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 and more, capturing your example papers
- Search grey literature databases
- Deduplicate and upload results into the screening software of your choice
- 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
