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Sarah Young

Principal Librarian

Sarah Young focuses on methods for study identification in evidence synthesis.


Expertise

Topics:  Evidence Synthesis, Systematic Review, Scoping Review, Information Retrieval, Information Literacy

Industries: Public Policy, Political Organization

Sarah Young is a social sciences librarian, providing teaching and research support to the Heinz College, Information Systems and CMU Africa. She holds graduate degrees in library and information science and development and international relations, and a certificate in program evaluation. Young provides methodological expertise for evidence synthesis (such as systematic and scoping reviews) in the social sciences, conducts research on evidence synthesis methods and develops and conducts evidence synthesis training locally and abroad.

Education

Graduate Certificate, Program Evaluation, Michigan State University
M.L.I.S., Health Resources and Services, University of Pittsburgh
M.Sc, Development and International Relations, Aalborg University

Spotlights

Links

Articles

The Evidence Synthesis Institute: Building a high impact training program and supportive community for an emergent area of librarianship. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice  —  Evidence Based Library and Information Practice

AI and automation in evidence synthesis: An investigation of methods employed in Cochrane, Campbell Collaboration, and Environmental Evidence reviews  —  Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods

Searching and reporting in Campbell Collaboration systematic reviews: An assessment of current methods Campbell Systematic Reviews  —  Campbell Systematic Reviews

Rigour in phenomenological and phenomenography studies: A scoping review of library and information science research  —  Library & Information Science Research

Searching for evidence in public health emergencies: a white paper of best practices  —  Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA

Making the case for librarian expertise to support evidence synthesis for the sustainable development goals  —  Research Synthesis Methods

An Exploration of Business Librarian Participation in Knowledge Synthesis Reviews  —  College & Research Libraries

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