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Literature Review: A survey of information found in scholarly articles, books, and other literature related to an area of study. A presentation of references on a given topic, found through a carefully structured clinical question and in-depth research. 

  • Describes, summarizes, evaluates and clarifies prior research.
  • Not only summarizes other research, also examines the relationship.
  • Determines what has already been investigated, identifies potential relationships, defines key concepts, and relates to research already completed.
  • Considers different disciplines topic may cover.

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Types of Literature Reviews

  • Narrative Review
  • Critically Appraised Topic
  • Rapid Review
  • Scoping Review
  • Systematic Review

 

Description of the differences between review types in image form

 

"Schematic of the main differences between the types of literature review" by Brennan, M. L., Arlt, S. P., Belshaw, Z., Buckley, L., Corah, L., Doit, H., Fajt, V. R., Grindlay, D., Moberly, H. K., Morrow, L. D., Stavisky, J., & White, C. (2020). Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) in veterinary medicine: Applying evidence in clinical practice. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 314. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00314 is licensed under CC BY 3.0

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