PhD on Track is a web resource aimed primarily at PhD candidates and early career researchers. The aim is to enable beginning researchers to easily access information on searching and reviewing scholarly literature, on academic writing, and on sharing and publishing reports and data.
PhD on Track is divided into three main sections:
Search and Review In this section, basic principles and techniques for identifying literature and sources for your research are explained. The focus is on different types of issues related to reviewing literature, academic writing and workflow. Reference management systems are also suggested. By familiarizing yourself with available tools, techniques and methods for literature searching and referencing, you will enhance both the efficiency and quality of your workflow. Go to section Search and review
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Denne guiden er primært for studenter og forskere tilknyttet Fakultet for helse- og idrettsvitenskap ved UiA og som har planer om å publisere en systematisk litteraturstudie eller kunnskapsoppsummering / This guide is primarily for students and researchers affiliated with the Faculty of Health and Sports Science at UiA who plan to publish a systematic literature study or knowledge summary.
Lund, H. & Christensen, R. (2016). "a systematic review is a structured and preplanned synthesis of original studies that consists of predefined research questions, inclusion criteria, search methods, selection procedures, quality assessment, data extraction, and data analysis. No original research study should be deliberately excluded without explanation, and the results from each study should justify the conclusion" Lund, H., Juhl, C. & Christensen, R. (2016). Systematic reviews and research waste. The Lancet, 387(10014), 123-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(15)01354-9
Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information And Libraries Journal, 26(2), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x
..."what exactly is a systematic review? How does it differ from other types of reviews? And how do you systematically search the literature?" Karolinska Institutet, University library
Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review by Method guidance; How to Do the review; examples JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis
Reporting guidance; What to include in your manuscript; example PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) and PRISMA extensions (exampel PRISMA for Scoping Reviews)
Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review by
Whether you are new to literature reviews or working with new types of data, this book takes the guesswork out of writing your literature review. From deciding how much literature to include to managing your data, assessing your sources, and writing results, it outlines a step-by-step process that works with any data. To help you choose best approach for your research, this book includes: · Worksheets and decision aids to help you plan and organise your literature review · Worked examples and case studies to show you what - and what not - to do in practice · Troubleshooting tips and answers to all your frequently asked questions · Online access to a literature review starter template, an exercise workbook, project diary template, and a source credibility checklist. The perfect project support for any social sciences student, this edition also includes a new chapter on analysing mixed methods research.
A Postgraduate's Guide to Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social CareMunn, Z., Pollock, D., Khalil, H., Alexander, L., McInerney, P., Godfrey, C. M., Peters, M. & Tricco, A. C. (2022). What are scoping reviews? Providing a formal definition of scoping reviews as a type of evidence synthesis. JBI Evidence Synthesis. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-21-00483
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Also search for systematic reviews (or systematic review protocols) published in journals from the reference database, like MEDLINE, CINAHL etc
Search with words for your topic, AND words for reviews. A quick search, includes words from title only, or also words from publication type. If protocols, search with AND protocol* in title as well. Some examples below, choose the words that are relevant,
MEDLINE Publication types: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/pubtypes.html Notice also search with words from title, that will include the articles that is not indexed