Talking Tools: An Introduction to Systematic Review Tools

Finding the right tool for the job is essential to an effective and efficient systematic review process. In this two-part webinar, panels of librarians experienced in systematic reviews will give you an insider’s view into 11 commonly used systematic review tools.

You’ll gain an overview of select systematic review tools–their purpose, pluses and minuses, the differences between tools. . . all you’ll need to know to select the right tool and give informed advice to researchers and systematic review team members.

Panelists will present on each tool and share their experiences. You’ll not only learn about the tools covered during the webinar, you’ll know what to look for when you evaluate new tools.

This course is required for Level I of the Systematic Review Services Specialization.

This is a special 2-part webinar for the price of a single webinar.

Session 1 – Tools addressed

• PubMed PubReMiner
• SR Accelerator: Polyglot
• Yale MeSH Analyzer
• NLM MeSH on Demand
• CitationChaser

Session 2 – Tools addressed

• Abstrackr
• ASReview
• Rayyan
• DistillerSR
• Covidence
• SysRev

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this two-part webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the purpose, value, advantages and disadvantages, and other features of select review tools
• Describe characteristics of effective tools
• Advise research teams on the characteristics of select systematic review software

Audience

Medical librarians and other health information professionals. No experience needed.

Moderators

Tara Brigham, MLIS, AHIP-D, is a librarian and supervisor at the library at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where she is the primary librarian working on systematic review / meta-analysis search strategies. She became interested in systematic review methodology after being asked to join a project that resulted in the 2015 paper, Librarian co-authors correlated with higher quality reported search strategies in general internal medicine systematic reviews. Tara is a member of the Systematic Review caucus.

Mary Katherine (Mary-Kate) Haver, MLIS, AHIP-D, is the medical librarian for the Biomedical Library at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. Currently, she is the primary librarian working with faculty, research teams, and clinical staff in conducting systematic review projects. Mary-Kate is a member of the Systematic Review caucus.

Presenters (Session 1)

Rebecca Carlson, MLS, AHIP, is a health sciences librarian and liaison to the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She is a member of the MLA Systematic Review caucus, routinely teaches on systematic review methods and tools, and has co-authored twelve systematic reviews.

Stephanie Roth, MLIS, AHIP, is the Biomedical & Research Services Librarian at Temple University Health Sciences Library in Philadelphia, PA. She has over 10 years of experience as a systematic review co-author and is an instructor for systematic review courses, including a Library Juice Academy course, Systematic Review Essentials. She is currently the incoming Chair of the MLA Systematic Reviews Caucus. Her website: www.systematic review librarian.com.

Alyssa Grimshaw MSLIS, IPI PMC, is a Clinical Research and Education Librarian at the Yale Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and a member of the Systematic Review caucus. She has published 27 reviews, with more in submission.

Presenters (Session 2)

Emily Brennan, MLIS, is a Research Informationist at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Libraries. She is a member of the MLA Systematic Review caucus and has co-authored many systematic reviews and clinical guidelines.

Alyssa Grimshaw MSLIS, IPI PMC, is a Clinical Research and Education Librarian at the Yale Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and a member of the Systematic Review caucus. She has published 27 reviews, with more in submission.

Kate Nyhan is a research and education librarian at Yale’s Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and a lecturer in Environmental Health Sciences at Yale School of Public Health. She collaborates on evidence synthesis and meta research projects including systematic, scoping, rapid, integrative, and state-of-the-art reviews on a wide range of public health topics.

Stephanie Roth, MLIS, AHIP, is the Biomedical & Research Services Librarian at Temple University Health Sciences Library in Philadelphia, PA. She has over 10 years of experience as a systematic review co-author and is an instructor for systematic review courses, including a Library Juice Academy course, Systematic Review Essentials. She is currently the incoming Chair of the MLA Systematic Reviews Caucus. Her website: www.systematic review librarian.com.

Kathryn Vanderboll is an Informationist at the Taubman Health Sciences Library at the University of Michigan. She is a team member on a number of ongoing evidence synthesis projects.

MLA CE: 3