Systematic or Scoping Review Search Request

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This service is available to Washington University School of Medicine faculty, staff and students. If you are from the Brown School, please contact the Brown School Library for the appropriate systematic review help.

Please fill out the fields below to request a comprehensive search from a Becker librarian. For a less-comprehensive search, please see the AskBecker Help Request.

Questions about completing the search request form? This brief video explains each part of the process. You can also request assistance by emailing askbecker@wustl.edu.

All questions with an asterisk (*) are required

Requester's Contact Information

Name*

First Last

Email Address*

Department/Program*

Other members of your project team. Systematic and scoping reviews typically require a team of reviewers for methodological rigor. Please include contact information (name and email) of at least 2 other members of your project team.*

Review Type

Which kind of review are you conducting?*

Systematic Review
Scoping Review
Rapid Review
Umbrella Review
Narrative Review
Pilot Search (for course assignments)
Other (please describe):

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Not sure which review type works best for your project? Please consult our Review Types Page or send a request to askbecker@wustl.edu for assistance.

Research Question Information

Research Question (1-2 sentence summary)*

Research Question in PICO or PCC Framework (if appropriate)

The PICO framework (Population/Patient, Intervention, Comparison Intervention, Outcome) is helpful to identify main concepts in a systematic review question. The PCC framework (Population, Concepts, Context) is recommended for a scoping review question.

Inclusion Criteria

Criteria for studies that will be included in your analysis.

Exclusion Criteria

Criteria for studies that will be excluded from your analysis.

Have you written a protocol for the review?

Yes
No

Have you written a protocol for the review?

If yes, please attach:

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Benchmark Articles

Benchmark articles are articles that meet your inclusion criteria and will likely be included in your analysis. (3 Minimum)

Article Citation 1:*

Article Citation 2:*

Article Citation 3:*

Additional Citations (optional)

Databases

Becker librarians typically search at least three databases for reviews that require a comprehensive search. Are there any databases you prefer for the search?

Leave blank if you prefer the librarian’s recommendation or would like to discuss.

Project Information

The literature search for your systematic or scoping review may take up to 8 weeks to complete, depending on the complexity of your topic and staff workload. Please check here to acknowledge this timeline:*

I acknowledge this timeline

Which journal(s) are you considering to submit your manuscript for publication?

Are you interested in using Covidence for the screening stage of the review?*

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No
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Additional Comments

Authorship

Acknowledgement*

Librarian contributions to systematic and scoping reviews generally meet the ICMJE requirements for authorship. By submitting this request, you agree that search strategies and methodologies developed by the librarian will only be included in manuscripts or other published works where the project librarian is included as an author:

I agree