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Systematic & Scoping Review Requests Paused Temporarily
The Ebling Library Systematic Review Team is at capacity with multiple ongoing requests, instruction needs, and additional work-related projects.
As the team works through this backlog, no new systematic or scoping review projects, including peer review of search strategies, will be accepted.
Please contact us through Ebling’s Help page to set up a consultation, get help with a literature search, or ask a general question.
Updated information regarding the services, request submission form, and required documentation needed prior to initial consultation will be made available when the service reopens.
Role of the Librarian
According to the Institute of Medicine Standards for Systematic Reviews, the systematic review team should work with a librarian during the following steps:
| 3.1.1 | Work with a librarian or other information specialist trained in performing systematic reviews to plan the search strategy |
| 3.1.2 | Design the search strategy to address each key research question |
| 3.1.3 | Use an independent librarian or other information specialist to peer review the search strategy |
In addition to the standards outlined by the Institute of Medicine, a trained librarian can help with numerous steps throughout the planning, conducting, and reporting phases of your systematic review. With our specialized knowledge of the systematic review process, we can save you time and confusion by providing guidance on the systematic review process and the best practices for many of the steps along the way, as well as actively helping to develop and refine your topic, create systematic literature searches of all relevant databases, search the grey literature, and provide information for your PRISMA figure and Methods section.
Image from the University of North Carolina's Systematic Reviews guide
Parts of this guide are adapted from "Systematic Reviews" by Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan, used under CC BY 4.0.