Literature Review Guides
Developing your research question is very important to guide the framework of your search and help communicate your search when help is needed with the search strategy or methodology. Developing search strategies from research questions is where librarians can really help!
Guides for assessing clinical practice research literature, and for performing literature reviews, developing appropriate search strategies, publication and dissemination are below:
- Health Sciences Literature Reviews overview of goals, search strategies, structure of article assessment, writing approaches
- Health Sciences Scoping Reviews systematic methodology that identifies and maps the breadth of evidence
- Health Sciences Systematic Reviews aims to synthesize all available evidence toward answering a specific clinical question
Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The matrix method by
"The Matrix Method is one of many ways to approach a literature review. It was created by Judith Garrard when she was preparing NIH grants and is intended to teach students how to read a paper, organize the review using the Matrix Method, analyze it, and create a narrative synthesis. This method is particularly useful in the health sciences.
ISBN: 9781284211290Publication Date: 2022
What Type of Review is Right for You
If you wish to apply your clinical question toward performing a literature review, see the algorithm and resources below for guidance.
