Health Sciences Librarian
Library Support
Librarian involvement in systematic reviews is a practice recommendation by the Institute of Medicine and leading sources of evidence-based information including Cochrane, the Joanna Briggs Institute and the Campbell Collaboration. Research has shown that librarian involvement in systematic reviews increases the quality of search strategies (Koffel, 2015) and reporting (Meert et al., 2016; Rethlefsen et al., 2015).
The Library currently offers appointments to Ontario Tech faculty and students conducting systematic reviews.*** Potential topics for the appointment may include:
- Database/resource selection for specific topics
- Database/resource-specific search methods and techniques
- Saving the search strategy in various database platforms
- Citation management and review software
- Search methods for locating grey literature
- Additional methods for locating studies (searching trial registries, hand-searching, cited reference searching etc.)
- Obtaining full-text articles via the Library website and Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
**Please note: The Library is currently limited in our capacity to provide 1-on-1 support for systematic review research at this time. Students and faculty working on these projects are highly encouraged to register for the upcoming Systematic Review Workshop #1: Literature Searching for Knowledge Synthesis on November 11, 2020 from 2:10 - 3:30 p.m. which is being offered in the HLSC 5011G/7012G time slot.
Please also consider attending our other 2 workshops in the Systematic Review Workshop series:
- Systematic Review Workshop #2: Translating the Search Strategy on January 20, 2021 from 2:10 - 3:30 p.m.
- Systematic Review Workshop #3: Searching for Grey Literature on February 3, 2021 from 2:10 - 3:30 p.m.
For more information about the workshops, please email Lydia Thorne, Health Sciences Librarian at lydia.thorne@ontariotechu.ca
Library Resources
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An Introduction to Systematic Reviews byCall Number: Q180 .A1 G72 2017ISBN: 9781473929432Publication Date: 2017Focused on actively using systematic review as method, this book provides clear, step-by-step advice on the logic and processes of systematic reviewing.
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Searching Skills Toolkit byISBN: 1118463137Publication Date: 2014Searching Skills Toolkit is an expert guide to help you find the clinical evidence you need more easily and effectively.
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Synthesizing Qualitative and Quantitative Health Evidence byISBN: 9780335230150Publication Date: 2007Provides a comprehensive overview of range of approaches and methods available for synthesizing qualitative and quantitative evidence.
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Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review byISBN: 0857021346Publication Date: 2012Reviewing the literature is an essential part of every research project. This book takes you step-by-step through the process of applying systematic principles to complete your literature review.
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Doing Your Literature Review byISBN: 9781848601543Publication Date: 2011The literature review is a compulsory part of research and, increasingly, may form the whole of a student research project. This highly accessible book guides students through the production of either a traditional or a systematic literature review, clearly explaining the difference between the two types of review, the advantages and disadvantages of both, and the skills needed.