Systematic & Evidence Synthesis Reviews: Additional Resources

Introduction to Systematic Reviews

Resources:

Systematic Reviews Guide: https://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/SR

PRISMA Statement (Reporting guideline): http://prisma-statement.org/

PROSPERO (protocol registration): https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/

SYRCLE (preclinical SR's): https://www.radboudumc.nl/en/research/departments/health-evidence/systematic-review-center-for-laboratory-animal-experimentation

CAMARADES (preclinical SR's): http://www.dcn.ed.ac.uk/camarades/default.htm

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/reviews

Systematic Reviews (journal): https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/

Covidence: https://www.covidence.org/organizations/aB9kQ/signup (registration here)

Guidelines for conducting systematic reviews:

Cochrane: https://training.cochrane.org/handbooks

National Academy of Medicine (highly recommended): https://www.nap.edu/read/13059/chapter/1

Thank you for using the George A. Smathers Libraries!

Meta Analysis Links
A guide to prospective meta-analyses: https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l5342
Cochrane Handbook: https://training.cochrane.org/handbook
Cochrane Handbook meta-analyses chapter: https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current/chapter-10
Cochrane Handbook individual patient data chapter: https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current/chapter-26
Cochrane Handbook network meta-analyses chapter: https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current/chapter-11
Key concepts in network meta-analysis (10 mn video): https://training.cochrane.org/resource/key-concepts-network-meta-analysis-nma

Reporting Meta-Analyses:

PRISMA Statement (regular meta-analyses): http://www.prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/

PRISMA-IPD Statement (Individual patient data): http://www.prisma-statement.org/Extensions/IndividualPatientData.aspx

PRISMA-NMA Statement (network meta-analyses): http://www.prisma-statement.org/Extensions/NetworkMetaAnalysis

Links from Introduction to Systematic Reviews

Scoping & Rapid Reviews Links

• PRISMA-ScR: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M18-0850
• JBI: https://joannabriggs.org/
• JBI Critical Appraisal Tools: https://joannabriggs.org/critical-appraisal-tools
• NIH Library Scoping Review Protocol Template and Guidance: https://osf.io/ym65x 
• Newcastle Ottawa Scale: http://www.ohri.ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology/oxford.asp
• Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool: https://methods.cochrane.org/bias/resources/rob-2-revised-cochrane-risk-bias-tool-randomized-trials
• ROBINS-I: https://sites.google.com/site/riskofbiastool/welcome/home?authuser=0
• Combining abbreviated literature searches with single-reviewer screening: three case studies of rapid reviews: https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-020-01413-7