Systematic Review Librarian
Systematic Review Service
Since 2012 the Systematic Review Service has provided over 3000 consultations, offered 300 presentations, webinars, and workshops, supported hundreds of theses/dissertations, grants, and publications, and trained over 1000 librarians.
What is a systematic review?
A systematic review is a research method aimed to answer a question(s) by collecting, appraising, analyzing, and synthesizing studies matching specified criteria. They are conducted in medicine, public health, education, social sciences, engineering, and more. See Introduction to Systematic Reviews tab for more information.
Who can use the service?
The systematic review service is open to all Texas A&M University affiliated students, faculty, and staff working on systematic reviews, meta-analysis, scoping reviews, rapid reviews, and more.
What does the service offer?
- Consultations to individuals and groups on specific research projects
- Education and Social Sciences reviews- Make an appointment
- All others: (Make an appointment)
- Requested presentations to classes, research groups, and more (Request a class/session)
- Workshops and webinars open to all on systematic reviews (see sessions below)
- Advice and guidance on meta-analysis with expert
- Support for systematic review tools and resources such as
- Joanna Briggs Institute tools, such as SUMARI
- Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Systematic Review Data Repository
- Rayyan: free tool for sorting articles into include/exclude status with labels
Workshops
Introduction to review methods (45 minutes)
This introduction will provide an overview of systematic, narrative, and scoping reviews. It is open to all interested students, faculty, and staff.
- Feb 12, 2019 (Tuesday)12:15-1:00 pm, online webinar, Register
- Feb 25, 2019 (Monday) 12:15-1:00 pm, 405D Annex, Register
Review Protocol Development Workshop
This 2-hour workshop will provide a step by step session for those needing to develop a protocol for a systematic or scoping review. It is open to all interested students, faculty, and staff. Those attending should have settled on the topic for their review before joining this workshop.