Systematic reviews: finding and managing the evidence

Online

• The Library website has a range of training guides for several of the main search tools:

  • Step by step guide for searching using Ovid ( Medline, Embase, PsycINFO or Maternity & Infant Care)
  • Step by step guide for searching using EBSCOhost (Medline, Cinahl Plus, or AMED)
• Download some Guidance for NHS Researchers on the literature search process and appendices, developed by Thames Valley & Wessex Healthcare Librarians.
• Often the search tool provider will publish training material on their own website or sometimes on YouTube

Face to face

• Contact your Liaison Librarian: email liaison@sgul.ac.uk

Systematic Review Tools

There are a number of free and paid for time-saving tools that help you collaborate on systematic review projects and extract data.

• Covidence: a paid web application to stream line the evidence synthesis process when running systematic reviews. A free trial version is available. Endorsed by Cochrane.
• Rayyan: free with some fee-based additional services
• Sysrev: free