LibGuides: Systematic Reviews: Locating systematic reviews

Locating Systematic Reviews

Before starting work on a systematic review check to ensure that a systematic review does not already exist, or is currently underway.

A check of what systematic reviews already exist in your discipline may also provide a starting point for selecting a review.

Campbell Collaboration
Campbell Collaboration (C2) helps people make well-informed decisions by preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews in education, crime and justice, and social welfare.

Cochrane Library (Wiley) This link opens in a new window
Includes all Cochrane Reviews (and protocols) prepared by Cochrane Review Groups. Each Cochrane Review is a peer-reviewed systematic review that has been prepared and supervised by a Cochrane Review Group according to the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions or Cochrane Handbook for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Reviews.

Database of promoting health effectiveness reviews (DoPHER)
DoPHER (Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews) contains details of over 3,700 reviews of health promotion and public health effectiveness.
EPPI: The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre
The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) is part of the Social Science Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London. EPPI develops systematic reviews and developing review methods in social science and public policy.

Joanna Briggs Institute (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
JBI is an international collaboration involving nursing, medical and allied health researchers, clinicians, academics and quality managers across 40 countries in every continent.

OT Seeker (Occupational Therapy Evidence)
OTSeeker - database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
PsycBITE
PsycBITE indexes systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, case series on cognitive, behavioural and other treatments for psychological problems and issues occurring as a consequence of acquired brain impairment (ABI). These studies are rated for their methodological quality, evaluating various aspects of scientific rigour.
speechBITE
SpeechBite is an evidence based practice initiative between The University of Sydney and Speech Pathology Australia.Studies on this database include Systematic Reviews (SR), Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT), Non-Randomised Controlled Trials (non-RCT), Case Series (CS), and Single Case Experimental Design (SCED).

TripPro Database This link opens in a new window
To access this database you will need to be on-campus or connected via the SCU VPN.
Searches across a large range of evidence-based sources for example, Synopses, Systematic Reviews, Guidelines organised by country, core primary research, eTextbooks and patient Information.

CINAHL Plus with full text (Ebsco)
Select Meta Analysis & Systematic Review from the Publication Type list (hold CTRL to select multiple).
MEDLINE with Full Text (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
Select Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review from the Publication Type list (hold CTRL to select multiple).
SPORTDiscus with full text (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
Add this line to your search > "systematic review" OR "meta analysis"
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Click Advanced Search, then add this line to your search > "meta analysis"[Publication Type] OR "systematic review"[Publication Type]