Answered By: Shazia Arif
Last Updated: 26 Feb, 2026     Views: 7

If you are a Health Sciences/Medicine student you may find it helpful to organise your literature review using the matrix (or a simplified version of it) presented in Health sciences literature review made easy the matrix method.

This example is from page 42 of the chapter titled 'Review matrix: a versatile method', from the book above.

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Alternatively, you may use a spreadsheet.

You also have the option of adapting Mendeley or Zotero to be used with a matrix by using notes or custom fields in your referencing database.