Searching for studies:Guidelines on information retrieval ...
Campbell Methods Guides
2016:1
First published: 7 September, 2010
Last updated:
30 October 2015
Searching for studies:
A guide to information
retrieval for Campbell
Systematic Reviews
Shannon Kugley, Anne Wade, James Thomas, Quenby
Mahood, Anne-Marie Klint J?rgensen, Karianne
Hammerstr?m, Nila Sathe
This guide is based on chapter 6 of The Cochrane Handbook
(Lefebvre C, 2011 and Higgins JPT, 2011).
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Searching for Studies: A Guide to Information Retrieval for Campbell
Systematic Reviews
The Campbell Collaboration
Kugley, Shannon
Wade, Anne
Thomas, James
Mahood, Quenby
J?rgensen, Anne-Marie Klint
Hammerstr?m, Karianne
Sathe, Nila
10.4073/cmg.2016.1
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October, 2015
Kugley S, Wade A, Thomas J, Mahood Q, J?rgensen AMK, Hammerstr?m K,
Sathe N. Searching for studies: A guide to information retrieval for Campbell
Systematic Reviews. Campbell Methods Guides 2016:1
DOI: 10.4073/cmg.2016.1
? Kugley et al.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
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This guide is based on Chapter 6 of The Cochrane Handbook. Permission has
kindly been given to us by the authors: Carol Lefebvre, Eric Manheimer and
Julie Glanville to use the chapter as a basis for our work, of which we are
immensely grateful. Many thanks to the Canadian Council on Learning for
allowing the use of the list of Sources of Grey Literature.
Nila Sathe, MA, MLIS
Assistant Director, Evidence-based Practice Center
Institute for Medicine and Public Health
Vanderbilt Medical Center
2525 West End Ave, Suite 600
Nashville, TN, US 37203-1738
email: nila.sathe@vanderbilt.edu
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Editors-in-Chief
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GUIDE INFORMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Key Points
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2.1
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3.1
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INFORMATION RETRIEVAL OVERVIEW
General Issues
2.1.1
The nature of the social, behavioural, and educational sciences
literature
2.1.2
Minimizing bias
The Trials Search Co-ordinator (TSC)
Studies versus reports of studies
Types of studies
Copyright
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SOURCES TO SEARCH
Subject Databases
3.1.1
General introduction
3.1.2
Selected databases in the social, behavioural, education and health
sciences
General Databases
3.2.1
National and regional databases
3.2.2
Citation indexes
3.2.3
Full-text journals available electronically
3.2.4
Dissertations and theses databases
Other Sources of Study Information
3.3.1
Grey literature sources
3.3.1.1 Conference proceedings and meeting abstracts
3.3.2
Existing review and publication reference lists
3.3.3
Web searching
3.3.4
Unpublished Studies
3.3.5
Ongoing Studies
3.3.6
Institutional Repositories
Handsearching
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PLANNING THE SEARCH
Trials Search Co-ordinators (TSCs) and Academic Librarians
The Campbell Collaboration Review Process
Search Updates
Summary Points
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SEARCH STRATEGIES
An Introduction
Sensitivity Versus Precision
Search Strategy Structure and Components
Keywords and Controlled Vocabulary
Formulating search statements
5.5.1
Boolean operators (AND, OR and NOT)
5.5.2
Phrase searching and Proximity operators (NEAR and WITHIN)
5.5.3
Synonyms, related terms, variant spellings, and truncation
5.5.4
Language and date restrictions
5.5.5
Search filters versus limiting commands
5.5.6 Additional strategies
5.5.7 Search strategies for Internet search engines
Demonstration
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REFERENCE MANAGEMENT
Bibliographic Software
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Features
Populating the Database
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TEXT MINING
Resources
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REPORTING AND DOCUMENTING THE SEARCH
Reporting the search process
8.1.1
Reporting the search process in the protocol
8.1.2
Reporting the search process in the review
Documenting the Search
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REFERENCES
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APPENDIX I: LITERATURE SOURCES
Free or low-cost databases and full-text journals
Major subject specific databases
Biology and pharmacology
Communication and language
Community Health and Social Welfare
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