Systematic
reviews usually require detailed, sensitive searches tailored to
individual specialist databases. This session introduces techniques to
develop new searches by building on prior reviews, working with known
relevant publications, testing for recall, and adapting searches between
databases.
Presentation slides are available in the attachments section.
Links to resources including preprint search platforms discussed in Q&A:
Finding
prior reviews/searches:
Pubmed
systematic reviews filter https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/help/#systematic-reviews
Cochrane
Library https://www-cochranelibrary-com.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/
Prospero
https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/
PRESS
checklist for search appraisal
McGowan
J, Sampson M, Salzwedel DM, Cogo E,
Foerster V, Lefebvre C. PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015
Guideline Statement. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2016 Jul;75:40–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.01.021
Polyglot
(helps translate searches between databases) from Systematic
Review Accelerator
Ovid
search history launcher https://tools-ovid-com.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/ovidtools/launcher.html
PRISMA-S
for guidance on how to report search methods
Rethlefsen,
M.L., Kirtley, S., Waffenschmidt, S.
et al. PRISMA-S: an extension to the PRISMA Statement for Reporting Literature
Searches in Systematic Reviews. Syst Rev 10, 39 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01542-z