Are you considering undertaking a systematic review or a systematic-like review that follows a structured and replicable research methodology, such as meta-analyses, integrative review or scoping review?
Good preparation and a systematic approach to searching helps ensure your review is comprehensive and rigorous. View the Systematic reviews guide for more information about systematic reviews.
ACU Library has two 1-hour introductory webinars designed to get you started with your review.
Preparing for your systematic review
When: 11am – 12pm (AEDT), Wednesday 12 March 2025
This introductory webinar will guide participants through the steps involved in
preparing for a systematic style review including:
• Important considerations for undertaking a review
• Developing a review question
• Developing and registering a protocol
• Refining your research question
• Where to search
• Useful resources including automation tools to expedite searching and screening
Bookings can be made via
Library training and events and are essential. Places are limited.
Systematic searching
When: 11am – 12pm (AEDT), Thursday 20 March 2025
This session focuses on advanced database search techniques and is suitable for those undertaking a review of the literature, including narrative reviews, systematic reviews, scoping reviews or similar. Topics include:
• Identifying key concepts and synonyms
• Database search techniques including Boolean, truncation, phrase, and proximity searching
• Using subject headings or thesauri in databases
• Searching using specific fields (e.g. title or abstract)
• Grey literature searching
• Citation chaining
Bookings can be made via
Library training and events and are essential. Places are limited.