Request Form (below)
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About the Professional Literature Search Service
For systematic reviews, grant proposals, and other big projects, consider requesting a literature search conducted by a librarian expert searcher by filling out the form below. NOTE: depending on the search, there may be a fee. See information below.
Why work with a librarian searcher?
Who is Eligible?
- All current CU Anschutz Primary Affiliated Clients are eligible.
- Student projects must involve a publication with a faculty author.
- Sorry, we cannot accept requests from non-affiliated individuals.
Timeline
To complete the search, we require 2 months from the start of search. We can often provide preliminary results in a shorter time. Please discuss with the searcher.
Service Types
- Fee-based
- “One-off” searches conducted by the librarian whose involvement does not continue once the search results are delivered.
- Ideal for small projects
- Extensive search (multiple databases selected by topic and client interests): $50/search
- Basic search (Two databases, e.g., PubMed/Medline and one other database): $35/search
- Searcher as publication co-author and collaborator. Includes all systematic reviews
- No fee
- Ideal for projects that require exhaustive searches and continuing commitment for search updates and write-up of search methods.
Services Included
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Searcher as Collaborator
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Consultations with the Librarian Searcher
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Citations with abstracts in Endnote, Word, or Excel
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Search strategies
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Provide training to administrative staff or team member on citation management
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Assist with management of citations using Endnote
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Data for the Prisma Flow Diagram
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Write-up of search methods for publication
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Use of systematic review software
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Search updates
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Typical Users of the Service
- Authors working on an extensive literature review for publication, for example a systematic review or meta-analysis
- Researchers working on a literature review for a grant proposal
- Clinicians developing evidence summaries
- Authors writing a book chapter
Alternatives to the Professional Literature Search Service
Questions
Please contact the library (ask about the Professional Literature Search service) at (303) 724-2152 or through the AskUs form.
To learn about systematic reviews, see the new Introduction to Systematic Reviews Video Tutorials in the Systematic Reviews and Searching the Literature resource guide.
