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Systematic reviews, scoping reviews and other evidence reviews in medicine: getting started

Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Online
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Thursday, 4 June 2026, 10am to 11am

In this 60-minute online workshop you will be introduced to the methodologies and principles underpinning the conduct of literature searches for systematic reviews, scoping reviews and other evidence reviews.

The session will cover:

Formulating a focused research question
Preparing a protocol
Developing a search strategy to address that research question
Choosing appropriate databases and search engines
Searching for grey literature and ongoing studies
Managing your references in Covidence
Documenting and reporting your search

Please note, there won’t be an opportunity to search different databases during this session.

Speaker(s): Carolyn Smith (Bodleian Libraries), Suzannah Bridge (Bodleian Libraries)

Series: Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Department: Bodleian Information Skills (Unit)

Organiser: Helen Bond

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