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Covidence now available to UNM Researchers

by Laura Hall on 2022-01-11T08:00:00-07:00 | 0 Comments

HSLIC in partnership with UNM Libraries has recently licensed Covidence, a powerful tool for researchers and clinicians doing systematic reviews and other types of knowledge synthesis. 

Covidence is a tool for title/abstract screening, full-text screening, data abstraction, and quality assessment. Covidence was designed by researchers familiar with the systematic review process in order to make conducting reviews more efficient.

Covidence will allow users to –

  • Import citations seamlessly from most reference managers such as Mendeley, Zotero or EndNote.
  • Screen titles and abstracts quickly using keyboard highlighting and an intuitive interface. Covidence keeps full records of who voted and also supports single or dual screeners.
  • Bulk upload full-text articles for second-stage screening and decide quickly on studies for inclusion. Covidence will also capture reasons for exclusion and any notes so you can resolve any issues. 
  • Create custom templates to extract your data however you need it.
  • Reduce the risk of bias in your study using predefined quality assessment templates, including Cochrane’s Risk of Bias tool.
  • Export single, machine-readable files that easily integrate into all common statistical software packages.

HSLIC’s director, Melissa Rethlefsen, recommends using Covidence for any research project that involves sorting through citations, whether for a systematic review or a cross-sectional study of the literature. “It’s a huge time-saver,” she says. “I screened almost 4,000 citations in two days for one of my projects! Covidence continues to improve their product based on user feedback, too, including recently adding a useful ‘undo’ tool if you’ve screened an item too quickly.”

To create a Covidence account and learn more about this tool, visit the HSLIC Covidence research guide. Click on the UNM Covidence Sign-Up page, enter your name and UNM or HSC email. You will then receive an email inviting you to Covidence. Follow the link in the email and click on "Create an Account."  Once you have signed up under our institutional subscription, you will be able to create unlimited reviews.

To learn more about systematic reviews and other resources available at HSLIC, visit our Systematic Reviews research guide


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