Research Guides: Systematic Reviews at UC Libraries: Education & Human Services

Keep In Mind...

Here are some things to keep in mind when doing a systematic review in education...

Consider searching in a variety of databases, not just ones specific to your discipline!
Reach out to a librarian to help you create search strings, identify databases, and more!
Systematic reviews take time...a lot of time
Your methods should be air-tight and reproducible.
Look to existing standards for systematic reviews for guidance

See all the steps to completing a systematic review!

Databases

Education Full Text Education Abstracts indexes core international periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks in education. Topics include a wide range of contemporary education issues, including government funding, instructional media, multicultural education, religious education, student counseling, competency-based, and information technology. Education Abstracts cites articles in English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. English language books related to education published in 1995 or later are also indexed.Coverage: 1983 - present
Education Research Complete Education Research Complete is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
ERIC (EBSCOhost) Updates related to content and data in ERIC are available via the Education Complete LibGuide.ERIC indexes education-related literature¸ beginning in 1966. The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information, containing abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. The database covers descriptions and evaluations of programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials. In 1993, ERIC began indexing education-related books, including the output of major publishers. More recently it includes full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-present). ERIC may be accessed directly at http://www.eric.ed.gov. To take advantage of many links to full-text documents through OhioLINK, use the connect below.Coverage: 1966 - present
Educational Administration Abstracts Educational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 66,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.Coverage: 1966 – Present
Professional Development Collection The database provides a highly specialized collection of over 500 full text journals, designed for professional educators.

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present. Also produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
PsycINFO PsycINFO, produced by the American Psychological Association, is a collection of electronically stored bibliographic references--most with abstracts or content summaries. It contains citations that PsycINFO has created in electronic form. Although the references themselves are all written in English, the covered literature includes material published in over 45 countries and written in 30 languages.Coverage: 1872-present
PubMed PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health. PubMed comprises more than 37 million citations and abstracts biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. 
SocINDEX with Full Text SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 1,910,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books and monographs, and full text for 6,743 conference papers. Coverage: 1895 - present
Sociological Collection The database includes 615 full text titles covering all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
SportDiscus with Full Text

Scopus (Elsevier)
A comprehensive, multidisciplinary abstract and citation database that includes literature from the social sciences, physical sciences, health sciences and life sciences. Search and filter relevant information, monitor research trends, track newly published research and identify subject experts. Use the analytics tools to visualize, compare and export the data.
Web of Science
Search the world’s leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities and navigate the full citation network.

Sample Reviews

Education Reviews || Campbell Collaboration
International Database of Education Systematic Reviews
Search for Health-Based Reviews || Cochrane
Cochrane is an international network producing health-based systematic reviews.
PubMed Search for counseling/therapy systematic reviews
Example Review: The effects of inclusion on academic achievement, socioemotional development and wellbeing of children with special educational needs
Dalgaard, N. T., Bondebjerg, A., Viinholt, B. C. A., & Filges, T. (2022). The effects of inclusion on academic achievement, socioemotional development and wellbeing of children with special educational needs. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18(4), e1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1291
Example Review: Educational Vlogs: A Systematic Review
Hassan, R. H. (2023). Educational vlogs: A systematic review. Sage Open, 13(1), 21582440231152403. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231152403
Example Review: A systematic review and meta-analysis of group peer support interventions for people experiencing mental health conditions
Lyons, N., Cooper, C., & Lloyd-Evans, B. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of group peer support interventions for people experiencing mental health conditions. BMC Psychiatry, 21, 315. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24523-9
Example Review: Psychological treatments for excessive gaming: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Kim, J., Lee, S., Lee, D., Shim, S., Balva, D., Choi, K.-H., Chey, J., Shin, S.-H., & Ahn, W.-Y. (2022). Psychological treatments for excessive gaming: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 12, 20485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24523-9
Example Review: A systematic review of research on sport migration
Rojo, J. R., Marques, R. F. R., & Starepravo, F. A. (2022). A systematic review of research on sport migration. Migration and Diversity, 1(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.33182/md.v1i1.2847
Example Review: A systematic review of governance principles in sport
Thompson, A., Lachance, E. L., Parent, M. M., & Hoye, R. (2023). A systematic review of governance principles in sport. https://doi.org/10.26181/24804870.v1