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Get an introduction to searching for #SystematicReviews with UCD librarian @dstokes01.bsky.social. This is a 2-part session with Part 1 on 7th April at 1pm online via Zoom.

Part 2 (online) - Thurs, 9th April 1pm

Register at bit.ly/sysrev01

@ucdmedicine.bsky.social @ucdpsychology.bsky.social

Others working in #evidencesynthesis and #systematicreviews may be interested 🙂

#medlibs #SystematicReviews #EvidenceSynthesis Looking for recommendations for TOOLS that can "use the DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model for data analysis and also generate forest plots"

Tip#65: Search String Theory - Applying pairwise combinatorics to PubMed searches

Tip#65: Search String Theory - Applying pairwise combinatorics to PubMed searches #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." h/t @marijanewhite.bsky.social uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/03/tip6...

The MLA User Experience and Systematic Review Caucuses regret that we will have to cancel the planned Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round that was scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2026. Thank you to those who submitted proposals. While we unfortunately will not be able to feature any new tips, we encourage searching enthusiasts to check out the lightning rounds from October 2024 and February 2025 and to keep an eye out for possible future events of this kind. Thank you for your understanding!

#MLAUXCaucus #SystematicReviews #medlibs ‼️3/5 EVENT CANCELLATION: Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round ‼️

Part 2 of our introduction to searching for #SystematicReviews with UCD librarian @dstokes01.bsky.social is on tomorrow, Thursday, 26 Feb at 1pm.

Register at buff.ly/Yqm99Mr

@ucdmedicine.bsky.social @ucdpsychology.bsky.social

New Preprint: Fully Automated Systematic Review Generation via Large Language Models: Quality Assessment and Implications for Scientific Publishing www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... #LLMs #GenAI #scholcom #systematicreviews

An imputation study shows that missing outcome data can substantially bias pooled estimates in systematic reviews of patient-reported outcomes - PubMed When studies included in a systematic review have missing outcome data, the study results may be biased and therefore misleading. If there is not much missing data, this is not a problem. If there is lots of missing data, it can be a big problem. Researchers have suggested ways of highlighting how m …

Newly published #ImputationStudy demonstrates that #MissingData can often bias pooled estimates in #SystematicReviews (SR) of #PatientReportedOutcomes(#PROs)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41461360/

Why every scientist needs a librarian Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.

Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#Librarian #Library #OpenAccess #OA #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicSky #LibSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #DataManagement #SystematicReviews #LiteratureReview #InformationLiteracy

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Get an introduction to searching for #SystematicReviews with UCD librarian
@dstokes01.bsky.social. This is a 2-part session with Part 1 tomorrow at 1pm in the UCD Health Sciences Library.

Part 2 -Thurs, 26 Feb 1pm

Register at buff.ly/XrLfJFc

@ucdpsychology.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social

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Get an introduction to searching for #SystematicReviews with UCD librarian @dstokes01.bsky.social. This is a 2-part session with Part 1 this coming Tues, 24 Feb at 1pm in the UCD Health Sciences Library.

Part 2 -Thurs, 26 Feb 1pm.

Register at hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
@ucdmedicine.bsky.social

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

Superb article addressing the controversy regarding our #EBM research – #SystematicReviews of the #evidence regarding #GenderAffirming care in #adolescence and early #adulthood – probably the best yet. Great commentary on my views versus those of #SEGM.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Are AI Tools Killing Review Articles? Two Failure Modes Suggest Otherwise arXiv recently restricted review article submissions in computer science, requiring journal or conference acceptance before deposit. They noted specifically that the change was driven by an “unmanagea...

"Even if you patiently iterate—rephrase, expand, steer—today’s tools still tend to reproduce the existing shape of the literature rather than challenge it. And for reflexive, field-shaping work, that’s the whole game." #SystematicReviews #medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis

Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my!

Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my! #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...

Tip #63: Customization of the new EBSCOhost UI: turning on EBSCOhost's Advanced Search Results Page

Tip #63: Customization of the new EBSCOhost UI: turning on EBSCOhost's Advanced Search Results Page #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...

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✨2025 was a great year for the SRI:

📄we provided evidence for 8 ongoing trials
🔍our existing #systematicreviews were cited in 31 guidelines
✅we were successful on 2 PPIE funding applications
and even won an #ISBT award 🏆

Find out more about our work here:
www.systematicreviewinitiative.com

Tip #62: EBSCOhost Idea Exchange: A Synthesis of Reported Issues

Tip #62: EBSCOhost Idea Exchange: A Synthesis of Reported Issues #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/01/tip-...

Check out the latest methods and stats tutorial "Sensitivity Analysis in Meta-Analysis"
from #CochraneEvidenceSynthesisAndMethods.
➡️https://ow.ly/Ygbs50XY8EL

These accessible tutorials are free to read and ideal for those writing or teaching #SystematicReviews.

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods Improve your research skills with our latest Methods and Statistics Tutorial: Sensitivity Analysis in Meta-Analysis Nyan Min Aung, Ivan Jurak, Seemab Mehmood, Emma Axon

Check out the latest methods and stats tutorial "Sensitivity Analysis in Meta-Analysis"
from #CochraneEvidenceSynthesisAndMethods.
➡️https://ow.ly/M2r850XSyVx

These accessible tutorials are free to read and ideal for those writing or teaching #SystematicReviews.

Understanding Canada's drug approval and reimbursement pathway just got a whole lot easier with the release of this new online explainer from the CDA-AMC.

www.cda-amc.ca/drug-systems...

#HTA #evidence #HEOR #systematicreviews #regulatory #CDAAMC

🆕 Cochrane #hypertension review:

#Riboflavin supplements for blood pressure lowering in adults
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

🤔 Very uncertain evidence for effect of riboflavin on #bloodpressure
🎯 Large, well‐conducted trials needed

#SystematicReviews #CochraneEvidence

As we wrap up 2025, I wanted to share some of the videos I've made that strike on my pet peeves in #LiteratureReviews, #SystematicReviews, #searching and #EvidenceSynthesis.

A thread. 🧵 #medlibs

First up, report your databases with their platforms correctly.

youtu.be/lSn3IVxGG7M?...

Systematic Review Search Strategies | Library and Learning Services | University of Leicester

Added openly accessible video tutorials to my systematic review guide. (First couple of minutes are Leicester specific).

Searching in APA PsycInfo/CINAHL (EbscoHost), Ovid Medline, Scopus & Cochrane Library

#researchsupport #academiclibraries #systematicreviews #medlibs 📚

le.ac.uk/library/rese...

Our researcher 1to1 appointments have dropped this Autumn Term - which we were aiming for, as we couldn't sustain the level of requests.

Mitigation measure - drop-ins sessions for DClinPsy students, more video tutorials, training and online resources.

#academiclibraries #systematicreviews #medlibs

This week I've catching up with my to-do list & been busy recording tutorials on systematic searching in EbscoHost CINAHL and The Cochrane Library.

I've already done ones for EbscoHost APA PsycInfo, Scopus and Ovid Medline.

Need to get them added to my online SR guide

#systematicreviews #medlibs

Research Guides: Taubman Library Talks: Developing Systematic Search Skills: Peer-to-Peer Learning with Practice Sets (December 2025) The home for videos and webinars created by Informationists at the Taubman Health Sciences Library

New FREE webinar from the U-M Taubman Library! December 15 - "Developing Systematic Search Skills: Peer-to-Peer Learning with Practice Sets"

More info: guides.lib.umich.edu/TaubmanTalks...

#medlibs #SystematicReviews #ExpertSearching #SystematicSearching #SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis

#SystematicReviews #EvidenceSynthesis #medlibs

End-to-end support JBI SUMARI For conducting systematic reviews in an easy-to-use, web-based application Close up of two hands typing on a laptop

Video tutorials on how to conduct #SystematicReviews using #JBISUMARI include:

✅ Critical appraisal
✅ Data extraction
✅ Comparative meta-analysis
✅ Proportional meta-analysis
✅ Creating a protocol

Check out the playlist on YouTube: http://ow.ly/leE550N5v4w

#JBIEBHC

Reproducibility of meta-analytic results in systematic reviews of interventions: meta-research study Objective To determine how often meta-analyses of effects of interventions are reproducible.Design Meta-research study.Setting Systematic reviews with meta-analyses of the effects of health, social, b...

New study on the reproducibility of meta-analytic results in #SystematicReviews of interventions

Making data files and analytic code publicly available will facilitate future investigations of reproducibility of meta-analyses and allow updates of reviews to be completed more quickly. #OpenScience