The ISSG Search Filter Resource

This resource is produced by members of the InterTASC Information Specialists' Sub-Group (ISSG). ISSG is the group of information professionals supporting research groups within England and Scotland providing technology assessments to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and other associated Information Specialists.

The Search Filters Resource also provides information and guidance on how to critically appraise search filters, study design filters in progress and information on the development and use of search filters. Inclusion of a search filter is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation.

Editorial team: Julie Glanville (Glanville.info), Carol Lefebvre (Lefebvre Associates Ltd), Paul Manson (Aberdeen University), Sophie Robinson (Exeter University), Igor Brbre (Healthcare Improvement Scotland), and Lois Woods (SHTAC).

The current editorial team would like to acknowledge the contributions of:

• Naomi Shaw (Exeter University) who was a member of the editorial team from Dec 2020 to February 2023.

• Kath Wright (Centre for Reviews and Dissemination) who was lead editor of this Resource for many years and left the project in Dec 2020.

Monthly update searches are undertaken to identify search filters for the Resource.

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