Research Guides: Educational Administration and Human Resource Development: Systematic and Literature Reviews

Library Resources on Systematic and Literature Reviews

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews by David Gough (Editor); Sandy Oliver (Editor); James Thomas (Editor)
ISBN: 9781473929425

Publication Date: 2017

Focused on actively using systematic review as method, this book provides clear, step-by-step advice on the logic and processes of systematic reviewing. Stressing the importance of precision and accuracy, this new edition carefully balances a need for insightful theory with real-world pragmatism; it introduces a wide range of cutting-edge approaches to research synthesis including text mining, living reviews and new ideas in mixed methods reviews such as qualitative comparative analysis.
Doing a Systematic Review: A Student's Guide by Angela Boland (Editor); Rumona Dickson (Editor); M. Gemma Cherry (Editor)
ISBN: 9781473967014

Publication Date: 2017

Written in a friendly, accessible style by an expert team of authors with years of experience in both conducting and supervising systematic reviews, this is the perfect guide to using systematic review methodology in a research project. It provides clear answers to all review-related questions, including: How do I formulate an appropriate review question? What's the best way to manage my review? How do I develop my search strategy? How do I get started with data extraction? How do I assess the quality of a study? How can I analyse and synthesize my data? How should I write up the discussion and conclusion sections of my dissertation or thesis?
Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences by Mark Petticrew; Helen Roberts
ISBN: 9780470754887

Publication Date: 2008

Available in print and E-book format
This book provides an overview of systematic literature review methods: Outlining the rationale and methods of systematic reviews; Giving worked examples from social science and other fields; Applying the practice to all social science disciplines; It requires no previous knowledge, but takes the reader through the process stage by stage; Including detailed sections on assessing the quality of both quantitative, and qualitative research; searching for evidence in the social sciences; meta-analytic and other methods of evidence synthesis; publication bias; heterogeneity; and approaches to dissemination.
Systematic Reviews in Educational Research: Methodology, Perspectives and Application by Zawacki-Richter, Olaf (Editor), Kerres, Michael (Editor), Bedenlier, Svenja (Editor), Bond, Melissa (Editor), Buntins, Katja (Editor)
ISBN: 9783658276027

Publication Date: 2020

In this open access edited volume, international researchers of the field describe and discuss the systematic review method in its application to research in education. Alongside fundamental methodical considerations, reflections and practice examples are included and provide an introduction and overview on systematic reviews in education research.
Conducting Your Literature Review by Susanne Hempel
ISBN: 9781433830921

Publication Date: 2019-09-10

Available in print and E-book format
This book is a step-by-step guide to writing a literature review, and includes tips for modifying the process as needed depending on your audience, purpose, and goals. The lessons in this book can be applied to writing the background section for a thesis or an original research publication. This book will help you formulate a strategy for making decisions about what to include and not include in your review and produce a reliable and unbiased summary of the existing research.

Systematic Review

SAGE Research Methods' Systematic Literature Review: A Practical Guide videos series features 25 videos on various aspects of conducting reviews. The videos linked below are in order of progression and include each video's length, but feel free to explore some or all the videos.

Welcome to Systematic Review (10:01)
Types of Reviews (4:33)
What is Systematic Literature Review (4:49)
Who is Using Systematic Review Findings (4:01)
What is Meta Analysis? (6:31)
Myths About Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (6:57)
Difference Between Systematic Review and Narrative Reviews (2:54)
Clarifying the Preliminaries (3:23)
Steps in Systematic Literature Review (4:59)
Elements of a Systematic Review Protocol (6:20)
Development of Review Protocol (2:54)
Protocol Registration (1:54)
Selecting a Topic Area for Your Systematic Review (3:41)
Main Types of Review Questions (3:42)
Components of Review Questions (3:21)
PICO – A Quantitative Review Question (2:15)
PEO – A Qualitative Review Question (2:37)
Inclusion-Exclusion Criteria (4:56)
Searching Relevant Literature (4:50)
Boolean Operators (7:35)
Diagrams – Specimen (presenting SR findings) (5:29)
Tables – Specimens (2:36)
Classification Mechanism – Example (3:24)
Quality of Evidence: GRADE Framework (8:36)

Literature Review

SAGE Research Methods' The Literature Review: A Comprehensive Six Step Guide video series features 25 videos on various aspects of the literature review. The selected videos below are in order of progression and include each video's length. View more videos in the series in the SAGE Research Methods database.

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Methodological Guidance Articles

Alexander, P. A. (2020). Methodological guidance paper: The art and science of quality systematic reviews. Review of Educational Research, 90(1), 6-23. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654319854352
Munn, Z., Peters, M. D. J., Stern, C., Tufanaru, C., McArthur, A., & Aromataris, E. (2018). Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x

Aloe, A. M., Dewidar, O., Hennessy, E. A., Pigott, T., Stewart, G., Welch, V., Wilson, D. B., & Campbell MECCIR Working Group. (2024) Campbell standards: Modernizing Campbell's Methodologic Expectations for Campbell Collaboration Intervention Reviews (MECCIR). Campbell Systematic Reviews, 20, e1445. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1445
Page, M. J., McKenzie, J. E., Bossuyt, P. M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T. C., Mulrow, C. D., . . . Moher, D. (2021). The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ, 372, n71. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n71
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Suri, H. (2020). Ethical Considerations of Conducting Systematic Reviews in Educational Research. In: Zawacki-Richter, O., Kerres, M., Bedenlier, S., Bond, M., Buntins, K. (eds). Systematic Reviews in Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27602-7_3
Dowd, A.C., Johnson, R.M. (2020). Why Publish a Systematic Review: An Editor’s and Reader’s Perspective. In: Zawacki-Richter, O., Kerres, M., Bedenlier, S., Bond, M., Buntins, K. (eds) Systematic Reviews in Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27602-7_5