- Carrie Price, Research Impact and Health Professions Librarian, Albert S. Cook Library, Towson University, Towson, MD
- David Farris, Research Services Librarian, Research Medical Library, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Rachael Lebo, Clinical Services Librarian, Wegner Health Sciences Library, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD
- Interview researchers to define the key concepts of a research question
- Conduct preliminary searches to identify key articles and previous publications
- Select databases and other resources appropriate to a research question
- Build an extensive strategy for each resource appropriate to the research question
- Review search strategies under development
- Describe and document searches and methods
The course will take you through the systematic review searching process, from confirming the need for a review and identifying appropriate databases to creating search strategies and documenting and reporting searches using PRISMA-S. PubMed is the primary database used in the course.
The heart of the course is developing an extensive, effective, systematic, translatable, and replicable search strategy to address a research question. You’ll receive feedback on searches during the live session and after the session via Slack.
You’ll also learn how to conduct a reference interview to properly define a topic and how to translate a topic into effective search concepts. And you’ll be able to participate in the search peer review process that is now elemental to the searching community of practice.
These handouts provide further information and links to PubMed tools, database information, published search filters, question development frameworks, and more.