Impact of librarians on reporting of the literature searching component of pediatric systematic reviews

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 267-277

  Meert, Deborah ^a   Torabi, Nazi ^b   Costella, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical appraisal; Librarian; Literature search; Reporting; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIBRARIAN; LITERATURE; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIBRARIANS; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84994726323     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.104.4.004     Document Type: Review

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