Search wide, dig deep: Literature searching for qualitative research. An analysis of the publication formats and information sources used for four systematic reviews in public health

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-151

  Stansfield, Claire ^a   Brunton, Ginny ^a   Rees, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bibliographic databases; Information retrieval; Information sources; Public health; Publication format; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DATA MINING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATA MINING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84925035052     PISSN: 17592879     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1100     Document Type: Article

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