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Literature Review: ScR Self-Guided Learning

The Literature Review and Scoping Review information guides list a starting resources on designing and conducting a literature review. This information guide also provides information on collaboration and authorship of reviews with librarians. 

Selected Books 

Selected Articles

Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Info Libr J, 26(2), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x

Levac, D., Colquhoun, H., & O'Brien, K. K. (2010). Scoping studies: advancing the methodology. Implement Sci, 5, 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-69

Mak, S., & Thomas, A. (2022). Steps for Conducting a Scoping Review. J Grad Med Educ, 14(5), 565-567. https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-22-00621.1

Morris, M., Boruff, J. T., & Gore, G. C. (2016). Scoping reviews: establishing the role of the librarian. J Med Libr Assoc, 104(4), 346-354. https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.104.4.020

Munn, Z., Peters, M. D. J., Stern, C., Tufanaru, C., McArthur, A., & Aromataris, E. (2018). Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. BMC Med Res Methodol, 18(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x

Tricco, A. C., Soobiah, C., Antony, J., Cogo, E., MacDonald, H., Lillie, E., Tran, J., D'Souza, J., Hui, W., Perrier, L., Welch, V., Horsley, T., Straus, S. E., & Kastner, M. (2016). A scoping review identifies multiple emerging knowledge synthesis methods, but few studies operationalize the method. J Clin Epidemiol, 73, 19-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.08.030

Selected Learning Resources 

PRISMA Extension for Scoping Review 
Recommendations for the Extraction, Analysis and Presentation of Results in Scoping Reviews

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