ESI – March 2026 – Day 2

Day 2: March 3, 2026

Time (EST)
Topic Session Session Lead 
11:00 Jim
11:30 Zahra
12:00 Break
12:15
The reference interview: how to have a conversation with a review team
Panel: Zahra , Amy, Natasha

Moderator: Megan

1:00
Lunch break
2:00 Selecting databases for evidence synthesis Sarah
2:15 Search strategies part 1:

Group assignments

  • Mindfulness (Zahra)
  • Drones (Megan and Randa)
  • 360 degree Feedback (Lindsay and Amy)
  • Mycorrhizae (Matt and Jim)
  • Perception (Natasha and Molly)
  • Devices (Scott and Elizabeth)
Scott, Matt, Elizabeth, and Sarah
3:30 Debrief with discipline cohorts

What frameworks have you used?

If a researcher comes to you and says, I want to do a review on _____vague discipline-relevant topic____, what would you ask in the reference interview? How have these conversations gone for you previously? Have you had to redirect patrons to a different type of review?

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