Are you ready to take your systematic review search skills to the next level? Join us for an interactive webinar designed for health sciences professionals who want to confidently translate search strategies across major database platforms.
After guided discussion and live demonstrations, you’ll:
- Translate a PubMed search line—including subject headings, keywords, adjacency, and wildcards—into equivalent searches for Embase, Web of Science, and CINAHL.
- Break down and analyze search components, identify equivalent subject headings, and apply correct syntax.
- Compare manual translation techniques with automated tools like Polyglot Translator to understand similarities and differences.
Why Attend? This webinar is perfect for librarians, and anyone involved in systematic reviews who wants practical, transferable skills for navigating multiple databases with confidence.
This course is an approved elective for Level II of the Systematic Review Services Specialization.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Recognize and apply differences in search terms—including subject headings, syntax, and operators—across key health science databases.
- Evaluate subject headings, field tags, adjacency/proximity operators, and punctuation for equivalency across platforms.
- Translate search strategies effectively for systematic review and evidence synthesis research.
- Assess the pros and cons of translation tools and resources, including:
- Automation tools like Polyglot Translator, MEDLINE Transpose, and AI/LLM tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Meta AI).
- Syntax guides and troubleshooting resources.
Presenters:
Tara J. Brigham, MLIS, AHIP-D is an Assistant Professor of Medical Education and the Supervising Librarian of the Library at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. She has co-authored over 20 systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and meta-analyses, as well as 4 studies on systematic review methodology. Additionally, she has peer reviewed over 40 evidence synthesis search strategies. Tara’s research interests include examining the reproducibility of evidence synthesis projects, investigating the broader implications of current events and technologies (such as AI and machine learning) in libraries, and exploring how librarian professionals can highlight their expertise and value.
Carrie Price is the Research Librarian/Information Specialist at ToxStrategies, a BlueRidge Life Sciences Company. She was previously a clinical medical librarian at the Johns Hopkins University/Medical Institutions’ Welch Medical Library and a health professions librarian at Towson University. Carrie has strong interests in user-centered and instructional design, evidence-based practice and evidence-syntheses, and interprofessional education. She is a co-author on numerous publications, including over 30 systematic reviews and other evidence syntheses.
John M. Reynolds, MLIS, is the Reference and Education Librarian at the Louis Calder Memorial Library, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He has also worked as a medical librarian at Nova Southeastern University and Baptist Health South Florida. He has coauthored 27 systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and meta-analyses. His other research interests include the choices people make when conducting research and predatory publishing.
Course Includes
- 4 Lessons
- Course Certificate