Welcome! The following is a collection of selected resource to help with researching and organizing the systematic review for PA 612, the Masters Capstone Project.
PRISMA Website - PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) is is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and is the outline used by the PA program for writing capstone systematic reviews.
Yale Systematic Searches Tutorial - Designed by Cushing/Whitney Medical Library at Yale, this collection of video tutorials offers a potential blueprint for how to perform conduct a systematic review.
LibKey Nomad - LibKey Nomad is a free browser extension that automatically connects you to library articles while you search on the open web. When you find an article behind a paywall, LibKey Nomad checks if the library has access and provides a direct link to the full text. This tool works exceptionally well when paired with PubMed.
LibKey Nomad Guide - This quick guide from the Library Essentials Tutorial succinctly describes how to install and use LibKey Nomad.
Grey Literature for the Health Sciences Research Guide - This SHU library guide has links to an collection of major grey literature resources, including:
Zotero - Zotero is a free resource management tool that allows its users to easily save potentially relevant articles for any project into their Zotero library for convenient retrieval.
Covidence Video Tutorials - Covidence is a literature review tool that can be used for screening articles. These videos from the Covidence website provide an in introduction for how to get set up with this resource and utilize it.
Tip: If you are using Zotero to save articles, it's a very easy process to import them into Covidence. Simply follow these quick steps:
1.) Open up your Zotero library, select Preferences, and then select Export
2.) Make sure that the Export Files option is selected, and then select RIS or Endnote XML as the file format.
The files will then be exported as a zip file for easy import into your Covidence account.
Cochrane Methods Bias - Methodology used by PA program to determine issues with retained literature
robivs - robvis is the preferred tool for creating risk-of-bias visualizations
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