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Conducting Health Sciences Review Articles

This is a guide for helping students to develop and write literature reviews.

Finding reviews in article databases

Most library-licensed, subject-specific article databases include a limit or filter for "reviews" visible on the search results screen. This will limit your results to articles that journals consider reviews. These might be systematic reviews, literature reviews, or other types of reviews. Examine each article carefully to determine the processes used by the authors and determine which type of review you are using.

Examine a research guide for your subject area to find additional subject-specific databases.