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References for this guide

Aromataris, E. & Munn, Z (Eds) (2020). JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. Joanna Briggs Institute. https://wiki.jbi.global/display/MANUAL/JBI+Manual+for+Evidence+Synthesis

Bramer, W. M., Rethlefsen, M. L., Kleijnen, J., & Franco, O. H. (2017). Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study. Systematic Reviews, 6(1), 245. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0644-y

Buccheri, R. K., & Sharifi, C. (2017). Critical appraisal tools and reporting guidelines for evidence‐based practice. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 14(6), 463-472. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12258

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York. (2008). Systematic reviews: CRD's guidance for undertaking reviews in health care.  https://www.york.ac.uk/media/crd/Systematic_Reviews.pdf

DiCenso, A., Bayley, L., & Haynes, R. B. (2009). Accessing pre-appraised evidence: Fine-tuning the 5S model into a 6S model. Evidence Based Nursing, 12(4), 99-101.

Elamin, M. B., Flynn, D. N., Bassler, D., Briel, M., Alonso-Coello, P., Karanicolas, P. J., . . . Kunz, R. (2009). Choice of data extraction tools for systematic reviews depends on resources and review complexity. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 62(5), 506-510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.10.016

Foster, M. J., & Jewell, S. T. (Eds.). (2017). Assembling the pieces of a systematic review: A guide for librarians. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.

Garner, P., Hopewell, S., Chandler, J., MacLehose, H., Akl, E. A., Beyene, J., Chang, S., Churchill, R., Dearness, K., Guyatt, G., Lefebvre, C., Liles, B., Marshall, R., Martínez García, L., Mavergames, C., Nasser, M., Qaseem, A., Sampson, M., Soares-Weiser, K., Takwoingi, Y., Thabane, L., Trivella, M., Tugwell, P., Welsh, E., Wilson, E. C., & Schünemann, H. J. (2016). When and how to update systematic reviews: Consensus and checklist. BMJ, 354:i3507. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i3507

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

Higgins, J. P. T., Thomas, J., Chandler, J., Cumpston, M., Li, T., Page, M. J. & Welch, V. A. (Eds.). (2020, September). Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions: Version 6.1. https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current

Khan, K. S., Kunz, R., Kleijnen, J., & Antes, G. (2003). Five steps to conducting a systematic review. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 96(3), 118-121. https://doi.org/10.1177/014107680309600304

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

Marshall, G., & Sykes, A. E. (2011). Systematic reviews: A guide for radiographers and other health care professionals. Radiography, 17(2), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2010.08.007

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 Medical Research Methodology, 18(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x

O'Brien, A. M., & Mc Guckin, C. (2016). The systematic literature review method: Trials and tribulations of electronic database searching at Doctoral level. Sage Research Methods.

Peters, M. D., Godfrey, C. M., Khalil, H., McInerney, P., Parker, D., & Soares, C. B. (2015). Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews. International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare, 13(3), 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1097/XEB.0000000000000050

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