Research Guides: Capstone and PICO Project Toolkit: Additional Tools &amp; Resources

Article Screening - Covidence

Covidence
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).
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" ).

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 Ovid
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 Document 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

Video Overview: Filling Out a PRISMA Flow Diagram (2020 Version; 8 minutes, 32 seconds)

Still have questions about constructing a PRISMA diagram using the 2020 template?

This article, published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association, answers some frequently asked questions about using the PRISMA 2020 format.

Rethlefsen, M. L., & Page, M. J. (2022). PRISMA 2020 and PRISMA-S: common questions on tracking records and the flow diagram. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 110(2), 253–257. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2022.1449