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Our Systematic Review service is designed to empower the UCSF community to conduct high-quality systematic reviews by providing education about process, standards, guidelines, and best practice around systematic reviews.
Students doing a systematic review as part of a course assignment:
What you can expect from a librarian: |
What you can expect to do throughout the process: |
Resources available to you anytime: |
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All UCSF Faculty, Staff, and Students doing a systematic review, outside of course assignments:
To get started, review the Systematic Review Guide to fill out the Systematic Review Consultation Request form. A librarian will follow up with you to schedule a consultation meeting or to ask any additional questions.
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Examples of what you can expect from a librarian: |
What you and/or your team can expect to do throughout the process: |
Resources available to you anytime: |
Consultation (1 – 3 hours of librarian time) |
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Collaboration: Librarian as Co-Author
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Steps included in Consultation as well as:
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Steps included in Consultation as well as:
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Literature Review –
Scoping Review or Systematic Review –
Other types of search questions –
How do I know what I need?
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Scoping/Systematic Review |
Literature Review |
Other |
I want to write a systematic review |
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I want to write a scoping review |
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I need background information for my research |
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I am writing a paper for a class that is not a systematic or scoping review |
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I am having trouble finding information about a topic |
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My search is not finding what I want |
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I am not sure the best places to look for information |
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