(via Deborah Lauseng, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria)
Reminder: UIC Peoria hosting MLA Webinar on Finding Grey Lit on March 22
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library of the Health Sciences (LHS) – Peoria is pleased to be hosting the upcoming MLA Webinar Finding Grey Lit for Systematic Reviews: Can it be More Black and White?
When: Wednesday, March 22, 1:00-2:30 PM CST
Where: UIC Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria (located within the UI College of Medicine), One Illini Dr., Peoria, IL 61656
Directions and Parking: Driving Directions, free parking provided
Site Contact: Deborah Lauseng, dlauseng@uic.edu
Please register if you plan to join us in Peoria – Register – earn 1.5 MLA Contact Hours
Webinar Details
Description: Including grey literature in systematic reviews is an important strategy for reducing bias in included studies, but there are significant challenges to designing and carrying out a grey literature search. Librarians can expect systematic review teams to turn to them for expertise in conducting, managing, and documenting a grey literature search. This webinar provides participants with a framework for grey literature decision-making and tips for managing the search process, so that they can deliver black and white (clear and credible) results. #mlagreylit
Objectives: At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- explain the purpose of searching grey literature for a systematic review
- assist a systematic review team in deciding on the scope and content of a grey literature search
- modify a PubMed/MEDLINE search for grey literature
- choose options for capturing grey literature search results that are as efficient as possible
- document a grey literature search for publication
Presenter: Barbara Folb is the public health informationist at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System (HSLS). She has over twenty years of experience in academic and corporate libraries and has experienced the changes that systematic reviews have brought to health sciences libraries during that time. She earned her master of public health (MPH) in 2010 while completing a National Library of Medicine Public Health Informationist Fellowship. Since then, she has developed searches for systematic reviews on topics in public health and health policy. As part of the team that created HSLS’s in-house systematic review training, she worked on the grey literature module. That in-house training became the HSLS Systematic Review Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts for Librarians. She serves as an instructor for that workshop and finds that teaching about grey literature.