Research

Before your appointment: make sure you have read any systematic reviews guidelines provided by your School, read the Systematic literature searching pages in the Library Research guide, and reviewed the Library's Systematic Reviews Service Charter.

Systematic review services are only provided for postgraduates, researchers and academic staff at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Appointments are structured by the two-part process outlined below.

1. Scoping: this session covers the essentials you will need to plan an effective SR. Please bring any planning materials you have created so far, including project proposals, protocols, or outlines. By the end of this session, you will have the tools you need to identify databases, gather keywords and do some scoping and initial line-by-line concept searches.

Duration:

• one hour

Please bring (if applicable):

• Planning materials, e.g. research question, project proposal or protocol
• Information on any initial searches run
• Key articles you have already found

2. Searching: this session will help you to refine your preliminary searches towards building a final strategy. We will review your experiences with initial searches and advise on advanced database features, search filters, limiters and text mining tools. We will also cover the effective use of citation management software (e.g. EndNote).

Duration:

• one hour (students)
• two hours (staff)

Please bring (if applicable):

• Planning materials, e.g. research question, project proposal or protocol
• Search documentation sheet (from previous session)
• EndNote or Refworks account login