Designing & Evaluating Search Queries in Scopus for Complex Reviews

Date: Thursday, February 23, 2023
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Presenter: Kyle Demes & Vanessa Kitchin
Location: B25 - Woodward Library Computer Lab
Location: Woodward Library

Join us for an engaging workshop where we will help you develop the skills to conduct a complex search query in Scopus.

 

Being that complex reviews like systematic, scoping, and rapid reviews as well as meta-analyses are becoming increasingly prolific in all disciplines, this workshop will transcend disciplinary boundaries and provide examples of research questions from ecology, engineering, business, social work, medicine, education, and more!

 

Whether you are at the initial stage of exploring the literature or you already have a defined and specific research question, we will provide you with the tools to achieve your research goals.

 

In addition to reviewing the tenets of designing and evaluating queries, we will allocate 30-minutes to a hands-on activity where participants will be able to workshop their searches. Kyle Demes, Research Analyst @ Elsevier and Vanessa Kitchin, Knowledge Synthesis & Medical Librarian @ UBC will be on-hand to provide feedback and direction.

 

If you would like to suggest a topic for us to demonstrate, please submit to Vanessa Kitchin by February 15, 2023.

The final half hour will be spent demonstrating bibliometric analyses that can be done in Scopus on your final result set.

By the end of this session, you will:

• Feel confident designing your own search query using Scopus

• Be able to apply best practices and proven methodologies for finding keywords

• Implement strategies to refine precision and recall

• Understand the tools of bibliometric analysis available in Scopus

• Have had a lot of fun!

 

Please note this is an in-person session. Light lunch will be provided for registrants; registration limited to 26.