Support

Librarians at the University of Strathclyde Libraries can assist with planning, conducting, and reporting systematic reviews and other types of research reviews. To learn more about conducting systematic reviews at the University of Strathclyde, visit the https://guides.lib.strath.ac.uk/systematic or contact your Faculty Librarian (see https://www.strath.ac.uk/professionalservices/is/help/facultylibrarians/).

How to join University of Strathclyde’s Libraries’ 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 Strathclyde email address (e.g. @strath.ac.uk or @uni.strath.ac.uk).

  1. Go to https://www.covidence.org/organizations/7JKE5/signup
  2. Enter your information (using your Strathclyde email address) and click “Request Invitation” link
  3. Accept the invitation in your email
  4. Log in to your existing Covidence account or sign up for a new account
  5. If you have already joined the University of Strathclyde Libraries’ Covidence account, then you can log into Covidence and log in with your email and password and proceed to use Covidence 

Creating a review using the University of Strathclyde Libraries’ 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 Strathclyde Libraries account.

Reviews created under the institutional license will be visible to the administrators of the University of Strathclyde Libraries 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 Strathclyde account review, the title will appear in a separate section on your account homepage:

Getting started with Covidence

Covidence offers short video tutorials in their Knowledge Base to help you get started. See Getting Started with Covidence and Main steps in Covidence.

Logged into your Covidence account and need help? Click the question mark in the upper right hand corner to access support.