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

Session Description

Part 3: Going Grey and Supplementary Search Techniques

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

Date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023

Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm (+ mandatory pre-work module, approximately 60 minutes)

Location: Robarts 4th floor e-Classroom

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

1. Understand the importance of methodical searching in a knowledge synthesis review
2. Articulate how the quality of a search affects the quality of a review as a whole
3. Identify potential sources of bias in a search and implement strategies for mitigating them
4. Practice using an objective, structured method for developing sensitive search strategies required for knowledge synthesis

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:

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

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