Searching for existing systematic reviews or other evidence syntheses on a topic related to your own research question can be a good place to start your evidence synthesis process. These evidence syntheses often can provide a model for approaching your own review of the literature, including recommended search strategies and resources.
Below are links to some sources of evidence syntheses and evidence documents outside of the health sciences. Sometimes finding these is as simple as adding "systematic review" or similar terms to your keyword search. If you need help with your search, we encourage you to contact your subject librarian.
Our library databases contain a wealth of systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses.
In addition to library databases, the following can be great sources of published systematic reviews or other evidence syntheses outside of the health sciences:
Just because a systematic review or other type of evidence synthesis has been published is not a guarantee that the review was rigorous, reproducible, or exhaustive. There are a number of criteria by which you can evaluate the quality of an evidence synthesis. These are the two most common tools used for this purpose: