Running the actual searches for your systematic review requires a few things. Prior to beginning be prepared to:
CONDUCT THE SEARCH |
Run all database searches on the same day |
Search for grey literature, hand searching, etc. (if applicable) |
Running the individual searches in each database should be straight forward since your search strings have already been created and tested. Your searches may return a large number of results and you want to keep track of all of these - including duplicates and those you will exclude later. Citation managers or Covidence can help you with this process. The library currently supports:
Other helpful tools include:
A comprehensive and exhaustive systematic review will include a search of nontraditional publications known as grey literature. This type of literature is not usually found in your average library database. Examples of grey literature include:
Grey literature can be found through:
Other search methods include contacting experts, citation and reference searching, and hand searching key journals.
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