Systematic searching: Handbooks and methods guides

An open-access website that provides research-based information on issues related to searching.

Instructional videos by the National Library of Medicine.

Grant MJ, Booth A. A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Info Libr J. 2009 Jun;26(2):91-108.

Sutton A, Clowes M, Preston L, Booth A. Meeting the review family: exploring review types and associated information retrieval requirements. Health Info Libr J. 2019;36(3):202–22.

Siddaway AP, Wood AM, Hedges LV. How to Do a Systematic Review: A Best Practice Guide for Conducting and Reporting Narrative Reviews, Meta-Analyses, and Meta-Syntheses. Annu Rev Psychol. 2019 Jan 4;70:747-770.

Whittemore R, Knafl K. The integrative review: updated methodology. J Adv Nurs. 2005;52(5):546–53.

Durach CF, Kembro J, Wieland A. A New Paradigm for Systematic Literature Reviews in Supply Chain Management. The journal of supply chain management. 2017;53(4):67–85.

Brereton P, Kitchenham BA, Budgen D, Turner M, Khalil M. Lessons from applying the systematic literature review process within the software engineering domain. The Journal of systems and software. 2007;80(4):571–83.

Booth A. Searching for qualitative research for inclusion in systematic reviews: a structured methodological review. Syst Rev. 2016;5(1):74–74.

Pascoe KM, Waterhouse-Bradley B, McGinn T. Systematic Literature Searching in Social Work: A Practical Guide With Database Appraisal. Research on Scial Work Practice. 2021;31(5):541–51.

Kraus S, Breier M, Dasí-Rodríguez S. The art of crafting a systematic literature review in entrepreneurship research. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 2020 16(3): 1023-1042

Arber M, Glanville J, Isojärvi J, Baragula E, Edwards M, Shaw A, et al. Which databases should be used to identify studies for systematic reviews of economic evaluations? Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2018;34(6):547–54.

Bramer WM, de Jonge GB, Rethlefsen ML, Mast F, Kleijnen J. A systematic approach to searching: an efficient and complete method to develop literature searches. J Med Libr Assoc. 2018 Oct;106(4):531-541. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2018.283.

Salvador-Oliván JA, Marco-Cuenca G, Arquero-Avilés R. Errors in search strategies used in systematic reviews and their effects on information retrieval. J Med Libr Assoc. 2019 Apr;107(2):210-221.

Booth A, Briscoe S, Wright JM. The “realist search”: A systematic scoping review of current practice and reporting. Res Syn Methods. 2020;11(1):14–35.

Pearson A, White H, Bath-Hextall F, Salmond S, Apostolo J, Kirkpatrick P. A mixed-methods approach to systematic reviews. Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2015 Sep;13(3):121-31.