Hello , I would like to let you know about two courses we are running in York, UK in May 2020.

 

The first is a new course:

 

Citation Analysis – Discovering New Uses Within Systematic Reviews - 04 May 2020  

 

Citation analysis tools have been available for decades and already have a role within systematic reviews. However, with the introduction of new tools and more access to citation indexes, citation analysis may offer new opportunities for assisting with systematic reviews, particularly reviews of complex questions where searchers may not always be confident that their subject searches are exhaustive.

This one-day workshop will describe some of the new citation analysis tools as well as new uses of citation analysis tools, from the perspective of identifying research for systematic reviews. Most of the afternoon will be spent on step by step exercises using citation analysis tools so that course participants will become familiar with approaches to searching, extracting and analysing citations.

The presenters will be Julie Glanville and Alison Weightman.

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The second course is an updated and extended version of a course that we run every year at the MLA meeting in the USA

 

Identifying Unpublished Trial Data: Trial Registers, Clinical Study Reports and Other Information Sources  - 05 May 2020

 

Data from clinical trials and results registers are essential to answering many systematic review, health technology assessment, comparative effectiveness research, clinical, and other research questions. Clinical trials registers provide information on current and recently completed research. Results registers provide results of completed research, often before they are available through traditional, published sources. Increasing awareness of the importance of clinical trials and their results has led to the development of a large number of trials and trials results registers. Trials registers are in constant development and provide challenges to librarians in terms of searching and record management. Data on trials are also increasingly available from clinical study registers and other sources. These sources all pose challenges in terms of searching, data management, search recording and updating. This course explores these new approaches to identifying unpublished trial information and offers practical advice on searching, recording and managing the process.

 

The presenters will be Julie Glanville and Carol Lefebvre.

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