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Systematic Reviews in the Health Sciences

This guide will introduce you to the Systematic Review process.

Books

Tools

- EndNote is a program that helps users collect and organize references from online or other sources, create a searchable personal database of references, find full text articles, manage and annotate PDF files, cite references while writing a paper, create bibliographies formatted in a preferred style, and more. The Libraries are licensed to provide access to EndNote for students, faculty, and staff of all Rutgers University students, faculty and staff. For some useful information on using EndNote please see the Library guide at http://libguides.rutgers.edu/_endnote

EndNote can be downloaded at http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/EndNote . You will need to Log in with your NetID to download the program.          ​

  • When installing EndNote, make sure you save the zipped file and then unzip it (extracting all). Place all the extracted files in a SEPARATE folder. Then clicking the Installer in the new folder should allow you to install the program properly. 
  • If you are a distance learner and are having difficulty downloading EndNote, please contact 972-972-9551 or 973-972-4358 in Newark, 732-235-7604 in New Brunswick for further instructions.

For more information on how to use EndNote, please visit the EndNote Tutorials guide or the EndNote Blog for FAQs.

- Systematic Review Toolbox - a searchable online catalogue of tools to support systematic reviews -

          http://systematicreviewtools.com/index.php

- Rayyan - a free screening tool for systematic reviews and scoping reviews -  

https://www.rayyan.ai/

- JBI SUMARI available via subscribed OVID platform (Medline or APA PsycInfo) - 

https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/indexes/medline_ovid

- Review Manager (RevMan) - software used for preparing and maintaining Cochrane Reviews -https://training.cochrane.org/online-learning/core-software-cochrane-reviews/revman

Guidelines and Other Resources

- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions - https://www.radioterapiaitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cochrane-handbook-for-systematic-reviews-of-interventions.pdf

- PRISMA (Transparent Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis) - http://www.prisma-statement.org/

- Systematic Review Data Repository Plus (SRDR+) via AHRQ - https://srdrplus.ahrq.gov/

- PROSPERO (International prospective register of systematic reviews) - https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/

- Data Extraction in Systematic Reviews: Navigating SRDR+ Tutorial by Dr. James Scott Parrott - https://sites.rutgers.edu/shp-msst/navigating-srdr/

- “Doing Meta-Analysis in R” by Harer et al  (a free online book in bookdown.org, recommended by Dr. J. Scott Parrott - https://bookdown.org/MathiasHarrer/Doing_Meta_Analysis_in_R/

- Systematic Review Toolbox - a searchable online catalogue of tools to support systematic reviews - http://systematicreviewtools.com/index.php

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