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Strategies for Systematic, Scoping, or Other Comprehensive Searches of Literature – Part 3

Session Description

February 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Part 3: Going Grey and Supplementary Search Techniques

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

Date: Wednesday, February 9th 2022

Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm (+ 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 3 of this workshop series, participants will:

  1. Define what grey literature is (and what it is not)
  2. Utilize a methodological, transparent approach to searching sources of grey literature
  3. Demonstrate best practices for supplementary search techniques including hand-searching and reference tracking
  4. Evaluate search methods to identify proper reporting

**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:

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

Erica Nekolaichuk MA, MLIS – Faculty Liaison and Instruction Librarian

Details

Date:
February 9, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Registration Website:
https://libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/3653654
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