Systematic and Scoping Review Series: Systematic Screening using Covidence and Zotero

Systematic and Scoping Review Series: Systematic Screening using Covidence and Zotero

Date: Wednesday November 13, 2024

Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location: Davis Centre Library, room 1568

Facilitator: Brie McConnell, liaison librarian

This workshop will focus on using technical tools, Covidence, to streamline the review process, as well as a reference manager, Zotero, to work with the search results from your structured review to generate in-cite citations and an automated bibliography.  

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Learn how to import and export bibliographic references from Covidence and Zotero
• Understand how to use Covidence and Zotero for teams and groups
• Understand how to screen articles with Covidence using custom inclusion and exclusion criteria
• Learn how to build a basic data extraction template in Covidence for included studies
• Learn how to work with in-text citations in Microsoft Word, using Zotero
• Learn how to generate an automated bibliography using Zotero

Participants will need to register and download the appropriate software prior to class: Covidence (systematic review software), and Zotero (reference manager). Remember to always register using your UWaterloo email so that you can access the Library’s institutional licenses. If you wish to participate in the activities, please bring a laptop.  

This in-person workshop has limited capacity; please register to reserve your seat. If you have accommodation requests or questions, reach out to Brie McConnell, (brie.mcconnell@uwaterloo.ca) with your needs.

This is the first of three workshops on systematic and scoping reviews. Join us for one, two or all three workshops to confidently take on your upcoming knowledge synthesis projects. Please register for each workshop separately. More information about the Systematic and Scoping Review Workshop Series.

Register now - Registration is full