Comparison of top-performing search strategies for detecting clinically sound treatment studies and systematic reviews in MEDLINE and EMBASE

• Published in: Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 94; no. 4; pp. 451 - 455
• Main Authors: WONG, Sharon S.-L, WILCZYNSKI, Nancy L, HAYNES, R. Brian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL Medical Library Association 01.10.2006; University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
• Subjects: Alternative medicine; Brief Communications; Clinical trials; Data analysis; Data collection; Databases, Bibliographic; Dentistry; Diagnostic tests; English language; Exact sciences and technology; Information and communication sciences; Information professionals; Information science. Documentation; Information Storage and Retrieval - methods; Information Storage and Retrieval - statistics & numerical data; Library and information science. General aspects; Medical Subject Headings; MEDLINE; Review Literature as Topic; Sciences and techniques of general use; Studies; Use and user studies. Information needs; Search strategy; Treatment; Numerical data; Information retrieval; Sound; Bibliographic database; Comparative study; Result

EMBASE searching is not free but has greater coverage of European and non-English language publications and topics such as pharmaceuticals, psychiatry, toxicology, and alternative medicine. Search strategies were treated as "diagnostic tests" for sound studies, and the manual review (hand...