong on qualitative reviews and on social policy topics (crime; education; welfare)

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Also good for qualitative topics, though full text is not currently available; but let us know if you need specific reviews, we might be able to obtain them via Document Supply.

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Searching other sources to identify reviews

Not (yet) a replacement for traditional databasesLack of transparency re: sources coveredResults vary according to your profileCan be useful for quick scoping searches

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If you only search one database

If you only search one database

Free to access, no login required

Contains (some) publications ahead of print, before they are indexed for Medline

Clinical Queries interface the quickest way to identify reviews

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If using the full interface, limits are a quick way of filtering results, but less reliable than validated search filters

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This is a specially designed filter (from McMaster university) which is amore reliable way of identifying reviews within Medline than using limits alone.

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Support available from Information ResourcesThe Information Specialists in IR canWork with you on bids for fundingPrimary research to support your bidEvidence synthesis as part of the research teamWork with you on small research projectsGive one to one training on searchingGive advice/second opinion on your searches

Email Anthea Sutton, Information Resources Group Manager [email protected] or call into the ScHARR Library Enquiry Desk from 10-3.

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Any questions?

Grant, M & Booth, A. 2009. A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information & Libraries Journal 26 (2), pp. 91-108