Systematic Reviews: SR and other comprehensive literature search project support

The librarians of the UW Health Sciences Library support UW researchers conducting systematic reviews and other large literature search projects.

Contact us to discuss your topic, scope and timeline. 

Range of services, dependent on librarian availability:

• Advice on formulation of search questions
• Guidance with systematic review steps and tools
• Advice on databases/sources selection for specific topics
• Instruction in database platforms available at UW
• Instruction in search techniques and methods
• Consultations on bibliographic citation software (e.g. EndNote) or SR project software to manage and share results
• Development and documentation of formal, comprehensive strategies for reproducible searches
• Assistance in translation of strategies for each database platform
• Writing search methods according to PRISMA or other appropriate guidelines

• Systematic Reviews: the process (Duke University Medical Center Library)
• Searching in Support of Systematic Reviews (Dartmouth College Library)
• SCISSORS - Scholary Communication Information Services in Support of Research (Wells Cornell Medical College)
• Health Knowledge Refinery (McMaster University, Canada)