Systematic Reviews & Other Evidence Syntheses
Below find links that provide guidance on the methods for conducting evidence synthesis projects and on the evidence synthesis services offered by our library.
Guide to Systematic Reviews & Other Evidence Syntheses
Links to resources and information on: getting started, core databases, citation managers and other software, grey literature, examples, and library assistance available.
Exhaustive Searching for Evidence Synthesis Projects (including Systematic Reviews)
A guide for researchers beginning a systematic review or other medical evidence synthesis project.
» RLML HelpsheetAdditional Evidence Synthesis Resources (Expanded List)
In the accordion below, find links to guidelines, handbooks, standards, podcasts, articles and library research guides from Cochrane, PRISMA, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and more...
- Ruth Lilly Medical Library guide for Systematic Reviews & Evidence Synthesis - https://iu.libguides.com/evidencesynthesis
- EBM Guide - https://iu.libguides.com/EBM
- See Critical Appraisal à JAMA Evidence à User’s Guides to the Medical Literature (Top Left) à Summarizing the Evidence à Chapters 22 and 23
- Endnote - https://iu.libguides.com/endnote/rlml
- Cochrane Handbook: https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current
- Cochrane Risk-Of-Bias for Randomized Trials - Version 2 (ROB 2): https://sites.google.com/site/riskofbiastool/welcome/rob-2-0-tool/current-version-of-rob-2
- Cochrane Risk-Of-Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions (ROBINS-I): https://sites.google.com/site/riskofbiastool/welcome/home/current-version-of-robins-i
- National Academies of Science, Engineering Medicine’s Standards for Systematic Reviews (formerly Institute of Medicine): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209518/
- PRISMA guidelines for reporting: http://www.prisma-statement.org/
- Summarizing the Evidence: Gordon Guyatt, MD, discusses "Chapter 19: Summarizing the Evidence" from the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature (audio – 10 mins, 39 sec). - (https://jamaevidence.mhmedical.com/MultimediaPlayer.aspx?MultimediaID=6830465)
- The Process of a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: M. Hassan Murad, MD, MPH,discusses the process of a systematic review and meta-analysis (audio – 14 mins, 17 secs). - (https://jamaevidence-mhmedical-com.proxy.ulib.uits.iu.edu/MultimediaPlayer.aspx?MultimediaID=10625622)
- Munn Z, Stern C, Aromataris E, Lockwood C, Jordan Z. What kind of systematic review should I conduct? A proposed typology and guidance for systematic reviewers in the medical and health sciences. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018;18(1):5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5761190/
- 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. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x
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