Subject Guides: Reviewing the literature: Resources and references

Resources

Advanced searching for systematic reviews (University of Manitoba)
Cochrane: Searching for and selecting studies This chapter outlines some general issues in searching for studies; describes the main sources of potential studies; and discusses how to plan the search process, design and carry out search strategies, manage references found during the search process, correctly document the search process and select studies from the search results.
Cornell University: Write a search strategy Comprehensive guidance on writing a search strategy, including filters and pre-generated queries
Covidence blog: How to write a search strategy for your systematic review
Joanna Briggs: Scoping review search strategy Guidelines for what is included in a scoping review search strategy
searchRxiv Open access database to share search strategies. Can be used to document for publication.
Translating search strategies for different databases (University of Manitoba)

Evidence-Based Software Engineering and Systematic Reviews by David Budgen; Barbara Ann Kitchenham; Pearl Brereton
Call Number: Chapter 5: Searching for primary studies
ISBN: 9781482228656
Publication Date: 2015-11-05
Systematic reviews for occupational safety and health questions: Resources for evidence synthesis by Susanne Hempel, Lea Xenakis, Marjorie Danz
Call Number: Chapter 4: Conduct a literature search and screen for inclusion
ISBN: 9780833096289
Publication Date: 2016

References

Booth, A., Sutton, A., Clowes, M., & Martyn-St James, M. (2022). Systematic approaches to a successful literature review (3rd ed.). SAGE.

Glanville, J., & Wood, H. (2018). Text mining opportunities: White paper. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. https://www.cadth.ca/text-mining-opportunities-white-paper

McGowan, J., Sampson, M., Salzwedel, D. M., Cogo, E., Foerster, V., & Lefebvre, C. (2016). PRESS peer review of electronic search strategies: 2015 guideline statement. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 75, 40–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.01.021

Peters, M. D. J. (2017). Managing and coding references for systematic and scoping reviews in EndNote. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 36(1), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2017.1259891

Peters, M. D. J., Godfrey, C. M., McInerney, P., Munn, Z., Tricco, A. C., & Khalil, H. (2020). Scoping reviews. In E. Aromatis & Z. Munn (Eds.), JBI manual for evidence synthesis. The Joanna Briggs Institute. https://doi.org/10.46658/JBIMES-20-01