How to join UNBC’s Covidence institutional license
To request access to the institutional account in Covidence, you must use your current UNBC email address (@unbc.ca).

  1. Go to this page.
  2. Enter your information (using your @unbc.ca or @alumni.unbc.ca email address) and click “Request Invitation” link.
  3. Accept the invitation in your email – check your spam folder if the invitation doesn’t arrive in a few minutes. Please also keep in mind that the link is one-time use and will expire in ~30 days.

Creating a review using the UNBC unlimited license
After clicking the link “Create new review,” select the University of Northern British Columbia account. You can create unlimited reviews using this account. 

Reviews created under the institutional license will be visible to the administrators of the UNBC Covidence account.

Get Support
Librarians at UNBC can assist with planning, conducting, and reporting systematic reviews and other types of knowledge syntheses. To learn more about conducting knowledge synthesis reviews at UNBC, visit the UNBC Library Knowledge Synthesis Guide.

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.