Links: Searching

Search Filters

Lowitja Institutue    http://www.lowitja.org.au/litsearch

CareSearch Filters https://www.caresearch.com.au/caresearch/tabid/371/Default.aspx

Flinders University https://www.flinders.edu.au/research-centre-palliative-care-death-dying/partnerships-and-projects/flinders-filters 

McMasters Hedges  http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_Hedges_home.aspx

Qualitative filters - University of Washington  http://guides.lib.uw.edu/hsl/qualres/pubmed

PubMed Subject Filters https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_subsets.html

ISSG Search Filters Resource https://sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/issg-search-filters-resource/home

Text Mining Tools

PubReminer   http://hgserver2.amc.nl/cgi-bin/miner/miner2.cgi

WriteWord Phrase frequency  http://www.writewords.org.uk/phrase_count.asp

Yale Mesh Analyzer  http://mesh.med.yale.edu/

Termine  http://www.nactem.ac.uk/software/termine/

Developing a Systematic Review Search Strategy:

Aromataris E.  Constructing a search strategy and searching for evidence. A guide to the literature search for a systematic review. Am J Nurs. 2014 May;114(5):49-56.  PubMed PMID: 24759479.

Lefebvre C. Methodological developments in searching for studies for systematic reviews: past, present and future? Syst Rev. 2013 Sep 25;2:78.   PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4015986.

Systematic Review searching guide - Flinders University https://library.flinders.edu.au/researchers/advanced-searching 

Bramer WM. A systematic approach to searching: an efficient and complete method to develop literature searches. J Med Libr Assoc. 2018 Oct;106(4):531-541. PMCID: PMC6148622.

Finding the Evidence: Literature Searching Tools in Support of Systematic Review.  CADTH, Canada  https://www.cadth.ca/resources/finding-evidence

Booth A. How much searching is enough? Comprehensive versus optimal retrieval for technology assessments.  Int J Technol Assess Health Care.   2010Oct;26(4):431-5.   PubMed PMID: 20923586.

The number needed to read - a new measure of journal value.   Health Info Libr J. 2005 Jun;22(2):81-2.    PubMed PMID: 15910578.

PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Explanation and Elaboration. https://www.cadth.ca/press-2015-guideline-explanation-and-elaboration

The Polygot Search Translator [PPT slides] https://tinyurl.com/polygot

Documenting the Systematic Review Search

PRISMA -  Transparent Reporting of Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses.    http://www.prisma-statement.org/

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD).  CRD's guidance for undertaking reviews in health care. 2009.

PRISMA CHECKLIST – http://prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/Checklist.aspx

Equator Network - Enhancing the quality and transparency of health research  (reporting forms)

Reviewed: 3/17/2021