#medlibs we added a paper by Fulbright and Evans comparing performance of 11 #searchfilters in removing #animal and #nonhuman records in #Ovid #Embase. sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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🚨 PREPRINT 🚨 In our systematic review and meta-analysis, we tackle a challenging evidence base to show that administering antibiotics to beef cattle increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance determinants (bacteria and resistance genes) during and after antibiotic administration 💊🐂 (1/n).
Effects of antibiotics on the abundance of antibiotic resistance determinants during and after antibiotic administration to beef cattle: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.31.729110v1
Check out the new @eshackathon.bsky.social website. It’s had a revamp! You can suggest projects for future hackathons. Still time to join us in Norway this summer🇳🇴🌤️🧇🧀🫎🦌🎅🎣 eshackathon.org
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The Evidence Synthesis Hackathon is coming to Norway! ESH-Norge is a hands-on, collaborative event for people working with systematic reviews, evidence maps, meta-analysis, methods, and decision support across disciplines June 2–4 | Trondheim Apply Now: bit.ly/ESH-Norge
"We have to build trust differently. We have to understand fear not as a barrier to participation, but as data in its own right." New reflections blog from Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow John Stammers challenges how we think about engagement with hard to reach groups👇 tinyurl.com/mpmfaprt
Rethinking “Hard to Reach” - PenARC
What does it really mean when we describe people as “hard to reach”? And who, in reality, is doing the reaching? In this blog, Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow John Stammers reflects on his work alongsid...
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Interested in learning more about the Evidence Synthesis Institute? New 📄! ❤️ The Evidence Synthesis Institute: Building a High Impact Training Program and Supportive Community for an Emergent Area of Librarianship doi.org/10.18438/eblip30736
The Evidence Synthesis Institute: Building a High Impact Training Program and Supportive Community for an Emergent Area of Librarianship | Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
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#NESSIE has published two related systematic reviews on the impact of mandatory drug and alcohol treatment orders on health and wellbeing. Findings in our latest blog #bestevidence #evidencebased #EvidenceBasedPractice #evidencedbasedresearch #evidencesynthesis #PPI #patientinvolvement
Step-by-step methodological guidance and links to various helpful resources for scoping reviews are in the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis at https://bit.ly/40GxfNA #JBIMethodology
Hey, I'm doing a webinar for the CILIP info lit group on Information Literacy, data and evidence removal in the US, with a particular focus on healthcare research. It'll be super fun and not at all depressing, honest www.tickettailor.com/events/cilip...
Select tickets – Information Literacy, data and evidence removal in the US – Teams
Information Literacy, data and evidence removal in the US – Teams, Thu 26 Feb 2026 - During the US government shutdown in October and November of last year, many of us saw the notice on the PubMed web...
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Very much enjoyed being part of the writing team for this paper with Justin Jagosh & great to see it out: Reverse chronology quota record screening for #realistsynthesis: Fostering causally rich extrapolations with a diverse and contemporaneous sample of literature www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reverse chronology quota record screening for realist synthesis: Fostering causally rich extrapolations with a diverse and contemporaneous sample of literature | Research Synthesis Methods | Cambridge...
Reverse chronology quota record screening for realist synthesis: Fostering causally rich extrapolations with a diverse and contemporaneous sample of literature
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Two additional NIHR internships are now open for applications Mar–Sept 2026 Theme Two: Growing Into Research For registered health & care professionals (excl. doctors & dentists) £10,000 funding per intern Protected time to develop research skills Apply by 31/01/26 tinyurl.com/bddje47n
Human vs. machine in medical search strategy development: a comparative evaluation of ChatGPT-4.1 ojs.eahil.eu/JEAHIL/artic...
Human vs. machine in medical search strategy development: a comparative evaluation of ChatGPT-4.1 | Journal of EAHIL
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New FREE webinar from the U-M Taubman Library! December 15 - "Developing Systematic Search Skills: Peer-to-Peer Learning with Practice Sets" More info: guides.lib.umich.edu/TaubmanTalks... #medlibs #SystematicReviews #ExpertSearching #SystematicSearching #SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis
Research Guides: Taubman Library Talks: Developing Systematic Search Skills: Peer-to-Peer Learning with Practice Sets (December 2025)
The home for videos and webinars created by Informationists at the Taubman Health Sciences Library
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Thrilled to have collaborated with @mlrethlefsen.bsky.social & Sara Schroter (& the wonderful librarians involved in our study) on this new article in BMJ Open. TL;DR: Librarians have expertise to support evidence synthesis & many would happily be peer reviewers! bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
Perspectives of librarians and information specialists on conducting methodological peer reviews of systematic reviews: a mixed-methods study
Objectives To explore the perspectives of librarians and information specialists (LIS) on their experience and impact as peer reviewers of systematic reviews (SRs), and on facilitators and barriers to...
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Want to develop your #EvidenceSynthesis skills or literature searching? Places still available on our online courses - come and join us!
Book Now! #MixedMethods #SystematicReview online courses, Mar 2026 bit.ly/2QbD1DV Live interactive sessions, pre-recorded lectures & workbooks by experts. When & how to integrate data for complex ques #LitSearch & EndNote @katysutcliffe.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social @auhe-leeds.bsky.social
Book Now! #MixedMethods #SystematicReview online courses, Mar 2026 bit.ly/2QbD1DV Live interactive sessions, pre-recorded lectures & workbooks by experts. When & how to integrate data for complex ques #LitSearch & EndNote @katysutcliffe.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social @auhe-leeds.bsky.social
Leeds Mixed Method Systematic Review Online Courses
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📣 Closing soon! We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey: 👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK... 🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025 Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
Tip #55: How and why to search previous indexing of MeSH terms in PubMed, plus the alphabet soup of PubMed's date fields #MLAUXCaucus #ExpertSearching #SystematicReview #medlibs uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2025/02/tip-...
Tip #55: How and why to search previous indexing of MeSH terms in PubMed, plus the alphabet soup of PubMed's date fields
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📣 We need your input! We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey: 👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK... 🗓 Survey open until Oct 20, 2025 Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
News on the blog: How can technology support weight loss programmes as the NHS shifts its focus? #systematicreview #obesity #threeshifts @esmi-exeter.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk bit.ly/4mqxepR
How can technology support weight loss programmes as the NHS shifts its focus?
We welcome a guest blog from our colleague at Isca Evidence, Morgan Weiland, on the team’s recent work on digital weight loss programmes. Isca Evidence is one of nine research groups in the U…
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Back to school vibes are in the air & the sense of motivation is contagious... why not take the opportunity to benefit from our early bird rate & book a space on our #SystematicReviews of #MixedMethods evidence CPD course? @esmi-exeter.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @penarc.bsky.social
#medlibs we added a paper detailing a translation of #literaturesearches in #PsycInfo from Ovid to EBSCOhost sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
ISSG Search Filters Resource - Methods of Developing Search Filters
The following selected resources provide examples of methods used to develop search filters.
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We often talk about corporations influencing research, but what about governments? 🧐 New paper by PhD student Helen Senior shows govt-funded public health research isn’t immune to influence - both positive and negative. Check it out 👉https://tinyurl.com/yjpkhtfk
How governments influence public health research: a scoping review
Abstract. Governments can become involved in academic research to assist in public health decision-making. However, when governments become involved, the r
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Raphaël Grolimund shows us a very cool video on how you can use Zotero for much more than just reference managing - in fact, you can use it during the entire process of a systematic review. Good news for the #medlibs not at #EAHIL2025, he shared a video of this at the end peertube.ch/w/qvgAhaVuGZ...
Zotero for Systematic Reviews (EAHIL 2025)
3 minutes talk presentation support at the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) conference in Lodz (Poland) in June 2025 The video has no audio as it was used as it rep...
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Off to #EAHIL2025 today. Any others on BSky going to be there? #medlibs
Just a reminder that #ESMARConf2025 is starting tomorrow! This is a free online conference about evidence synthesis and meta-analysis using #Rstats. Further details can be found here: esmarconf.org/2025/
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Learning about topical steroid withdrawal was a real eye-opener! Our evidence gap map brings together academic research and social media posts. Check out our blog for details #tsws #TopicalSteroidWithdrawal @penarc.bsky.social evidsynthteam.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/t...
Topical Steroid Withdrawal: Evidence, Anecdotes, and Everything In Between
Is there a mismatch between academic literature and social media? Topical Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome (TSWS) is considered a rare side effect of using steroid creams. It is estimated that over 100 …
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🎉 We are excited to be part of the Cochrane-Campbell-JBI-CEE AI Methods Group as they launch new guidance on the responsible use of #AI in #EvidenceSynthesis! 🤖 Join us June 3rd! training.cochrane.org/recommendati... Learn more at the AI Methods Group website https://methods.cochrane.org/ai/
Recommendations and guidance on responsible AI in evidence synthesis
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Job alert. Researcher specialising in information science wanted by ISCA Evidence at the University of Exeter jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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