3 | Templates, Tools & Checklists

Useful templates, tools, weblinks and checklists to build search strategies in multiple databases, remove duplicate content, and document and report the search process.

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Creating a review protocol

What to consider when writing up the protocol for a systematic or scoping review (with template)

Preparing a systematic search of the literature

Concepts Sheet (Pubmed, Ovid) to facilitate the block-building approach; Literature Search Planning Form

Creating a search strategy in Medline/PubMed

Learn how to create a robust, systematic search strategy in Medline (PubMed or Ovid)

Translating search strategies into other database syntaxes

How to translate search strategies from one database to another (search syntax)

Peer-Review of search strategies

PRESS Checklists (English & German)

Removing duplicate records

Explore methods to remove duplicate records from database searches (Deduklick, SRA Deduplicator, EndNote)

Updating search strategies

Re-run searches and identify the newest studies

Documentation and Reporting of the search strategies

PRISMA Guidelines (incl. PRISMA-S), TARCiS Statement (guidance on reporting on citation searching)