LibGuides: Scoping Reviews: Step 1b: Examine Scoping Review Tools and Guidelines

Covidence

What is Covidence?

a web-based screening and data extraction tool
Allows for bulk uploads of references and deduplication
Allows the team lead to assign members tasks
Inclusion and exclusion criteria are highlighted during the screening process
Allows for blinded, independent screening of title/abstract & full text
And much more!

Why Covidence?

Reduces bias in the screening process and improves validity of the review
Assists with deduplication
Provides data extraction

Citation Management Tools

Which Citation Manager Should You Use?

There are many other citation managers, some free and some charging fees, with different options and qualities. The Library supports these four.

	Zotero	Mendeley	EndNote Basic	EndNote DeskTop
Cost	Free	Free	Free	Paid subscription option for students Free for ATSU faculty
Browser Plugins & Tools	Zotero Connector Chrome Safari Firefox Edge	Mendeley Web Importer Chrome Firefox	Endnote Capture Reference Chrome Safari Firefox	Endnote Capture Reference Chrome Safari Firefox
Quick Citation without Installation	Zotero Bib
Maximum Records (Basic Versions)	Unlimited Desktop 300 MB free cloud storage	Unlimited Desktop 2 GB free cloud storage	50,000 Records in cloud	999,999 on Desktop
Access Options	Browser Plugin Desktop Utility Word Integration	Mobile App Browser Plugin Desktop Utility Word Integration	Mobile App Browser Plugin Word Integration	Mobile App Browser Plugin Firefox Desktop Utility Word Integration
Mobile Options	Zotero works in a mobile online environment & integrates with assorted apps BrowZine PaperShip Zed Etc.	Google Play iOS	iOS for iPad	iOS for iPad
APA Citation Formatting	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
AMA Citation Formatting	Yes (Requires Additional Free Download)	Yes	Yes (Requires Additional Free Download)	Yes (Requires Additional Free Download)
Longterm Access to Data	Perpetual	Perpetual	Perpetual	Perpetual
Collaboration & Sharing	Create public and private groups Automatic synchronization of collections among multiple computers	Create public and private groups Automatic synchronization of collections among multiple computers One private group of 3 members free (costs for private groups)	Share EndNote Web account with other EndNote Web users (cannot share file attachments)	Free sharing (citations and attachments) of one Endnote Library with up to 14 other people Includes unlimited storage space for PDF attachments Traveling Library within a word processor document Save as compressed file with data subfolder
Link & Upload pdfs	Open URL compliant (possible to link to ATSU resources) Add & upload attachments to entries	Open URL compliant (possible to link to ATSU resources) Add & upload attachments to entries	Open URL compliant (possible to link to ATSU resources) Add & upload attachments to entries (up to 2 GB)	Open URL compliant (possible to link to ATSU resources) Add & upload attachments to entries
Open Athens Compatible	Browser App extension available HERE	Uncertain	Login through Open Athens first to use with EndNote	Uncertain
Annotate Pdfs	No (But can sync Pdfs annotated with 3rd party software or apps)	Yes	No	Yes
Import Records from Databases	Yes (requires Translator)	Yes (requires Importer)	Yes	Yes
Export Formats	BibTeX RIS Refer/BiblX BIbliontology MODS Etc.	BibTeX EndNote (XML) RIS	Tab Delimited (use with Excel) BibTeX EndNote (XML) RIS Refer export	Tab Delimited (use with Excel) BibTeX XML
Integrates with Word	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Work Offline	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Screencap & Store Webpages	Yes	Yes	No	No
Sort & Search Options	Sort by Any Field Search by Any Field	Sort by Any Field Search by author, title, publication names, year & notes	Sort by Author, Title, Year Search by Author	Sort by Any Field Search by Any Field
Pay Upgrades Available	Pay for more storage	Pay for more storage, more groups, larger groups	Pay for access to Endnote Desktop	Pay for subscription (students)

Additional Tools

Citation Chaser Citation Chaser can be used to easily identify articles that are citing or are being cited by specific articles you have identified as being relevant to your research topic.
PubMed PubReMiner The PubMed PubReMiner can be used to identify the most used subject headings for your exemplar articles, to help you identify relevant MeSH terms for your search strategy.
Yale MeSH Analyzer A MeSH analysis grid can help identify the problems in your search strategy by presenting the ways articles are indexed in the MEDLINE database in an easy-to-scan tabular format. Librarians can then easily scan the grid and identify appropriate MesH terms, term variants, indexing consistency, and the reasons why some articles are retrieved and others are not. This inevitably leads to fresh iterations of the search strategy to include missing important terms.
MeSH On Demand This simple tool from the NLM will automatically identify potential MeSH terms for a given text, such as a title, abstract, or research question.
Polyglot Search Polyglot is a tool that will automatically translate your search from PubMed to other major databases such as Scopus and CINAHL. Note that Polyglot can only translate search syntax, so you will still need to manually translate your controlled vocabulary terms.
Systematic Review Accelator The Systematic Review Accelerator is a collection of tools to help automate and streamline the SR process.
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SR accelerator tools include tools for: writing the methods section of the report, word frequency analysis, testing your search against exemplar articles, translating your search to different databases, de-duplicating search results, screening articles, resolving screening disputes, and citation chasing. Note that many of the tools are in beta, and their results may vary.
The Systematic Review Toolbox The Systematic Review Toolbox is an online catalogue of tools that support various tasks within the systematic review and wider evidence synthesis process. You can use the toolbox to search for help with a specific task, or browse tools by what stage of the systematic review you are working on.

Data Extraction Tools

Covidence: allows you to create and publish a data extraction template with text fields, single choice items, section headings and subheadings, perform dual reviewer data extraction, review extractions for consensus and export data extracted to a csv file.

Spreadsheets or Database Software (Excel or Google Sheets):

Spreadsheets or database software can be used to create custom extraction forms. Spreadsheet software (such as Microsoft Excel) has functions such as drop-down menus and range checks, which can perform data collection efficiently and help to prevent data entry errors.

Survey or Form Software (Qualtrics, Poll Everywhere, or Google Forms)

These tools allow the reviewers to create custom forms with a variety of question types to collect data in a standardized format

Qualtrics can be found in the ATSU portal

Go to Step 8 for more information about Data Extraction.