It is not unusual to collect thousands of articles as a result of your literature searches. Citation management software, such as EndNote, Mendeley, or Zotero, are useful in the evidence synthesis process because they help you to easily:
Find more information about citation management tools in this research guide.
We strongly recommend that you export the citations from your citation management tool into an evidence synthesis tool that is designed to support advanced literature review workflows, including article screening.
Popular evidence synthesis tools with screening features include:
Select the best tool for your team by considering your team's needs and comparing features, usability, and costs of various tools.
The Taubman Health Sciences Library is pleased to provide a site-wide Covidence license for use by University of Michigan affiliates. See the Covidence Review Software page for more information.
The Covidence Knowledgebase contains brief videos and how-to articles on Importing references and Exporting data, including:
For more information on U-M's Covidence license, please see the Covidence Review Tool page of this Evidence Syntheses Research Guide.