Systematic Reviews

DML librarians are trained in systematic review standards and methodologies. Our basic consultation service will familiarize you with best practices for conducting a review. You can also add a librarian to your review team through our full systematic review service. To get in touch with us, submit a request using our Ask a Librarian form. 

• Provide an overview of the systematic review (SR) process
• Inform researcher of SR standards (IOM, PRISMA, Cochrane)
• Assist researcher with formulating the research question
• Recommend databases and possible grey literature sources to search

• Provide overview of the systematic review (SR) process
• Check for in-process SRs on the topic in registries like PROSPERO
• Inform researcher of SR standards (IOM, PRISMA, Cochrane)
• Assist researcher with formulating the research question
• Recommend databases and possible grey literature sources to search
• Design the main search strategy have the search peer-reviewed by a colleague
• Translate and run the search across multiple databases
• Save search strategies and document citation count data
• De-duplicate and merge the citations
• Deliver citations in reference management software authorized for support by DML librarians (e.g. .ris file for EndNote, Refworks, etc.)
• Provide basic guidance on screening process and potential screening tools
• Advise team on methods for obtaining the full-text of the articles
• Provide researcher with several documents to include in publication (partially completed PRISMA flowchart and search strategy appendices)
• Assist in writing Methods section for publication
• Run update of searches prior to publication (as required by standards)
• Conduct a final review of publication manuscript
• Librarian co-authorship is required for this option