Systematic & Scoping Review Support at the Main Library

Scoping reviews differ in large part from systematic reviews by not requiring the critical appraisal of included studies.

• Peters, M. D., Marnie, C., Tricco, A. C., Pollock, D., Munn, Z., Alexander, L., McInerney, P., Godfrey, C. M. & Khalil, H. (2021). Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews. JBI Evidence Implementation, 19(1), 3–10. doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000277.
• Levac D, Colquhoun H, O’Brien KK. Scoping studies: advancing the methodology. Implement Sci. 2010;5(1):69. doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-69.
• Peters MDJ, Godfrey C, McInerney P, Munn Z, Tricco AC, Khalil, H. Chapter 11: Scoping Reviews (2020 version). In: Aromataris E, Munn Z (Editors). JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis, JBI, 2020. 
• Arksey H, O’Malley L. Scoping studies: Towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2005;8(1):19–32. doi:10.1080/1364557032000119616. (landmark article)
• Daudt, H. M., van Mossel, C., & Scott, S. J. (2013). Enhancing the scoping study methodology: A large, inter-professional team’s experience with Arksey and O’Malley’s framework. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13(1), 48. doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-48 

Protocol Guidance:

• Peters MDJ, Godfrey C, McInerney P, Baldini Soares C, Khalil H, Parker D. Chapter 11.2: Development of a scoping review protocol. In: Aromataris E, Munn Z (Editors). Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's Manual. The Joanna Briggs Institute, 2020. 

Protocol Reporting:

• PRISMA for Systematic Review Protocols (PRISMA-P)
• Also see PRISMA-ScR listed below

Protocol Registration:

• Open Science Framework