LibGuides: Systematic Reviews: Step 2: Choose Systematic Review Tools

Citation Managers

Citation managers are tools that can help you stay organized during the searching stage of a systematic review. They can be used to

Keep track of pilot and test searches
Collect together all your searches from different databases
De-deduplicate your search results

Citation Management
A library guide on various citation manager software options and tutorials on how to use the software.

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

How do I get a Covidence account?

Please contact your liaison librarian (libmo@atsu.edu or libaz@atsu.edu)
Due to the limited number of accounts available, all requests for Covidence accounts will be screened for eligibility
Student assignments are not eligible for Covidence accounts. Free trial accounts are available for student use.

Please see the Covidence Knowledge Base for tutorials and instructional articles and Covidence Academy for video tutorials.

Here is a short demo video to get you started

Please email libmo@atsu.edu or libaz@atsu.edu to request a Covidence account

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.