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Resources for conducting systematic reviews

PROSPERO (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews).
This register includes protocol details for systematic reviews.

PRISMA (Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses).

AMSTAR (Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews).

EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research)
Library of reporting guidelines and also links to other resources relevant to research reporting and writing.

Methodology / guidance and protocols

Cochrane Collaboration
Systematic reviews of health care interventions.

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Guidance on the undertaking of systematic reviews.

Systematic Reviews CRD’s guidance for undertaking reviews in health care. 

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews (2018)

The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI)
The JBI  promotes and supports the synthesis, transfer and utilization of evidence.

Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's manual

The Campbell Collaboration
Systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions.

Writing a Campbell Collaboration Systematic Review.

Online guides and training

Training courses