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Massachusetts General Hospital's Systematic Review Service

Resources for conducting systematic, scoping, rapid and other reviews at MGH

Our service

Treadwell librarians are available to help anyone at MGH conducting a systematic review, meta-analysis, scoping review, rapid review, integrative review, narrative/critical review and more.

Fill out our request form and a librarian will be in touch. Unsure of which type of review to pursue? We'll guide you to the right one!

How we'll assist your team

Incorporating an information professional into your project is an excellent way to improve your search methodology. Cochrane, JBI and other organizations recommend having a librarian draft your search. 

We'll ensure your search is rigorous, reproducible, and captures all relevant literature (and unlike generative AI, our search won't produce fabricated references or include fake MeSH terms).

Below are the ways we'll contribute to your project. And if you're new to the review process, we can serve as your guide!

Show you the right standards to follow

Offer guidance on protocol development and registration

Create searches for Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and more

Search grey literature databases

✔ Remove duplicates and upload results into a screening software

Create a PRISMA compliant methods section and supplement

Assist with finding full text papers

Recommend risk of bias tools

Review your manuscript and draft responses to reviewers/editors 

Perform search updates

What we expect from teams

  • A first author who is an employee of Massachusetts General Hospital.
  • A registered protocol using the Countway R&I team's template.*
  • Inclusion as a co-author, including permission to review the final manuscript before publication.