systematic and scoping reviews

the process for conducting a scoping review is similiar to that of a systematic review in many respects. 

1. identify the question

2. develop a protocol

• search for existing reviews
• outline objectives and methodology. 

3. search

• search subject-specific databases 
• use boolean operators
• search for grey literature

4. analyze

• use tools like zotero and rayyan
• deduplicate your results
• screen your results by first looking at title/abstract and then full-text
• you will need two reviewers

5. chart 

• collate
• summarize
• chart your results

6. present 

• write your report
• publish it