ORCID
Lindsay Bahureksa: 0009-0007-2782-2230
Document Type
Presentation
Date
Fall 10-18-2024
Keywords
Evidence synthesis, Systematic reviews, Meta-analysis, Scoping reviews, Umbrella reviews, Rapid reviews, Narrative reviews, Research librarianship, Interdisciplinary research, Non-medical disciplines, Citation topics, Review typologies, Information literacy, Librarian training, Research support, Knowledge synthesis, Scholarly communication, Bibliometrics, Web of Science, Review methodology
Language
English
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Description/Abstract
In the noisy information landscape, evidence synthesis projects provide unbiased information needed to make big decisions. Evidence synthesis, which includes systematic reviews, comprehensively collects information across resources to ensure that the literature synthesis is both unbiased and reproducible. These types of projects have traditionally been run in medical fields, where evidence synthesis informs best practice in high-stake environments. In recent years, however, evidence synthesis projects have begun to grow beyond the medical fields. This presentation will focus on summarizing the shift of evidence synthesis projects in the past ten years—covering the numbers of projects published, the disciplines covered, or the types of evidence synthesis projects themselves. By the end of the session, attendees will be able to understand how evidence synthesis may be growing into the disciplines that they support, as well as what types of projects that their patrons may be interested in. If given a longer presentation, resources will also be provided for non-medical librarians who may find themselves being asked about evidence synthesis projects without being trained to provide this support.
Recommended Citation
Bahureksa, Lindsay, "Evidence Synthesis in My Discipline: Yes, No, Maybe So?" (2024). Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference. 124.
https://surface.syr.edu/nyscilib/124
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