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Evidence Synthesis Review Guide

A guide to performing systematic reviews and requesting assistance from a librarian.

Systematic review steps

Systematic review steps:

1. Define your research question

2. Develop inclusion and exclusion criteria

3. Search for studies

4. Select studies according to eligibility criteria

5. Extract data from included studies

6. Assess the quality of the included studies

7. Synthesize and present the results

8. Publish and disseminate the results

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