Find systematic reviews
Systematic review databases
Before you start, check whether a systematic review already exists, or is currently under way. This may also help you to refine your review topic. The following databases include systematic reviews:
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Campbell Collaboration This link opens in a new windowSystematic reviews in education, crime and justice, and social welfare.
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) This link opens in a new windowSystematic reviews (and protocols) prepared and supervised by Cochrane Review Groups.
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Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) This link opens in a new windowReviews in subjects where there is currently no Cochrane Review.
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DoPHER (Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews) This link opens in a new windowReviews of health promotion and public health effectiveness.
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Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) This link opens in a new windowEPPI develops systematic reviews and review methods in social science and public policy.
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Joanna Briggs Institute This link opens in a new windowWide range of summarised and appraised evidence to inform healthcare practice.
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OTseeker This link opens in a new windowAbstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
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PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) This link opens in a new windowRandomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
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PROSPERO This link opens in a new windowProspectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care.
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SpeechBite This link opens in a new windowIntervention studies across the scope of speech pathology practice.