Systematic Reviews: Systematic Review Trainings
A Guide to Conducting Systematic Reviews
Search Hedges
Depending on your topic, you may be able to save time in constructing your search by using specific search filters (also called "hedges") developed & validated by researchers. Validated filters include:
Keywords vs. Index Terms
Both types of search terms are useful & both should be used in your search.
Keywords help to broaden your results. They will be searched for at least in journal titles, author names, article titles, & article abstracts. They can also be tagged to search all text.
Index/subject terms help to focus your search appropriately, looking for items that have had a specific term applied by an indexer.
From the University of Michigan Library Evidence Synthesis Review Guide.
Search Strategy Training
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PubMed: Using the Advanced Search BuilderLearn to use PubMed's Advanced Search features to refine your search with the example of a publication date range, and find journal and author names using the autocomplete feature.
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Proximity Searching in PubMedThis tutorial demonstrates how to use proximity searching to find terms close to each other in PubMed. Search for multiple terms appearing in any order within a specified distance of one another in the [Title] or [Title/Abstract] fields.
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How to write a search strategy for your systematic reviewPractical tips to write a search strategy for your systematic review
How to do a Systematic Review
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Piecing Together Systematic Reviews. Phase 1: ProposalThis session will cover the first phase of the PIECCESS review cycle, the Proposal phase of conducting a systematic review. The five-part series will introduce the review cycle framework, PIECCESS, as described in the book by Foster and Jewell (2022) Piecing Together Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses. Throughout the phases, the potential roles for librarians, health care professionals and others interested in the process of systematic review will be discussed as well as categories of client, such as those who read reviews as compared to those who conduct reviews.
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Cochrane Interactive Learning Module 1: Introduction to conducting systematic reviewsPart of the Cochrane Interactive Learning course on Conducting an Intervention Review, this module introduces you to what systematic reviews are and why they are useful. This module describes the various types and preferred format of review questions and outlines the systematic review process.
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Primer on Evidence SynthesisA short, online course for those new to evidence synthesis.
Search Builders
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2D SearchNext-generation advanced search for digital libraries, healthcare, legal research, media monitoring, patent search, and recruitment/sourcing. Free to use.