Advanced searching clinic for systematic reviews, scoping reviews and evidence syntheses in medicine
Audience: Members of the University of Oxford, Oxford University Hospitals and Bodleian reader card holders. Format: In PersonFriday, 22 May 2026, 1.30pm to 4.30pm
A practical 180-minute workshop where participants will work on searches for their review across multiple databases. Librarians from the Bodleian Health Care Libraries will be on hand to demonstrate online tools for facilitating the process and give practical advice on refining individual search strategies.
By the end of this classroom-based session you will be able to: improve a search strategy that you are working on; adapt the search across multiple databases; use tools such as Yale MeSH Analyzer and Polyglot; describe alternative methods for identifying references, including citation chaser; use Covidence for your review; and report your search methods according to PRISMA-Search.
Intended audience: Medicine and NHS; researcher and research student.
Speaker(s): Nia Roberts, Suzannah Bridge
Series: Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
Venue:
Radcliffe Science Library - Seminar Room
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Seminar Room Radcliffe Science Library off Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QP United Kingdom
Department: Bodleian Information Skills (Unit)
Organiser: Helen Bond
Register here: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshops#/course/OXFORDBODL/ISKILL0086
