Search Strategy Development and Tools
- PRISMA-SPRISMA for searching. See the checklist and the Statement/Explanatory Paper
- Searching for Studies: A Guide to Information Retrieval for Campbell Systematic ReviewsFrom the Campbell Collaboration
Study Design Hedges
- McMaster University Hedges TeamThe focus of the Hedges Project, which is funded by the National Library of Medicine, is to investigate ways to develop and harness search strategies ("hedges") that will improve retrieval of scientifically sound and clinically relevant study reports from large, general purpose, biomedical research bibliographic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL.
- PubMed Search Strategies BlogPubMed search strategies "posted in the hope that others will benefit from the work already put into their creation and/or will offer suggestions for improvements."
- Search Filters ResourceFrom the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, InterTASC Information Specialists' Sub-Group
Articles, Books, Chapters
Escobar Liquitay CM, Garegnani L, Garrote V, Solà I, Franco JV. Search strategies (filters) to identify systematic reviews in MEDLINE and Embase. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023;9(9):MR000054. Published 2023 Sep 8. doi:10.1002/14651858.MR000054.pub2
Sampson M, McGowan J, Lefebvre C, Moher D, Grimshaw J. PRESS: Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2008.
Sampson M, McGowan J, Lefebvre C, Moher D, Grimshaw J. Sampson M, McGowan J, Lefebvre C, Moher D, Grimshaw J. PRESS: Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2008.
Glanville J, Bayliss S, Booth A, et al. So many filters, so little time: the development of a search filter appraisal checklist. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 Oct; 96(4):356-361. PMID: 18974813
Jenkins M. Evaluation of methodological search filters - a review. Health Info Libr J. 2004 Sep, 21:148-163.PMID: 15318913
McKibbon A, Wilczynski N.PDQ Evidence-based Priniciples & Practice, 2nd edition. 2009
McKibbon A, Wilczynski N, Haynes RB. Retrieving randomized controlled trials from MEDLINE: a comparison of 38 published filters. Health Info Libr J. 2009 Sep, 26(3):187-202. PMID: 19712211
Sampson M, McGowan J, Cogo E, Grimshaw J, Moher D, Lefebvre C. An evidence-based practice guideline for the peer review of electronic search strategies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;62(9):944-52. PMID:19230612