Knowledge Synthesis Research

A Knowledge Synthesis (KS), also called an evidence synthesis, is a systematic review of research on a topic that follows an existing, specified, methodology. These research reviews include:

  • Systematic Reviews
  • Scoping Reviews
  • Integrative Reviews

Resources for selecting the most appropriate research review type for your project:

Library support for knowledge synthesis

Librarians can assist you with planning, conducting, testing, and exporting systematic searches for your scoping reviews, systematic reviews, and other types of research reviews. To learn more about librarian support for research reviews, contact your subject librarian.

Covidence

Covidence is a web-based tool for knowledge synthesis reviews that will help you through the process of importing and screening references, data extraction, and keeping track of your work.

How to join MacEwan University Covidence institutional license

You can create your personal sign in information with Covidence before or after joining the institutional subscription. To request access to the institutional account in Covidence, you must use your current MacEwan email address: Join MacEwan's Covidence license.

If you have already joined the MacEwan University Library Covidence license, then you can log into Covidence with your email and password and proceed to use Covidence.