How to join University of Oslo Covidence institutional license

You can create your personal sign-in information with Covidence before or after joining the institutional subscription. To request access to the institutional account in Covidence, you must use your current UIO or OUS email address (ous-hf.no or any uio.no email domain).

  1. Go to https://app.covidence.org/organizations/5Xy43/signup
  2. Enter your information (using your uio.no, ous-hf.no, or any *.uio.no  email address) and click the “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.
  4. Log in to your existing Covidence account or sign up for a new account, which will automatically link you to the University of Oslo
  5. If you have already joined the University of Oslo Covidence account, then you can log into Covidence with your email and password and proceed to use Covidence

Creating a review using the University of Oslo unlimited license

After clicking the link “Create new review” you will have the option to use your personal account license or select the University of Oslo account.

Reviews created under the institutional license will be visible to the administrators of the University of Oslo Covidence account. Your personal account review(s) will only be seen by you.

Once you have created a review or accepted an invitation to another University of Oslo account review, the title will appear in a separate section on your account homepage:

Working with review team members from other institutions?

Once a review is created, you are able to add co-reviewers.

  1. From the homepage (Your reviews), select the review you wish to add co-reviewers to 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 address to invite them

 

Support

If you are a researcher or PhD fellow at Oslo University Hospital or the University of Oslo, the library can help you with literature searches for systematic reviews. More information can be found on the library's website: Systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses (English) or Systematiske kunnskapsoppsummeringer (norsk).

 

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 FAQ.

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.