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.
Thursday, November 1o, 2-3pm, 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.
Thursday, November 17, 2-3pm, Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library
Sign up for these workshops or request personal appointments online or by calling 319-335-9151.
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