The literature search for a systematic or scoping review will result in a large number of articles, studies, and other report types. To manage the citations for these documents, it's important to use a citation manager for organization and de-duplication. This involves:
If you're not sure how to start this process, a librarian can help.
Systematic and scoping reviews require a large amount of articles to be exported and deduplicated in preparation for the screening process. A citation manager should be used to expedite this step. Citation managers are databases that allow you to store, organize, and share your research and citations. CUNY Medicine suggest using EndNote or Zotero.
For systematic reviews, EndNote is strongly recommended. All CUNY Medicine students, faculty, and staff can download EndNote for free.
This guide features download instructions and initial setup guidance. Additional information on finding the full text for imported citations and using EndNote's Microsoft Word extension can be found here as well.
Instructions on how to download, install, and use Zotero, a free open source citation management program.
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