Systematic literature searches
Systematic literature searches are usually based on an established method and predefined criteria.
The various steps in the process are documented and published for transparency and reproducibility. Through the library's research support, you can get help with the entire process or parts of it.
Please contact Research Support to learn more about the support or to book an initial consultation. Collaborating on a literature review typically involves ongoing discussions and generally requires multiple meetings and work sessions.
Covidence
Through the library, researchers at JU have access to Covidence, a web-based tool for screening, quality assessment and analysis of collected data for a literature review.
Access to Covidence is provided to teams conducting full-scale literature reviews. The program is mainly intended for systematic and scoping reviews.
To create a project in Covidence, please contact Paola Violasdotter Nilsson and state:
- The name of your review. Start with the abbreviation of your school, followed by the year and name on the overview. Example: HHJ-2023-Name of review.
- Type of review: Systematic, Scoping, Rapid, Umbrella, Literature, or Other.
- Research area: Arts and humanities, Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Biological and chemical sciences, Earth and environmental sciences, Economic, business and social sciences, Education, Engineering, maths, physics and technology, Medical and health sciences, Psychology, or Other.
- Question type: Therapy, Prevention, Etiology, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Qualitative, or Other.
Read more about Covidence, review types, and question types here.
Read more about literature reviews in the Literature review methods guide
