We are currently accepting requests for review projects for co-authorship or acknowledgment credit. Fill out our intake form to get started and a librarian will be in contact.
Please note that the systematic review librarian will be out of the office from 4/22-4/26 and returning on 4/29. Requests will be reviewed upon their return.
Treadwell offers two service levels for comprehensive reviews (including but not limited to: scoping, systematic, rapid and integrative reviews and meta-analyses). The level names reflect the credit the librarian will receive for their participation in the project.
Acknowledgement Level
We complete part of the literature search.
Co-authorship Level
We perform the entire literature search.
Peer reviewing a Medline search will amount to acknowledgment credit. Rather than editing your search directly, we'll offer feedback similar to grading a paper. For databases in addition to or other than Medline, we will recommend our co-authorship level.
Since individualized teaching for review searching can't be realistically done, the library instead has a self-paced module on how to design and execute a literature search for any review. The course is available for enrollment below. You'll need to sign in using your MGB username and password:
If we've reached maximum capacity with projects, you can learn how to execute the search yourself, using our course:
Or you might be able to leverage a librarian at a different institution if someone on your team has another affiliation. Finally, you could hire a contract librarian if you have the funds available. Listed below are ways to find an independent contract worker to perform the literature search: