Semi-automating the manual literature search for systematic reviews increases efficiency

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-27

  Chapman, Andrea L ^a   Morgan, Laura C ^b   Gartlehner, Gerald ^a  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77249102669     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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