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Systematic reviews require some kind of analysis or summation of all the information resources located during searching. Reference management software can make the organization of information resources for this task and later for citation more effective and efficient. EndNote is a reference management software available to all Western Sydney staff and postgraduate students. Use EndNote to maintain a searchable database of references related to the systematic review. EndNote information is available in the Western Sydney University Library EndNote Subject Guide.
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Exporting citations from databases The Ovid database can export up to 2000 records at one time. Smaller numbers of records can also be exported. |
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Documenting the search |
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Creating group sets and group |
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Deduplication |
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Sharing a library Sharing an EndNote Library with a colleague or Supervisor is easy. |
Training in EndNote is available on a regular basis. See the Library EndNote Training Calendar webpage for upcoming training opportunities.
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The quality of the literature search is fundamental to the outcome of a systematic review and other related review types. A principle of a systematic review is that the review should be transparent and reproducible. However often the reporting of a systematic review search process does not provide enough detail to make this possible. Authors should document search strategies with enough detail to be reproducible.
Publishers may request a copy of your systematic search strategy with publication. In this case whenever possible it is best to capture the search strategy directly from the selected database. Most databases will provide and option to print to pdf.
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