Library Research

Systematic, Scoping & Other Reviews Workshop Series: Getting Started and Structured Searching

November 1, 2023, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Presenter: Katherine Miller & Vanessa Kitchin
Location: Online

This workshop will help set you up for success when embarking on a systematic review/knowledge synthesis project. Topics to be covered in this session:

  • Understanding the review process 

  • Defining your question

  • Resources for developing a protocol 

  • Identifying and analyzing seed papers 

  • Creating a rigorous and reproducible search strategy

There will be time for hands-on searching using the relevant databases, including assistance from the presenting librarians, so please bring any questions you have!

Pre Work: In order to make the most of our time together, this interactive workshop recommends you complete pre-work, which can be found at https://guides.library.ubc.ca/KnowledgeSynthesis/workshops. This work will take approximately 45-60 minutes to complete.

The link will be sent to registrants the day before the event, and 1 hour before

If you have any questions, concerns, or accessibility needs, or are having trouble registering, please email wd.ref@ubc.ca 

Can't make it? Contact your subject librarian http://directory.library.ubc.ca/subjectlibrarians/ 

https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3760302

  • Library Research
  • Research Commons
  • Systematic / Scoping Reviews

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We acknowledge that UBC's two main campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xwmə0– kwəyˇəm (Musqueam) and Syilx (Okanagan) peoples, and that UBC’s activities take place on Indigenous lands throughout British Columbia and beyond.

Research Data Management @ UBC

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