Research Guides: Systematic Reviews: Collaborate with a Librarian

Policies and Procedures

UTHSC Health Sciences Library Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Evidence Synthesis Service Policy

Advanced Service Memorandum of Understanding

UTHSC Health Sciences Library Advanced Systematic Review Service Memorandum of Understanding

UTHSC Systematic Review Service Announcement

Advanced Systematic Review Services are currently on pause until January 2025

Due to capacity, UTHSC librarians will not be offering Advanced tier (collaborative) Systematic Review Services for new systematic reviews starting in Fall 2024.

All current Advanced Service projects will be completed in consultation with project teams.
Basic systematic review services (consultations) continue.
Questions? Email: library@uthsc.edu

Roles of Librarians in Systematic Reviews

Studies show that librarian involvement in systematic reviews improves the quality and reproducibility of the literature search (Rethlefsen et al., 2015).

It is recommended that you ask for librarian involvement early on in the process.
Developing and running search strategies may take a month or longer.
There may be a waitlist for librarian assistance.
Please contact us well in advance of any deadlines so that we may coordinate librarian workloads.

Services Provided

Basic Service

Provide consultation on SR process and guidelines
Meet 2-3 times to discuss the process
Give advice on identifying controlled vocabulary and keywords
Advise on databases and keywords
Suggest tools and resources

Advanced Service

Join Review Team in membership capacity, including librarian participation at project meetings
Identify, conduct, and document the search methodology in accordance with established guidelines
Provide significant contributions to methods section of the final systematic review manuscript
Suggest tools and resources for each stage of the SR and train review team in use as necessary
Co-authorship for librarians required