LibGuides: Evidence synthesis: Finding existing evidence syntheses

Finding existing evidence syntheses

Searching for existing evidence syntheses on a topic related to your own research question can be helpful to start your evidence synthesis process. You can check you are not duplicating a review that has already been registered or recently published. Existing reviews will also provide you with examples of search strategies and databases selected.

Databases to search for existing evidence syntheses

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a collection of resources that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision making

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PROSPERO
The international prospective register of systematic reviews, rapid reviews and umbrella reviews. PROSPERO includes details of any planned or on-going systematic review that has a health related outcome.
KSR Evidence
KSR Evidence is a database that aims to include all systematic reviews and meta-analyses in healthcare published since 2015, dating back to 2010 for a small number of topics. For many of these reviews KSR Evidence provides a critical appraisal and a short, accessible bottom line.
Epistemonikos
Evidence-based clinical or health-policy questions.
JBI Evidence Synthesis journal
JBI Evidence Synthesis seeks to disseminate rigorous, high-quality research that provides the best available evidence to inform health care policy, practice and research through the science and conduct of systematic reviews and scoping reviews.

Trip Pro

Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

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Campbell Collaboration
The Campbell Collaboration is an international social science research network that produces high quality, open and policy-relevant evidence syntheses, plain language summaries and policy briefs.
EPPI-Centre
The EPPI-Centre is committed to informing policy and professional practice with sound evidence through systematic reviews and research use
Health evidence
Systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public health interventions.