Are you interested in conducting a systematic review?  We have two workshops to help you get started.

Step one-
Systematic Reviews: Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review

This class provides a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review, including:

•  standards and criteria to consider
• establishing a plan
• registering a protocol,
• developing a research question,
• determining where to search
• identifying search terms
• reporting search strategies, and managing references.

 Wednesday, June 29, 1-2pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library

Step two-

Systematic Reviews: Literature Searching for the Health Sciences

This class focuses on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a health sciences systematic review. Topics include

•  techniques for developing search strategies
• deciding which databases to search
• how to seek out grey literature for a given topic
• selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies
• saving and organizing references.

 Wednesday, July 6, 1-2pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library

Sign up for these workshops or request personal appointments online or by calling 319-335-9151.