A review of the reporting of web searching to identify studies for Cochrane systematic reviews

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 89-99

  Briscoe, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochrane reviews; literature searches; reporting; web searching

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPUTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEARCH ENGINE; SOFTWARE;

COMPUTERS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PUBLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEARCH ENGINE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85043590744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1275     Document Type: Article

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