We recommend saving your current strategy to your database account.
Database providers offer the option of creating a personal account:
Once signed in you can save a search strategy to rerun at a later date, or set the frequency of automatic updates.
It is important to document the search strategy and processes involved for scoping reviews.
PRISMA-ScR provides details of the details that need to be recorded/reported for information sources and searching.
The information required in the documentation may include:
Reporting on the Search Strategy
Include:
Create a new Endnote library for the Scoping Review.
Create a 'group' for each database you will search
Export results from each database and drag the imported references to the appropriate folder. This will assist in reporting the number of results from each database and also keeping track if you ever need to walk back a step.
Duplicates can be removed by Covidence when imported into the screening stage.
Once all the records have been imported into the Endnote library from all the different sources, it may then be
If you will be using Covidence for the screening process, duplicates will be removed automatically when you import into Covidence