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It is recommended to write a protocol when starting a systematic or scoping review.

For Scoping Review:

• The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) has a protocol template that could be used, with explanations:

https://wiki.joannabriggs.org/display/MANUAL/11.2+Development+of+a+scoping+review+protocol.

• Another option is to follow the PRISMA-ScR checklist for scoping reviews: http://www.prisma-statement.org/Extensions/ScopingReviews.

For systematic reviews:

• Protocol template from the University of Warwick: https://uottawa.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=34150365 
• And of course, following the PRISMA for systematic review protocols (PRISMA-P) can provide guidance while producing a protocol: http://www.prisma-statement.org/Extensions/Protocols.aspx

For more information on what you need to know when starting a comprehensive review, please consult the uOttawa Library Systematic Review Guide: https://uottawa.libguides.com/systematicreview

University of Ottawa Library now has an institutional subscription to Covidence, a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews. It should be noted that, while Covidence specifically mentions systematic reviews, it has also been used for comprehensive literature reviews, scoping reviews, meta-syntheses, meta-narratives, and other types of literature reviews. It can also be used for any discipline including health sciences, medicine, social sciences, environmental sciences, biology, management, education, and so forth.

For more information, please visit our libguide Covidence

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