(A quick note about this episode: we are all using various devices for audio, and you’ll notice some differences in sound quality. We hope the content more than makes up for any problems you may hear.)
Carrie and Tracy are joined by Katie Lobner to chat about what it’s like doing systematic reviews. Katie does a lot of systematic reviews, and has a lot of experience in searching. We talk about how Katie - who has a science background! - got into medical librarianship, mentorship, authorship, the work around systematic reviews, our favorite databases, and (of course) crabs.
MLA has advocated for librarians to have authorship on systematic reviews and other evidence synthesis products. See also Amanda Ross-White’s excellent commentary “Search is a verb: systematic review searching as invisible labor”, published in JMLA.
Not sure what kind of review to suggest? Cornell University Library evidence synthesis service has a really handy decision tree to help figure out what kind of review type you need. The polyglot search translator is another good tool for searchers.
Be warned, the Radiolab episode on crabs Carrie mentioned can be surprisingly emotional.
Finally, we don’t talk about it in the episode, but in case you missed it there’s a grumpy tweet about using pop culture references in journal titles that has some great responses. Personally, I want a umbrella review referencing Rihanna. (This is close but doesn’t really count.) And because any time Rihanna’s Umbrella is mentioned, you should watch the fabulous lip sync version from Tom Holland.
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