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Understanding Review Types

Introduction

There are many types of reviews published in academic literature. These pages will introduce you to some of the more common types of reviews, featuring:

  • How reviewers find literature to review for each review type
  • How the information gathered for each review type is synthesized and described
  • Reasons for writing one review type over an another
  • Primary objectives of the different review types

See the Dana Health Sciences Library Systematic Review guide for information about our consultation and collaboration services for people conducting systematic reviews and other types of evidence syntheses.