Support
The University at Buffalo offers free, unlimited access to Covidence for current faculty, staff, and students. 

Covidence is a web-based platform that streamlines the process of conducting evidence synthesis projects. With screening and data extraction tools, Covidence allows research teams to move through these stages more efficiently while tracking and documenting their progress.    

Health Sciences Librarians at Abbott Library are available to assist with planning, searching, and reporting stages of knowledge syntheses.  

To learn more about evidence synthesis methodologies, please visit: 


Eligibility
Current members of UB with active UB email addresses (@buffalo.edu) are eligible to use Covidence.

Reviews that include current UB members and researchers from other institutions are also welcome. The UB faculty, students or staff must create the review and then invite the external members.

How to join University at Buffalo’s Covidence institutional license
You can create your personal account with Covidence before or after joining the institutional subscription. To request access to the institutional account in Covidence, you must use your current UB email address (@buffalo.edu).  

Do not use your UBIT password when creating your credentials for Covidence. 

  1. Go to the sign up page: https://app.covidence.org/organizations/7xRoa/signup  
  2. Enter your information using your UB email address (@buffalo.edu) and click "Request Invitation" link. Do not use your UBIT password when creating your credentials for Covidence.
  3. Open the email invitation and select “Accept this invitation”. If you are unable to find the invitation in your inbox, please check your junk folder.

 Creating a review using the University at Buffalo unlimited license

  1. Sign-in to Covidence through https://www.covidence.org/
  2. Click on “Start a new review”.
  3. You will have the option to select your personal account or select the University at Buffalo license. Select University at Buffalo Libraries and “Create Review” to continue.

Note: Reviews created via the University at Buffalo license will be visible to the administrators of the University at Buffalo Covidence account. Your personal account review(s) are only visible to you. 

Once you have created a review, the title will appear in a separate section on your account homepage:


Adding or removing viewers
Once a review is created, you can add reviewers.

  1. From the homepage, select the review to which you wish to add co-reviewers and click on “Settings”

  1. From the review Settings, navigate to “Add/remove reviewers”
  2. Click on “Invite another reviewer” and enter your reviewer’s first name and email addresses to invite them
  3. You will also see the option to “remove reviewer” next to each reviewer’s name


Getting started with Covidence
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.

There is additional training and support available through Covidence: 

 

Disclaimer
Your use of Covidence is completely voluntary and at your own discretion. 

By using Covidence, you accept that your use of it is governed exclusively by Covidence’s Terms of Service. The University at Buffalo assumes no responsibility in connection with your use of Covidence. 

Covidence is an external resource. Be aware that protected information, including protected intellectual property, should not be shared on Covidence. You are responsible for the data or personal information you share. 

You should not use your UBIT password when setting up your credentials in Covidence. 

The accounts created on Covidence, and the associated data, will persist until you delete them.