Research Guides: Nursing Doctoral Programs: DNP & PhD: Tutorials &amp; Tools for Literature Reviews

Database Searching & Strategy Development

YouTube Series: Carrie Price's Searching School
This playlist of videos, created by librarian Carrie Price, details the nuances of systematic searching based on guidance documents like the PRISMA-S and the PRESS Checklist.
Advanced Searching with CINAHL Subject Headings
This guide explains what subject headings and subheadings are and demonstrates how to use CINAHL headings in command-line searching to build one-line simple or complex searches.
PubMed Help
This page offers tips, tricks, and tutorials for searching PubMed, which is a free resource developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
PubMed: Building a Search [Video]
This tutorial from the Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins details the steps to building a systematic search strategy in PubMed with the building block method, including the use of Boolean operators, truncation, quotations, and field tags.
Medline via Ovid Database Guide
This guide describes how Medline information is structured in the Ovid interface. Jump down to Advanced Searching for tips on using Ovid syntax and limits to optimize a search strategy.
PsycINFO via Ovid Database Guide
This guide describes how PsycINFO information is structured in the Ovid interface. Jump down to Advanced Searching for tips on using Ovid syntax and limits to optimize a search strategy.
NYU Libraries Literature Search Template
A spreadsheet template designed to help you keep track of your literature search terms during a systematic search.
To access:
1. Log in with your NYU credentials
2. Open and "Make a Copy" to create your own tracker for your literature search strategies

Citation Management Tools

For help choosing a citation management tool:

See comparison list

For help using a citation management tool:

See schedule of RefWorks, EndNote, and Zotero classes (coded in pink)

EndNote
NYU has a campus-wide license to this software, which you download (at no cost to you) to your laptop or desktop computer. The software includes a less developed web-based component called EndNoteWeb, which can be used to sync across multiple personal computers.
RefWorks
NYU purchases a campus-wide subscription to this web-based service that covers all members of the NYU community. Because RefWorks is web-based, you can use it from any Internet-connected computer/device on campus or off.
Zotero
A free download that works with your web browser. There are two options: Zotero for Firefox is a Firefox-specific extension that offers the full range of functionality. Zotero Standalone -- a separate browser-independent application that can be used with Chrome, Safari, or Opera -- offers slightly less functionality than the Firefox extension.

Backing Up Bibliographic Data

If you are using a citation manager to store bibliographic data related to your evidence synthesis project, it is recommended that you maintain back up copies of your data.

Recommended steps for backing up bibliographic data will vary depending on your software of choice (Zotero, EndNote or RefWorks) - more information can be found on the guide for Data Management Planning - Storage & Backup.

Article Screening - Covidence

Covidence This link opens in a new window
Covidence works with reference managers (e.g.,EndNote, Zotero, Refworks, Mendeley) to screen results for the purposes of systematic reviews and other research projects.
Link to Covidence to request a Covidence account using your NYU email address.
Accept email invitation and Sign In;
(do NOT click the "free trial" account; do NOT "sign in with Cochrane" Select the option for NYU access).

Covidence Trainings & Support

Covidence Knowledge Base
The Covidence Knowledge Base contains a suite of articles offering overviews of the software, help getting started, and information about review settings, importing records, data extraction, exporting data, FAQs and more.
Getting Started with Covidence - Video Collection
This collection of video tutorials covers:
-Signing in and out
-Creating a new review and inviting co-reviewers
-Importing citations
-Screening titles & abstracts
-How to breeze through screening
Getting Started with Covidence (Webinar - 1 Hour)
The Covidence 101 training webinar includes a live demo providing an overview of the systematic review workflow, and showcasing some of the most popular features.

Tutorials: Exporting Records from Databases into Covidence

Covidence Knowledge Base: Importing references in Covidence

Video Overviews by Database

EBSCO Database (CINAHL)
- Education Source with ERIC is also hosted on EBSCO
PubMed
Ovid Database (EMBASE)
- PsycINFO and MEDLINE are also hosted on EMBASE
PsycNET
Web of Science

PRISMA - Checklist & Diagram

PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) is an evidence-based set of minimum items for reporting information in systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Specific PRISMA resources include:

PRISMA Checklist

A 27 item checklist whose items refer to the preferred content of a for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, including suggested content for the title, abstract, methods, results, discussion and funding.

PRISMA Extensions

Extensions to the PRISMA Checklist to facilitate the reporting of different types or aspects of systematic reviews/meta-analyses (e.g., checklists for reporting scoping reviews, individual patient data)

PRISMA Diagram Templates

Word and PDF Templates - PRISMA Website
Editable PRISMA Diagram (2009 Version) - NYU Libraries (Google Drawing)
- This file is View Only. To create your own diagram in GoogleDrawings using this template: "File> Make a copy"
- Image can be downloaded as PDF, PNG, JPG, or SVG
PRISMA Diagram Generator - ShinyApp.io

PRISMA Data Table

Data Needed for PRISMA Diagram (GoogleDoc)
- This view-only GoogleDoc shows a table you can use to track the basic data that is needed to complete a PRISMA diagram, including an example table.

Example PRISMA Diagram

Source:

Stotz, S. A., McNealy, K., Begay, R. L., DeSanto, K., Manson, S. M., & Moore, K. R. (2021). Multi-level diabetes prevention and treatment interventions for Native people in the USA and Canada: A scoping review. Current Diabetes Reports, 2(11), 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-021-01414-3

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