List of Contributions

Call for (more) Evidence Synthesis Mentors

Posted By Amy Riegelman Mar 18, 2024 04:20 PM
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Dear colleagues, Are you a librarian who considers yourself an Evidence Synthesis (ES) expert? Do you want to share your knowledge and expertise to help librarians new to ES develop their practice? The ACRL Evidence Synthesis Methods Interest Group (ESM-IG) facilitates the Peer Mentorship program specifically ...

RE: Surveys for assessing evidence synthesis services?

Posted By Amy Riegelman Mar 05, 2024 10:18 AM
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Hi! We haven't done this, but I'm very interested. Please report back. I bet health science library services have assessed via surveys. Maybe ask on the expertsearching listserv. -- Amy Riegelman (she, her, hers) Social Sciences & Evidence Synthesis Librarian, University of MinnesotaInformation Specialist ...

RE: Documenting Types of Duplicate Publications

Posted By Amy Riegelman Jan 23, 2024 08:17 PM
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I came to say this exact thing about merging in Covidence. Additionally.. In some instances, if they are just summarizing previous studies, they can be excluded w/ your exclusion criteria (e.g., "No research", no data collection). Also w/ salami slicing, PRISMA flow diagram templates account for ...

Seeking changed language to the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms

Posted By Amy Riegelman Jan 11, 2024 02:12 PM
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ACRL-ESMIG, Together with colleagues we're seeking changed language in the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Specifically we are calling for a change from "Blacks" to "Black People." Linked below is an open letter to APA requesting this change along with a form where you (if interested) could ...

March 2024 Evidence Synthesis Institute - Now accepting applications

Posted By Amy Riegelman Nov 17, 2023 11:55 AM
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Now accepting applications for the next Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians. This will be an opportunity to enhance your database searching skills and learn about the possibilities for collaborating with researchers in conducting evidence syntheses across academic areas. On March 5-8, 2024, ...

RE: Confused by ProQuest ERIC results and parentheses

Posted By Amy Riegelman Oct 13, 2023 08:33 AM
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I think neither of you are wrong and that the additional parentheses wouldn't change things. E.g., the following would give the same results (TITLE(focus* OR attention OR "executive functioning")) TITLE(focus* OR attention OR "executive functioning") One thing I've noticed about ProQuest is that ...

RE: Covidence - quick poll - institutional subscriptions

Posted By Amy Riegelman Sep 07, 2023 09:09 AM
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Anita, I am so glad you asked this question. It's a topic that has been on my mind. If you get a chance, could you summarize the responses that you get? -- Amy Riegelman (she, her, hers) Social Sciences & Evidence Synthesis Librarian University of MinnesotaCo-recipient of the 2022 Minnesota ...

RE: Databases that work for systematic reviews

Posted By Amy Riegelman Sep 06, 2023 02:32 PM
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Sarah, I wonder if you're thinking about Zahra Premji's lovely database syntax guide? See: https://libguides.uvic.ca/ld.php?content_id=36113610 Zahra and I are maintaining a similar guide for preprint servers and aggregators if that is of interest to you. -- Amy Riegelman (she, her, hers) ...

Fwd: [Expertsearching] Hot off the PRESSes

Posted By Amy Riegelman Aug 21, 2023 01:23 PM
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Hi! Forwarding for folks who not on the Expert Searching listserv. Read below for an update on PRESS (Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: David Kaunelis Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 12:52 PM Subject: [Expertsearching] Hot off the PRESSes To: ...

Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians supporting topics outside of the health sciences - Application Process

Posted By Amy Riegelman May 10, 2023 01:03 PM
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Now accepting applications for the next Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians. This will be an opportunity to enhance your database searching skills and learn about the possibilities for collaborating with researchers in conducting evidence syntheses across academic areas. On August 8-11, 2023 ...

December 7th Community Call: Introducing a New Systematic Review Preregistration Template

Posted By Amy Riegelman Apr 10, 2023 02:40 PM
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Hi! The preregistration template referenced in this thread is now live on OSF. Find it by going to osf.io/registries, Add New, and under step 2, select Generalized Systematic Review Registration. To see the fields for this template (or any other template), view here: https://osf.io/zab38/wiki/home/ ...

Slides from Discovering Preprints: Evidence Synthesis Methods

Posted By Amy Riegelman Apr 03, 2023 02:07 PM
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Thanks to those who attended the ACRL Evidence Synthesis Methods - Interest Group event today on the topic of Discovering Preprints: Evidence Synthesis Methods. As promised, here is the slidedeck that was used today: Discovering Preprints: Evidence Synthesis Methods Preprints are considered grey ...

Lecture: Lessons Learned from a Participatory Evidence Synthesis

Posted By Amy Riegelman Mar 20, 2023 07:45 AM
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This AERA's Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis SIG lecture linked below was so good. Highly recommend. Looking forward to updates on future stages of this research. Lessons Learned from a Participatory Evidence Synthesis Speaker: Sarah Peko-Spicer, American Institutes for Research Description: ...

Recommended recording: The Evidence-to Policy Pipeline and the Role of Transparency

Posted By Amy Riegelman Mar 15, 2023 08:01 AM
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Hi! I watched "The Evidence-to Policy Pipeline and the Role of Transparency," a panel presentation from the recent Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) Annual Meeting, and I learned a few things (e.g., the limitations of What Works Clearinghouse reports). Sharing the recording ...

Searching with non-latin characters

Posted By Amy Riegelman Feb 27, 2023 09:53 AM
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I recommend the whole UX Caucus Tips Blog, but here are 2 recent posts that were helpful to me for understanding what to do with non-latin characters when searching in Ovid Medline or PubMed. Tip #32: Non-Latin Characters in Ovid MEDLINE https://uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2023/01/tip-32-non-latin- ...

Meta-Analytic QuantCrit: Exploring the Possibilities

Posted By Amy Riegelman Feb 20, 2023 01:23 PM
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Hi! I attended this American Educational Research Association seminar last week and thought it was pretty thought provoking and made me ponder many things including what community engagement in evidence synthesis would look like in the disciplines I support. See links to video recording and slides below. ...

RE: OSF Preregistration versioning

Posted By Amy Riegelman Feb 13, 2023 09:13 PM
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Hi! I thought you could update via the project space, but I haven't done it. See image below with Update option. Also see this help page: https://help.osf.io/article/156-update-your-registration I've sent quite a few messages to the tech support folks at OSF over the years, and they've been pretty ...

RE: PsycINFO - preference for platform?

Posted By Amy Riegelman Feb 01, 2023 09:09 AM
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Hi! I want to caution against choosing Proquest. My experience with exporting citations has been pretty horrific-- export limits, getting timed out, client-side deduplication that isn't communicated with the user so the total # of results doesn't = the # in the RIS file. Although, I will say that things ...

Fwd: ERIC Releases Update to Thesaurus of Descriptors

Posted By Amy Riegelman Jan 18, 2023 12:43 PM
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FYI for those who search ERIC ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IES Newsflash Subscription Service Date: Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 12:30 PM Subject: ERIC Releases Update to Thesaurus of Descriptors To: ERIC Releases Update to Thesaurus of Descriptors To celebrate National Thesaurus ...

Now accepting applications for the March 2023 Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians.

Posted By Amy Riegelman Nov 28, 2022 09:57 AM
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Now accepting applications for the next Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians. This will be an opportunity to enhance your database searching skills and learn about the possibilities for collaborating with researchers in conducting evidence syntheses across academic areas. On March 6-9, 2023 ...

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