Resource List
Table of Contents
Critical appraisal (and reviewing qualitative research)
Library evidence synthesis services, workshops and outreach
Communities and support for evidence synthesis
General resources
Zotero Library
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2418750/evidence_synthesis_articles/library
Cornell’s Evidence Synthesis LibGuide
https://guides.library.cornell.edu/evidence-synthesis/service
Disciplinary norms: Characteristics of systematic reviews in the social sciences: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102396
Foster, M., Jewell, S., & Ebrary, Inc. (2017). Assembling the pieces of a systematic review : A guide for librarians (Medical Library Association books). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442277014/Assembling-the-Pieces-of-a-Systematic-Review-A-Guide-for-Librarians
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: A Campbell Collaboration Online Course
https://oli.cmu.edu/courses/systematic-reviews-and-meta-analysis-o-f/
Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – MOOC from Johns Hopkins
https://www.coursera.org/learn/systematic-review
Evidence Synthesis Service Proposal documents from Princeton University
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PZyfw99q1-dQjSTj8HENoNo3UxPZhoJr?usp=drive_link
Planning Worksheet for Structured Literature Reviews
Airtable for Systematic Search Tracking at the University of Michigan (tools and recorded webinar)
https://guides.lib.umich.edu/TaubmanTalks/AirtableSR
Tools, software and platforms
SR Toolbox
http://systematicreviewtools.com/
Selecting type of review
Cornell University Library Review Decision Tree
Guiding questions for research question development
What review is right for you
https://whatreviewisrightforyou.knowledgetranslation.net/
Grant, M.J. and Booth, A. (2009), A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 26: 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x
Critical appraisal (and reviewing qualitative research)
Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Tools
https://jbi.global/critical-appraisal-tools
Book on qualitative meta synthesis, including validation
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/793372731
Quality Assessment and Risk of Bias Tool Repository
Guidelines and standards
PRISMA
http://www.prisma-statement.org/
PRISMA-P (for protocols)
http://prisma-statement.org/Extensions/
ROSES
https://www.roses-reporting.com/
MOOSE
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/192614
An integrative framework for planning and conducting Non-Intervention, Reproducible, and Open Systematic Reviews (NIRO-SR)
https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/8gu5z/
Joanna Briggs Institute Manual
https://jbi-global-wiki.refined.site/space/MANUAL
Campbell MECCIR
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/18911803/homepage/author-guidelines
Cochrane MECIR
https://community.cochrane.org/mecir-manual
PRISMA-S (Search Extension)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01542-z
PRISMA-ScR (Scoping Review Extension)
http://www.prisma-statement.org/Extensions/ScopingReviews
Equator Network
https://www.equator-network.org/
For Software Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2008.09.009
Protocol templates
Evidence synthesis protocol template
Inclusive Systematic Review Registration Form
https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/3nbea/
Inclusion/exclusion criteria
A handout on common inclusion/exclusion criteria: https://unimelb.libguides.com/sysrev/inclusion-exclusion-criteria
Library evidence synthesis services, workshops and outreach
Intake form from University of Minnesota: https://www.lib.umn.edu/services/systematic-reviews-request
Intake form from Cornell University:
https://www.library.cornell.edu/services/evidence-synthesis#form
Cornell’s tiers of service:
https://www.library.cornell.edu/services/evidence-synthesis/how-librarians-can-help
University of Victoria tiers of service
https://libguides.uvic.ca/systematic_reviews_how_to_guide/support
A Model for Developing and Implementing a Systematic Review Service for Disciplines outside of the Health Sciences
https://journals.ala.org/index.php/rusq/article/view/6837/9202
SR workshop series lesson plans at U Calgary
https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/112307
Cornell has done a couple of university-wide introductory workshops. One recording: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/The+Nuts+%26+Bolts+of+Systematic+Reviews/1_4b3s8pl5
Workshop descriptions:
https://libcal.uvic.ca/event/3653723
https://libcal.uvic.ca/event/3653724
https://libcal.uvic.ca/event/3653725
The reference interview
Systematic review timeline
https://libguides.massgeneral.org/c.php?g=651077&p=4565528#s-lg-box-14254396
Negotiating co-authorship: ICMJE Authorship guidelines
OER for grad students:
https://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/graduatereviews/
Planning Worksheet for Structured Literature Reviews
Searching and translating
Search translation guide
https://libguides.uvic.ca/ld.php?content_id=36113610
Library of Search Strategy Resources
https://sites.google.com/view/searchresourceslib/home?authuser=0
Date filters for updating searches
https://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/knowledge-syntheses/updating
Cochrane syntax translation guide: https://epoc.cochrane.org/sites/epoc.cochrane.org/files/public/uploads/Resources-for-authors2017/database_syntax_guide.pdf
Preprint repository syntax guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GyOWcgMiTDs6RBiudw7raz2DUhaZOn9i/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116948839117661019766&rtpof=true&sd=true
Low and Middle Income Countries search filters
https://epoc.cochrane.org/lmic-filters
ISSG geographic filters https://sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/issg-search-filters-resource/home/geography?authuser=0
Search filters vs. Search hedge
http://eahil-test.journals.ed.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JEAHIL/article/download/95/99/
Big directory of subject specific repositories can be searched here:
Open DOAR: Directory of Open Access Repositories
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/
Language for addressing antiquated, non-standard, exclusionary, and potentially offensive terms in evidence syntheses and systematic searches
https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/6408
UX Caucus Database Tips
https://uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/
Systematic Search Practice Sets
https://umich.instructure.com/courses/590659
Communities and support for evidence synthesis
ACRL Evidence Synthesis Methods SIG
https://www.ala.org/acrl/acr-igsrrm
Evidence Synthesis Hackathon
Campbell Collaboration and other association collaborators host periodic events called What Works Global Summit.
https://www.campbellcollaboration.org/news-and-events/events/past-colloquia/wwgs2020.html
International Conference on Grey Literature
www.textrelease.com/gl2022conference.html
Mentorship program link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1igPyTojsFqd5d8gnNmUXLQmC0lVl3XuOVJrJOg_U1E4/edit?usp=sharing
Medical Library Association Expert Searching Listserv https://pss.mlanet.org/mailman/listinfo/expertsearching_pss.mlanet.org
Documentation
Project management task sheet for evidence synthesis projects:
Search result numbers and deduplication tracking sheet (for use with Covidence).
PRISMA examples document https://prisma-statement.org/documents/PRISMA_2020_examples.pdf
Data Management Plan Template: Systematic Reviews https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.4663433
