How we work with search consultations: Illustration of workflow
Search/register an ongoing review
It’s useful to register a protocol at the prospect of making a systematic review. This increases the level of transparency in the publication process. Authors also avoid spending time on a topic that is already being examined. In the PROSPERO database, you can search for reviews, and register your own.
Database PROSPERO, National Institue for Health Research UK
We start with in collaboration with you as a researcher to define:
Search consultation request form (Word document)
Together we discuss the search request, develop a search strategy and make a scoping search. The scoping search aims at exploring:
The search is performed in all relevant databases, usually in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, CINAHL, PsycINFO and/or interdisciplinary databases.
PICO model for structuring research question and systematic search.
Complementary searches are performed in order to
The search is documented fully to ensure tranparency and reproducability according to international standards. Peer review of the search can be made for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
The search result is often delivered through a reference management program, usually Endnote, but other formats such as pdf, Excel or Word are also possible. Visualization of bibliometric data can be done
When the literature search is conducted by a librarian/information specialist, it is much appreciated that the Library and ICT is named in the acknowledgement section of the article.