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Scoping Reviews
This guide lists resources related to conducting a Scoping Review.
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1. Identify the research question
2. Develop your protocol
3. Identify relevant studies
Map your research question
Choose where to search
Run your search in Ovid Medline
Translate your search to other databases
Search for grey literature
Export results
Review your results
4. Study selection
5. Chart the data
6. Collate, summarize and report the results
Scoping Review Software
Further Reading
Workshops & Training
Library Resources
How to Conduct a Scoping Review
Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Manual for Evidence Synthesis. Chapter 11: Scoping Reviews
An extensive and detailed outline within the JBI Reviewer's Manual on how to properly conduct a scoping review.
JBI Updated Methodological Guidance for the Conduct of Scoping Reviews
Updated methodological guidance for conducting a JBI scoping review.
PRISMA-ScR: Checklist & Explanation
The PRISMA-ScR helps readers develop a greater understanding of relevant terminology, core concepts, and key items to report for scoping reviews.
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.
Methodology
Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: Towards a methodological framework. Int J Soc Res Methodol., 8(1), 19-32.
Levac, D., Colquhoun, H., & O'Brien, K.K. (2010). Scoping studies: Advancing the methodology. Implement Science, 5 (1), 69.
Colquhoun, H.L., Levac, D., O'Brien, K.K., Straus, S., Tricco, A.C., & Perrier, L. (2014). Scoping reviews: time for clarity in definition, methods, and reporting. J Clin Epidemiol. 67(12),1291-1294.
Martin, G.P. et al. (2020). Toward a framework for the design, implementation, and reporting of methodology of scoping reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 127, 191-197.
Pollock, D., Davies, E. L., Peters, M. D. J., Tricco, A. C., Alexander, L., McInerney, P., Godfrey, C. M., Khalil, H., & Munn, Z. (2021). Undertaking a scoping review: A practical guide for nursing and midwifery students, clinicians, researchers, and acad
Scoping Reviews vs. Systematic Reviews
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 Med Res Methodol., 18(1),143.
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