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Literature Reviews in the Health Sciences

Connect with useful information and resources to learn about different types of literature reviews and the process of conducting them.

Review Comparison Chart

The following table displays similarities and differences between some of the most common types of reviews. This table was adapted from a variety of sources (Booth, 2016Grant & Booth, 2009; Higgins et al., 2022; Pham et al., 2014; Sutton et al., 2019Tricco et al., 2015).