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Systematic Reviews for the Environmental Sciences Online
Take your literature review one step further!
Geared towards graduate students in the environmental sciences who wish to conduct a systematic review for either a thesis, coursework or journal publication, this workshop will outline systematic review methods and search strategy development through a combination of presentation and interactive activities.
A ‘systematic review,’ as opposed to a traditional literature review, uses a structured methodology to answer a focused research question. It is transparent, reproducible and involves an exhaustive search of the literature using explicit criteria for study selection.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Understand what a systematic review is and how it differs from a traditional literature review
• Understand the characteristics of a systematic search
• Use strategies to build, organize and construct a comprehensive search strategy in academic databases
Must be a Waterloo student, staff or faculty member to attend. No prior knowledge is required to participate.
This is an online event, please register to receive the event link. If you have accommodation requests or questions, reach out to libevents@uwaterloo.ca with your needs.
- Date:
- Thursday, October 23, 2025
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Faculty / Instructors Graduate Students Researchers
- Categories:
- Workshop
Instructors
Jackie Stapleton, a Waterloo liaison librarian, has participated as an information specialist on systematic review teams and provided support to many Waterloo researchers. Jackie’s research interests include the role of the librarian in supporting systematic review teams and the application of systematic search techniques to grey literature.
Agnes Zientarska-Kayko is the liaison librarian for the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. She also oversees resources related to government information, statistics and data. Agnes supports researchers in the Faculty of Environment who are engaged in knowledge synthesis projects and has contributed her expertise as an information specialist to several scoping review teams.
Event Support
Amy Lim is the research programs and services coordinator at the University of Waterloo Libraries. She helps coordinate workshops alongside our librarians. If you have questions about this event, please contact her at libevents@uwaterloo.ca.
Facilitator(s)
Instructor
Environment & Global Governance Librarian
Instructor
School of Public Health Sciences, Kinesiology and Health Sciences Librarian
Event Coordinator
Research Programs and Services Coordinator