A systematic review is an academic research paper that uses a method called ‘evidence synthesis’, which can include meta-analysis, to look for answers to a pre-defined question. The purpose of a systematic review is to sum up the best available research on that specific question. Reviews can also show when there has not been enough research carried out, and where more research is needed.
Source: Campbell Collaboration (https://www.campbellcollaboration.org/)
If you are interested in doing a systematic review outside of the social sciences, check out the research guide below from the UC Health Sciences Library.
Databases:
Indexing¸ abstracts¸ and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature. Scopus covers 14¸000 titles across 4¸000 publishers¸ providing access to over 25 million abstracts going back to 1966 and 5 years of cited reference back years¸ building up to 10 years by the end of 2005. Coverage: 1966 - present
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database with searchable author abstracts¸ covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes 5¸300 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines¸ covering approximately 2¸000 more journals than its SCI print and CD-ROM counterparts¸ with all cited references captured. Coverage: 1965 - present
PsycINFO, produced by the American Psychological Association, is a collection of electronically stored bibliographic references--most with abstracts or content summaries. It contains citations that PsycINFO has created in electronic form. Although the references themselves are all written in English, the covered literature includes material published in over 45 countries and written in 30 languages.Coverage: 1872-present
Tools:
Users must register for an account with a valid UC email. Go here to register:
https://app.covidence.org/organizations/7gwO5/signup
Covidence is an online tool that streamlines the production of systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and other literature-intensive research projects. It coordinates the screening process of titles/abstracts and full-text articles, and it facilitates the population of data extraction forms and risk of bias tables. Users must register for an account with their UC email. UC HSL is piloting this resource for 1 year. More information about this pilot can be found at: https://guides.libraries.uc.edu/CovidencePilot
More information about Covidence is available on the Covidence LibGuide. See information about logging and account creation below.
Desktop free, open sourced citation management system that can be used to collect, organize, cite, and share research. Word processor integration for Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs, and can sync records across devices. Developed and supported by the Corporation for Digital Scholarship.
Recorded Workshops by the CECH Library
Campbell Collaboration has YouTube playlists featuring videos of paste lectures, workshops, and trainings
Videos from other sources:
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