Systematic Review Services
Who We Are
We are an interdisciplinary team of information specialists / liaison librarians, who can advise you on systematic literature searches and assist you in conducting evidence syntheses.
With our assistance, you can improve the quality of your review's search strategy and speed up the process in many ways.
As a member of the University of Zurich, you are entitled to free consultation from the specialists at the University Library Zurich and Zentralbibliothek Zürich for each project!
Please feel free to send us your inquiry using the contact form.
For medical projects that require more extensive support, please use the existing search services form provided by the UB Medicine Careum.
What We Offer
From a free initial consultation to the complete implementation of the search strategy, including documentation (“Requests for Research in Databases” infees), we support you according to your needs and in close cooperation with you on the following topics related to systematic reviews and related types of evidence synthesis:
- Research question & protocol development
- Development of search strategies & implementation of systematic research
- Methodological support
- Reporting
Our core services
- Development of the search strategy
- Selection of information sources: databases, study registries, gray literature
- Conducting the search in the specified databases
- Deduplication of hits and delivery in the desired format
- Documentation of the search (search strategies, databases, flow chart)
- Description of the search methodology for manuscripts
In addition, our team also has expertise in data extraction and synthesis.
How We Work
After you have contacted us using the form, we will get in touch with you to clarify your requirements and discuss the next steps in more detail.
Terms and Conditions
We offer free advice on individual steps of the above-mentioned services or carry out the desired services for you in their entirety. Please note that fees apply for conducting search services on your behalf.
If the information specialists / liaison librarians are not listed as co-authors, we expect to be mentioned in the acknowledgements.
Note for Individuals in Qualification Processes
Individuals currently engaged in a qualification process (e.g., doctoral candidates, master’s students, or those in comparable research or degree programs) are personally responsible for determining whether they are permitted to utilize the commissioned search services under the regulations governing their doctoral or degree program.
The Systematic Review Services of the University Library and Zentralbibliothek Zürich do not review the respective institute- or faculty-specific guidelines and cannot be held liable for any resulting disadvantages.
All consulting services are unproblematic and permitted without restriction, as no work or content-related research is performed on behalf of the users. Responsibility for the execution, evaluation, and documentation remains entirely with the researchers themselves at all times.
