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An Introduction to Systematic Reviews

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304 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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An Introduction to Systematic Reviews provides a short, accessible and technically up-to-date book covering the full breadth of approaches to reviews from statistical meta analysis to meta ethnography. The content is divided into five main sections covering: approaches to reviewing; getting started; gathering and describing research; appraising and synthesizing data; and making use of reviews and models of research use. As systematic reviews become included in many more graduate-level courses this book answers the growing demand for a user-friendly guide.
David Gough, Sandy Oliver and James Thomas
Introducing Systematic Reviews
Rebecca Rees and Sandy Oliver
Stakeholder Perspectives and Participation in Reviews
David Gough and James Thomas
Commonality and Diversity in Reviews
Sandy Oliver, Kelly Dickson, and Mark Newman
Getting Started with a Review
Jeff Brunton and James Thomas
Information Management in Reviews
Ginny Brunton, Claire Stansfield & James Thomas
Finding Relevant Studies
Sandy Oliver and Katy Sutcliffe
Describing and Analysing Studies
Angela Harden and David Gough
Quality and Relevance Appraisal
James Thomas, Angela Harden and Mark Newman
Synthesis: Combining Results Systematically and Appropriately
Ruth Stewart and Sandy Oliver
Making a Difference with Systematic Reviews
David Gough, Sandy Oliver and James Thomas
Moving Forward

Systematic reviews are the basis of any research project and therefore supporting materials as the Introduction to Systematic Reviews are highly recommended.

Dr Teresa C. D'Oliveira
Psychology , King's College London
September 29, 2016
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This is an excellent overview of systematic reviews of all kinds and is very helpful for showing students the ropes in preparing for their dissertations.

Dr Jenevieve Mannell
Institute for Global Health, University College London
August 15, 2016
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This textbook is a great tool for teaching students the fundamental principals and procedures involved in conducting a systematic review. It provides a helpful framework for understanding a methodology which is not used as often as other methodologies.

Ms Cindy Melanie Swartbooi
Psychology, Cornerstone Institute
January 28, 2016
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An easy guide for doing systematic reviews. Recommended for students as an introductory book.

Mr Mahmoud Ismael
Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University
August 9, 2015
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This book explains the logic behind systematic reviews, which is useful when planning this methodology for master's research projects.

Ms Amanda van der Westhuizen
Psychology Department, University of Pretoria
November 12, 2015
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systematic review will be much easier with this book. The book give pin point step to create correct systematic review

Mr Fitriyono Ayustaningwarno
Accounting , Wageningen University
October 19, 2015
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Good guidance in this text for dissertation students

Ms Carol Lloyd
social studies, Chichester University
September 29, 2015
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easy to understand and well detailed with examples

Professor Anita Black
Criminal Justice, King College
May 18, 2016
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This book is informative and accessible. It is my recommended text for any nursing student wishing to understand more about systematic review and/or to attempt a qualitative or quantitative systematic review for their UG or PG dissertation.

Dr Gabrielle Thorpe
School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of East Anglia
July 6, 2015
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This is an interesting, well written book and an excellent resource.

Mr Marcus Percy
Sch. of Nursing, Midwifery & Social W., Manchester University
June 25, 2015
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Chapter One

David Gough

David Gough is a Professor of Evidence Informed Policy and Practice, and Director of the EPPI-Centre, University College London. His early research focused on child protection services. For the last 20 years, he has concentrated on methods of research synthesis including a DfE centre on evidence informed education, a node of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, and a methods unit for NICE. His research on “research use” include the European Commission EIPPEE network, the Science of Using Science review for the Wellcome Trust, the experimental evaluation of the RISE project to encourage evidence use in schools, a study of the UK... More About Author

Sandy Oliver

Sandy Oliver is Professor of Public Policy at UCL Institute of Education and Deputy Director of SSRU and its EPPI-Centre. For twenty five years her interests have focused on the interaction between researchers and people making decisions in their professional and personal lives. With this in mind she has been developing methods to collate knowledge from whole bodies of research – systematic reviews – not just single studies. Most recently this has been in the area of international development where she has conducted systematic reviews and built up a programme of support for research teams conducting reviews elsewhere. She works with DFID... More About Author

James Thomas

James Thomas is a Professor in Social Policy, Assistant Director of SSRU and Associate Director of the EPPI-Centre He directs the EPPI-Centre's Reviews Facility for the Department of Health, England, and undertakes systematic reviews across a range of policy areas. He has specialized in developing methods for research synthesis, in particular for qualitative and mixed methods reviews and in using emerging information technologies in research. He leads a module on synthesis and critical appraisal on the EPPI-Centre's MSc in Evidence for Public Policy and Practice and development on the Centre's in-house reviewing software, EPPI-Reviewer. More About Author