Strengthen & speed up your literature review process

CBS Library provides access to Covidence to CBS researchers. Covidence can help you harness the workflow in all types of literature reviews, whether systematic or not.

A dedicated CBS Library review team stands ready to assist in the various stages of the review process Literature Review Service (CBSshare)

Find out more about Covidence below and please do not hesitate to reach out to review@cbs.dk if you have any questions or if you wish to sign up for access.

 

What is Covidence?

Covidence is a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews. It supports citation screening, full-text review, risk of bias assessment, extraction of study characteristics and outcomes, and the export of data and references.

The interface is intuitive and Covidence can save time on repetitive review tasks, enabling faster review production and more time for analysis and interpretation. 

In Covidence you can:

  • Import references - Covidence works seamlessly with your favourite reference managers like EndNote, Zotero, RefWorks, Mendeley or any tool that support RIS, CSV or PubMed XML formats. Covidence can automatically remove duplicates for you.
  • Screen title & abstract - Breeze through screening with keyword highlighting & a lightning-quick interface. Covidence keeps full records of who voted and supports single or dual screeners.
  • Bulk PDF import - Transfer PDFs stored in your reference manager to Covidence in a few clicks. 
  • Screen full text - Decide quickly on studies in full text. Make notes on reasons for exclusion/inclusion so you can resolve any disagreements quickly, with a click of a button.
  • Create forms - Be in control and stay focused on your PICO question. Customizable extraction forms mean you only spend time extracting what you need.
  • Customize risk of bias - Automatically populate your risk of bias tables by highlighting and commenting on the text directly in your PDF.
  • Conduct data extraction - Extract data efficiently with a side-by-side view of your customized form and PDF. Then, when you are done, easily compare your form with other reviewers.  
  • Export - Covidence exports to all the common formats so you can continue your review in your preferred software. 
  • Collaborate - You can invite other reviewers (including external colleagues) to work with you on the project.

 

Starting a review using the CBS Library licence:

  1. Request a review by sending an e-mail to review@cbs.dk from your CBS e-mail account. Please include the following information:
    • The working title for the review
    • Review type
      • a. Systematic review
      • b. Scoping review
      • c. Rapid review
      • d. Umbrella review
      • e. Literature review
      • f. Other type of review
  2. Once approved, you will receive an e-mail invitation to sign up (you may need to check your spam folder). All that remains is for you to 'Accept invitation'.
  3. Sign in if you have previously signed up with your CBS e-mail or sign up for a new account using your CBS e-mail.
  4. Once you have accepted an invitation to the review, the title will appear in the “CBS Library” section on your account homepage

 

You will be able to sign into your account by visiting: https://www.covidence.org/sign_in

 

Support from Covidence

Covidence offers a range of available resources and support to help you along the way with your systematic review process. 

To get familiar with how a Covidence workflow works, you can try our pre-set Demo review. This will allow you to gain hands-on experience and better understand the process. You will find it at the bottom of your dashboard once you have signed in. Give it a go and feel free to explore!

Getting started with Covidence - video tutorials that guide you through the initial area to get you started.

Covidence Knowledge Base - home to all of our comprehensive articles, instructions and advice to FAQs.

Covidence Academy - Learn and understand the essentials of systematic reviews and gain insight with expert-led training and content to guide you through every step of the review process.

Monthly Open Training Webinars - Join our Community Team for free webinars (registration required) or watch our recent recordings without delay.

Online Support Team- contact our team directly for support on your review by emailing support@covidence.org

When logged into your account, you can also easily contact the Support Team and the comprehensive articles from our Knowledge Base within Covidence by clicking the 'Need help?' button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.