Description
- A summary or analysis of research done by others that provide information about the topic will include a summary of studies done by other researchers.
Types of sources
- Evidence-Based Secondary Sources
- Systematic Reviews
- Meta-Analysis
- Clinical Analysis or Clinical Guidelines
- Literature Review
- Review
- Not Evidence – Based Secondary Sources
- General article from a magazine or journal
- Information from books
- Information from reliable websites: organization, health facility, corporation
- Pamphlet, newsletter, fact sheet, Report
Format
All reviews (Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analysis, Literature Review, Rapid Review)
- Abstract/introduction/background: overview of the review
- Methodology/materials/methods: how was the review done
- Results: charts, tables, statistics
- Conclusion/discussion/significance: what did they find from the analysis or review? did they prove anything?
- References: a long list of references
- All other types
- Do not have a standard format.
Identifiers
Evidence-Based Sources
- “Review article” may appear at the top of the first page of the article.
- The title may have review in it.
- The abstract/introduction/background will describe what was reviewed, such as trials or studies
Not Evidence-Based Sources