Systematic review

How we can help

Your Academic Librarians can support you with some aspects of systematic review.

We can offer support and guidance to:

• Develop your search terms
• Select appropriate databases to use
• Search databases effectively
• Manage your results with RefWorks
• Understand and describe search methods (including the PRISMA flow diagram)

We cannot offer:

• Literature searches carried out on your behalf
• Evaluation/peer review of a final search strategy
• Checking for errors or inconsistencies in translating a search across multiple databases
• Help to analyse or synthesise results

Ways to get in touch

Email lib-hls@gcu.ac.uk

• Send us your question and we will reply within 2 working days, usually quicker.

Appointments for in-depth help

• Appointments are for 45 minutes and you can select in person or online.
• Available Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm.
• If you need an appointment outside office hours we will try to be flexible.

Drop-in for quick questions

• Drop-in for help from an Academic Librarian between 11.30am and 2.30pm *, Monday to Friday, at the Library Drop-ins and Workshops room on Level 1 of the Library.

• * For Trimester C drop ins will run 12.00-1.00pm only, Monday to Friday, same location as above.