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Literature Search & Systematic Review Research Toolkit

This guide is designed to help graduate students and researchers navigate the process of finding and synthesizing scholarly literature. Learn how to conduct effective literature searches using Purdue Libraries’ databases, refine search strategies with Boo

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How to Search Literature

Conducting a Scoping or Systematic Review

Determine whether a scoping or systematic review is appropriate to your project. This video introduces the differences between systematic and scoping reviews, explaining their purposes, methodologies, and applications in research.

Follow reporting and conducting guidelines when conducting your research. This video reviews the importance of reproducibility and transparency in systematic and scoping reviews, highlighting the use of PRISMA guidelines and checklists to enhance research quality and credibility.

Learn about the importance of developing a well-formulated research question. This video explains how your research question guides the scope, methodology, and analysis of systematic and scoping reviews.

Successfully develop a protocol for your review. This video explains the importance of protocols for your systematic or scoping review to ensure reproducibility, transparency, and credibility in your research.

Identify the best literature databases for your systematic or scoping review to ensure comprehensive and relevant search results. This video explains how to use locate and select databases provided through Purdue Libraries.

 

Develop and document your research. This video reviews methods for developing a comprehensive search strategy for your systematic or scoping review to ensure thorough and relevant search results.