Systematic and scoping reviews offer a structured and reproducible methodology for evidence synthesis. While used most widely in health and science, there is growing use in the humanities and social sciences. This all-in-one workshop is ideal for researchers who are planning to publish a systematic or scoping review, or who simply want to hone the relevant skills.

Participants can register from any faculty. In Part 2, the group will split into two (STEMM/HASS) so that we can discuss the peculiarities of discipline-specific databases.

This workshop is split into two parts;

Part 1: From research question to review protocol (Tuesday 13 October, 10:30am-12pm)

UTS librarians will discuss best practices and techniques for building a robust search strategy from a research question, and how to track that process in case you need to make adjustments.

Part 2: Putting your search strategy to work (Wednesday 14 October, 10am - 11:30am)

Each database has its own structure, syntax, and disciplinary context. This section of the workshop outlines the process of ‘translating’ a search strategy into a query for a database, and how to tweak the results.

Audience:

Best suited for those that have some experience with database searching and are planning to undertake a systematic or scoping review.

If this doesn't fit your needs, we recommend attending our Best practice for literature searching workshop instead (Wednesday, 7 October, 10am - 11:30am)