E-Books
Assembling the Pieces of a Systematic Review by Publication Date: 2017-03-03
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of InterventionsPublication Date: 2019-09-23
Searching Skills Toolkit by Publication Date: 2013-11-07
Umbrella Reviews by Publication Date: 2016-02-17
Covidence
KU Libraries are now offering a one-year organizational license for the systematic review software, Covidence, to improve the efficiency and quality of all phases of the review process. It is available at no cost for all KU and KU Medical Center faculty, students and staff with KU and KUMC email addresses. Access KU's organizational Covidence account.
Standards for Reporting
- PRISMAAn evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Citation Management
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The participation of a librarian on a research team is recommended or required by Cochrane, Campbell Collaboration, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Registries of Protocols
A systematic review protocol describes the rationale, hypothesis, and planned methods for the review. It should be prepared before (a priori) a review is started and used as a guide to carry out the review. The protocol should be made publicly available, and registered in a registry such as PROSPERO.
- Cochrane protocolsCochrane researchers use protocols to describe the proposed approach for a systematic review. A protocol outlines the question that the review authors are addressing, detailing the criteria against which studies will be assessed for inclusion in the review, and describing how the authors will manage the review process. Protocols contain information that defines the health problem and the intervention under investigation, how benefits and harms will be measured, and the type of appropriate study design. The protocol also outlines the process for identifying, assessing, and summarizing studies in the review. By making this information available the protocol is a public record of how the review authors intend to answer their research question.
- Campbell CollaborationTopic areas include: Methods, Social Welfare, Disability, Education, International Development, Crime and Justice, Training, Knowledge Translation and Implementation, and Business and Management.
- PROSPEROTopics include health and social care, welfare, public health, education, crime, justice, and international development, where there is a health related outcome.
- Open Science Framework "OSF Registries"Multidisciplinary
- Collaboration for Environmental EvidenceEnvironmental studies