Tool:
Right Review - a tool providing guidance and supporting material on methods for conduct and reporting of knowledge synthesis.
Articles:
Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. Munn Z, Peters MDJ, Stern C, Tufanaru C, McArthur A, Aromataris E. BMC Med Res Methodol. Nov 19 2018;18(1):143. doi:10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x
What kind of systematic review should I conduct? A proposed typology and guidance for systematic reviewers in the medical and health sciences. Munn, Z., Stern, C., Aromataris, E. et al. BMC Med Res Methodol 18, 5 (2018). doi:10.1186/s12874-017-0468-4
Articles:
All in the Family: systematic reviews, rapid reviews, scoping reviews, realist reviews, and more. Moher D, Stewart L, Shekelle P. Syst Rev. 2015 Dec 22;4:183.doi: 10.1186/s13643-015-0163-7. PubMed PMID: 26693720; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4688988.
A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Grant MJ, Booth A. Health Info Libr J. 2009 Jun;26(2):91-108. doi:10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x. PubMed PMID: 1949148
Fourteen review types and associated methodologies were compared and contrasted using the SALSA (Search, AppraisaL, Synthesis and Analysis) framework.
The web-based "Right Review" tool asks reviewers simple questions to suggest methods from 41 knowledge synthesis methods. Amog K, Pham B, Courvoisier M, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. Mar 18 2022;147:42-51. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.03.004
Book:
Systematic approaches to a successful literature review (Third edition). Booth A, Sutton A, Clowes M, & Martyn-St James M. (2022). SAGE Publications Ltd. (Current and previous editions available at the U Libraries)