A systematic review starts with a systematic search of the literature.

This free JBI LIVE webinar will get you started on developing search methods for a review of any kind, starting with database selection, the use of controlled vocabulary terms and keywords, along with database syntax for truncation and proximity searching. It will cover how to translate a search into a second database.

We will deconstruct a published search strategy to show you how to build each component of your question, using two of the most commonly searched databases: Medline (Ovid) and CINAHL (Ebscohost).

Date/Time:

Canada: 1 April 2025, 8:00pm (EDT)
Australia: 2 April 2025, 10:30am (Adelaide: ACDT) / 8:00am (Perth: AWST)

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Host: Assoc/Prof Edoardo Aromataris
Presenters: Amanda Ross-White and Terena Solomons

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About JBI

JBI is a global organisation promoting and supporting evidence-based decisions that improve health and health service delivery. JBI offers a unique range of solutions to access, appraise and apply the best available evidence. JBI is driven to improving health outcomes in communities globally by promoting and supporting the use of the best available evidence to inform decisions made at the point of care. This work begins and ends with the needs of those working in and using healthcare services. Find out more about JBI at jbi.global

About Edoardo Aromataris

Associate Professor Edoardo Aromataris, BSc (Hons), PhD, is the Director of Synthesis Science at JBI, having entered the field of evidence-based healthcare in 2009. While A/Prof Aromataris has particular expertise in the synthesis of quantitative evidence, in his role as Director of Synthesis Science for JBI he has been involved in the further development of diverse types of review methodology, including the synthesis of qualitative evidence, and the conduct of these reviews. He is currently the Chair of the Languages other than English methodology group. A/Prof Aromataris is the Editor-in-Chief of the peer reviewed journal, JBI Evidence Synthesis.

About Amanda Ross-White

Amanda Ross-White, MLIS, AHIP is currently Interim Head of the Bracken Health Sciences Library at Queen’s University and President of the Canadian Health Libraries Association. She has published over 40 systematic and scoping reviews, and in her role as co-chair of the Information Methods group for JBI, edited the chapter on searching strategies. She is also the 2025 recipient of the Ontario Health Library and Information Association Outstanding Achievement Award. Her research interests are on the impact of predatory journals and the role of information specialists in the review process.

About Terena Solomons

Terena Solomons, BA Grad Dip Lib Sc AALIA CP (Health) FHEA, is a Research Librarian with The Western Australian Group for Evidence Informed Healthcare Practice: A JBI Centre of Excellence in the School of Nursing at Curtin University, a Research Officer at the Curtin University School of Medicine and a Librarian at the University of Western Australia. Terena has over 20 years’ experience as a health librarian in hospital and academic libraries. Her area of expertise is systematic search methods for systematic and scoping reviews. She was co-chair of the JBI Information Science Methods Group, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and faculty member of the Australian Evidence-Based Practice Librarian’s Institute.

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We look forward to you joining us for this JBI LIVE webinar.

Any questions? Please contact jbicommunication@adelaide.edu.au

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