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Systematic searching for evidence syntheses - Part 1 In-Person

Please note, this is a two-part workshop

Systematic searching of the literature is essential in all types of evidence synthesis. Whether it’s a systematic review or qualitative evidence synthesis, a systematic search of information resources is the fundamental component.

In these sessions we will cover

Research question frameworks
Undertaking scoping searches
Developing a search strategy
Documenting and reporting a systematic search strategy
Using search filters / hedges
Translating a search strategy across different databases
Testing a search strategy
Supplementary searches including citation searching

Librarians will introduce you to the searching phase of a systematic review across 2 sessions.

In Part 1, we will give instruction and demonstration on how to search information resources systematically. (11th October 2023)

In Part 2, we will break into small groups to examine search strategies that students and researchers are working on and tackle any questions or problems. (01st November 2023). Register for the second session here.