Evidence Synthesis Resources

Accessibility

Evidence synthesis projects rely on library resources. These resources can have accessibility issues for users with some disabilities. As a result, these methods can amplify existing disadvantages. The Laurier Library is actively responding.

If you have questions about accessibility issues in evidence synthesis or partnering to address them, please contact us.

Methodology

• Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions  
• JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis  
• CEE Guidelines and standards for evidence synthesis in Environmental Management

Reporting Guidelines

• PRISMA-P for systematic review protocols  
• PRISMA-S for reporting literature searches in systematic reviews
• PRISMA-ScR for reporting scoping reviews  
• PRISMA 2020 Statement for reporting systematic reviews
• Additional PRISMA extensions

Covidence

• Covidence is a web-based tool that supports research teams through the process of conducting an evidence synthesis project such as a systematic or scoping review. You can use it to screen references, create data extraction tables, and assess risk of bias.  
• Laurier has an institutional license for Covidence which means that anyone with an @wlu email address can create a free account.
• Covidence Academy provides live and recorded webinars on systematic reviews and using Covidence.
• The Covidence Knowledge Base provides step by step instructions on how to use the platform to complete each stage of your review.

Publication

• Protocol registration: Prospero, OSF
• ICMJE Author guidelines

Training and education

• University of Toronto Gerstein Science Information Centre Guides
  • Knowledge Syntheses: Systematic & Scoping Reviews, and other review types
  • Searching the Literature: A Guide to Comprehensive Searching in the Health Sciences
• Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative
  • Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis: A Campbell Collaboration Online Course