Semi-automated Systematic Review Search Strategy Development Tools: A Guide for Expert Searchers

Friday, April 29, 2022

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT

Presenter and Author(s)

Robin A. Paynter, MLIS

Scientific Resource Center Librarian
AHRQ Effective Healthcare Program
Portland, Oregon

Slides Slides and Audio

Author(s)

GA

Gaelen P. Adam

Librarian/Senior Research Associate/Editor
Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health
Providence, Rhode Island
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Alison Hedden-Gross, MLS, MS

Senior Medical Librarian
ECRI Clinical Evidence, ECRI-Penn Evidence-based Practice Center
CT

Claire J. Twose, MLIS

Lead Informationist, Research Services
Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
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Christiane E. Voisin, MSLS

Research Associate
RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center
Durham, North Carolina

Objectives: A plethora of new and established semi-automated systematic review (SR) information retrieval tools exist but keeping up with this fast-moving field is time consuming for busy biomedical SR searchers. We created a quick and intuitive guide for expert searchers, organizing the tools by search strategy development phase and evaluating key features using standardized criteria to make choosing and using tools easier.

Methods: List of search tools primarily drawn from the SR Toolbox website and categorized by search phase: initial scoping/seed citation list development, keyword/phrase/subject term identification, search logic, strategy evaluation, database translation, grey literature search, and deduplication. We analyzed the tools using an overarching, across-categories set of criteria (ex. registration required, web-based/download, file import/export) in addition to search strategy development phase specific criteria. We developed a data visualization reporting format for intuitive navigation of the results.

Results: We will present our preliminary results.

Conclusions: We will present our results.