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.

 Tuesday, February 6, 10-11am, 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.

 Tuesday, February 20, 10-11am , Information Commons East, 2nd Floor, Hardin Library

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

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program please call Janna Lawrence at 319-335-9871.