Upcoming Workshops
- Wednesday, September 10th, 12-1 at the Slavin Academy: "So You Want to Do a Systematic Review?"
Learn the basics of pursuing a systematic review including the steps involved for developing a protocol and performing a literature search.
Can someone teach me how to systematically search?
How to Conduct a Systematic, Scoping or Other Review module
We have a self-paced module on how to conduct common review methodologies designed by Melis Lydston. Any employee within the MGB system can utilize and access this course. Sign in using your MGB username and password to enroll.
What's Special About This Course?
- This course is personalized for MGB employees. Different libraries purchase licenses to different databases, and many courses cover database products MGB does not have access to.
- It breaks down the confusing jargon of these projects into plain English.
- It offers a step-wise approach, and if you follow along, you will have a completed search strategy you can use for your project by the end of the module.
- You can take just the PubMed lesson if you want to learn more about searching, or take select lessons to learn how to perform a narrative or rapid review.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Differentiate popular review methodologies
- Build high-quality, exhaustive, and reproducible searches in the core databases required for a review
- Safely use generative AI in the review process (and know where not to use it!)
- Document your search in compliance with PRISMA and other standards
- Find full-text PDFs for your results
- Get an overview of data extraction and risk of bias assessment
