Systematic Reviews
What we do
- Choose the best review methodology to fit your timeline, question scope, and discipline
- Suggest relevant databases for searching the scholarly and grey literature
- Design complex search strategies for specific databases
- Use citation management software (e.g. Zotero) for organizing references
- Use article screening and selection tools (e.g. Rayyan)
Systematic Review Service Levels
Tier 1
General consulting - we offer assistance to researchers interested in how to do a regular literature review. In a one hour in-person consultation, we will provide a basic overview of the systematic review process such as developing a protocol, designing a search strategy, selecting relevant databases, collecting and organizing studies, screening the results, and writing the manuscript.
Tier 2
Credit given as acknowledgment - at this level, we offer assistance in generating key terms, creating search strings for specific databases, and/or reviewing search strings created by the researcher. The researcher should acknowledge the librarian in the final publication.
Tier 3
Credit given as co-authorship - at this level, we develop the search strategy, execute the searching in various databases, manage the studies and prepare them for screening by the researcher and write any portion of the search methodology. The researcher should agree to include the librarian as a middle author.
Request a Systematic Review Appointment
Librarians at the UMD Libraries are expert searchers and offer a systematic review service to faculty, students, and research staff. We are available to guide and collaborate with researchers! Send us an email or schedule a consultation below.
Systematic Review Workshops
In addition to one-on-one consultations, we also offer systematic review workshops tailored to specific aspects of the review process.
- Upcoming workshops
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For faculty only: To request an instruction session for your class or a workshop for your department, please fill out the Systematic Review Workshop Request form:
Self-learning resources
- Systematic Review Guide outlines the steps of conducting a systematic review and provides resources to complete each stage of the process.