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Covidence

A guide to using Covidence for literature reviews.

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Terri McKellar
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Additional Resources

Covidence 101 - Do you have questions about how to get started on your first project or review? Then please join this monthly training webinar by Covidence which includes a live demo

Covidence Support Knowledge Base - Covidence provides pages of useful information including short video tutorials

What is Covidence?

Covidence is a web-based tool that will help you through the process of screening your references, data extraction, and keeping track of your work. It is particularly useful for researchers conducting a systematic review, meta-analysis or clinical guideline.

For more information and guidance on conducting knowledge synthesis projects, please see the UNBC Library Knowledge Synthesis Guide

How to join UNBC’s Covidence institutional license

To request access to the institutional account in Covidence, you must use your current UNBC email address (@unbc.ca).

Step 1: Go to this page

Step 2: Enter your information (using your @unbc.ca or @alumni.unbc.ca email address) and click “Request Invitation” link.

Step 3: Accept the invitation in your email – check your spam folder if the invitation doesn’t arrive in a few minutes. Please also keep in mind that the link is one-time use and will expire in ~30 days.

Why use UNBC's Institutional Access for Covidence?

  • Unlimited records for each review 

  • Unlimited number of reviewers for each review 

  • Unlimited number of reviews