What are Review Articles?
Review articles are those when the writer of the article is reviewing an article or a set of articles by other authors. They are useful because they include evaluation and synthesis of the articles being reviewed, so they are generally a good overview of a topic.
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UT Austin Page on Review ArticlesUT Austin's Library gives a great explanation of what Review articles are and why they are good sources for your research.
Where to get Review Articles
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowUse "Review" limit on the left to limit to Review articles in PubMed.
Sample PubMed Search for Review Articles
For this search, I have activated several limits: Article type (Review), Publication date (last 5 years), Humans (as opposed to animal studies), and English language.
