Retrieval of overviews of systematic reviews in MEDLINE was improved by the development of an objectively derived and validated search strategy.

Lunny, Carole; McKenzie, Joanne E; McDonald, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.12.002

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Retrieval of overviews of systematic reviews in MEDLINE was improved by the development of an objectively derived and validated search strategy.

Author(s): Carole Lunny ¹ , Joanne E McKenzie ¹ , Steve McDonald ²

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2016

Journal: Journal of clinical epidemiology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Keywords: MEDLINE, Overviews of systematic reviews, Search filter, Search strategy design, Sensitivity, Text mining

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Locating overviews of systematic reviews is difficult because of an absence of appropriate indexing terms and inconsistent terminology used to describe overviews. Our objective was to develop a validated search strategy to retrieve overviews in MEDLINE.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Clin Epidemiol

Title: Journal of clinical epidemiology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-5921

ISSN (Print): 0895-4356

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2016

Volume: 74

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[1 ] Australasian Cochrane Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 549 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.

[2 ] Australasian Cochrane Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 549 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia. Electronic address: steve.mcdonald@monash.edu.

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Publisher Item ID: S0895-4356(15)00578-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.12.002

PubMed ID: 26723872

SO-VID: 7216f06d-6aff-446e-94fc-5e55cdc0c1e4

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Keywords: MEDLINE,Overviews of systematic reviews,Search filter,Search strategy design,Sensitivity,Text mining

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Keywords: MEDLINE, Overviews of systematic reviews, Search filter, Search strategy design, Sensitivity, Text mining

Retrieval of overviews of systematic reviews in MEDLINE was improved by the development of an objectively derived and validated search strategy.

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