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Strategies for Systematic, Scoping, or Other Comprehensive Searches of Literature - Part 2

Strategies for Systematic, Scoping, or Other Comprehensive Searches of Literature - Part 2 Online

Part 2: Beyond Medline: Translating Search Strategies

Audience: University of Toronto graduate students and faculty engaged in health science research. 

Date: Tuesday, October 25th, 2022

Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm (+ mandatory pre-work module, approximately 60 minutes)

Location: Online via Zoom (meeting link will be provided in registration confirmation email)

By the end of this 3-part workshop series, participants will:

  1. Identify databases for their review and explain when to use them
  2. Practice using an objective, structured method for developing sensitive search strategies required for knowledge synthesis
  3. Apply a structured approach to searching their question in OVID Medline

By the end of Part 2 of this workshop series, participants will:

  1. Delve deeper into the advanced features of interfaces and databases which allow for editing and refining a search strategy
  2. Translate and execute structured search strategies using different databases, including OVID Embase, and Ebsco CINAHL

**Pre-Work Module**

Please complete the mandatory pre-work module “Planning Your Knowledge Synthesis Review” before attending class: https://tinyurl.com/planningareview

*Please note the module is the same for all three live sessions in the course. You only need to complete the module once if you are attending multiple sessions 

 

Instructors:

Mikaela Mitchell MI - Liaison & Education Librarian, Gerstein Science Information Centre

Glyneva Bradley-Ridout MI - Liaison & Education Librarian, Gerstein Science Information Centre

Kaitlyn Merriman MI - Faculty Liaison, Instruction and Communications Librarian, Gerstein Science Information Centre

Related LibGuide: Searching the Literature: A Guide to Comprehensive Searching in the Health Sciences by Erica Nekolaichuk

Date:
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
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