Welcome
SJSU librarians trained in structured forms of evidence synthesis can assist with planning, conducting, and reporting systematic reviews and other types of research reviews.
Visit the Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Reviews Program @ SJSU website to learn more about conducting systematic reviews at SJSU and to request individual or group training.
Accessing the SJSU Library license
Current SJSU faculty with active SJSU email addresses (@sjsu.edu) may request access to Covidence for projects supporting their RSCA. Reviews that include SJSU students or researchers from other institutions are also welcome. To use the library's access to Covidence, Request a Consultation via the Evidence Synthesis & Systematic Review Program @ SJSU website.
A SJSU librarian will follow up with you to discuss your project further. Afterwards the account administrator will send you an email invitation to join your project. Click "Accept invitation" to be added to the project.
Instructions can be found on the How to Accept an Invitation to Join a Review help page.
Adding Team Members
Once your project has been created in Covidence, you can add as many team members as you would like. Follow the instructions on the How to Invite a Team Member to a Review help page.
Support from Covidence
Covidence offers monthly training webinars (registration required), along with 24-hour methodological or technical support at support@covidence.org.
Covidence Academy is also a great resource containing useful ‘How to’ guides, step-by-step videos on Covidence features, and helpful links to additional resources.
Their Knowledge Base can help you with Getting Started with Covidence, or you can refer to their online video tutorials for assistance.
Logged into your Covidence account and need help? Click the question mark in the upper right hand corner to access support.
What is Covidence
Covidence is a web-based tool that will help you through the process of screening your references, data extraction, and keeping track of your work. It is particularly useful for researchers conducting a systematic review, meta-analysis or clinical guideline.
In Covidence you can:
Import references - Covidence works seamlessly with your favorite 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. Capture reasons for exclusion and any notes 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 means you only spend time extracting what you need.
Customize risk of bias - Automatically populate your risk of bias tables by highlighting and commenting on 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.