So many filters, so little time: The development of a search filter appraisal checklist

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-361

  Glanville, Julie ^a   Bayliss, Sue ^b   Booth, Andrew ^c   Dundar, Yenal ^d   Fernandes, Hasina ^e   Fleeman, Nigel David ^k   Foster, Louise ^f   Fraser, Cynthia ^g   Fry Smith, Anne ^b   Golder, Su ^h   Lefebvre, Carol ⁱ   Miller, Caroline ^e   Paisley, Suzy ^j   Payne, Liz ^k   Price, Alison ^a   Welch, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEARCH ENGINE;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECT HEADINGS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 55849134829     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.4.011     Document Type: Article

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