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An evidence-based method for assessing the value of a search tool: a pilot study.
The objective of this study was to develop an evidence-based method with a set of metrics that could be used to assess an information search tool.
Methods: This pilot study analyzed a two-group convenience sample of graduate nursing students and resident physicians. The intervention group received ten minutes of instruction on a familiar search tool (eSearcher). Each group was provided one prompt to search for clinical guidelines on a given topic within their scope of practice and asked to find the best result using only eSearcher (intervention group) or specifically excluding eSearcher (comparison group). Three measur...
Source: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA - October 3, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: J Med Libr Assoc Source Type: research
Errors in search strategies used in systematic reviews and their effects on information retrieval.
Conclusions: To improve the quality of searches and avoid errors, it is essential to plan the search strategy carefully, which includes consulting the MeSH database to identify the concepts and choose all appropriate terms, both descriptors and synonyms, and combining search techniques in the free-text and controlled-language fields, truncating the terms appropriately to retrieve all their variants.
PMID: 31019390 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA - April 26, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: J Med Libr Assoc Source Type: research
Improving the translation of search strategies using the Polyglot Search Translator: a randomized controlled trial.
Conclusion: When used to assist with translating search strings across databases, the PST can increase the speed of translation without increasing errors. Errors in search translations can still be a problem, and search specialists should be aware of this.
PMID: 32256231 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA - April 8, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: J Med Libr Assoc Source Type: research
Use of a search summary table to improve systematic review search methods, results, and efficiency.
Conclusions: Publishing a search summary table in all systematic reviews would add to the growing evidence base about information retrieval, which would help in determining which databases to search for which type of review (in terms of either topic or scope), what supplementary search methods are most effective, what type of literature is being included, and where it is found. It would also provide evidence for future searching and search methods research.
PMID: 33424470 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA - January 13, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: J Med Libr Assoc Source Type: research
Search methods for prognostic factor systematic reviews: a methodologic investigation.
Conclusions: Our study results support recommendations for supplementary search methods made by prominent systematic review methodologists. Leaving out any supplemental search methods would have resulted in missed studies, and these omissions would not have been prevented by using a broader search strategy or any of the other prognosis filters tested.
PMID: 33424461 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA - January 13, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: J Med Libr Assoc Source Type: research
Patient-based benefit-risk assessment of medicines: development, refinement, and validation of a content search strategy to retrieve relevant studies
J Med Libr Assoc. 2022 Apr 1;110(2):185-204. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2022.1306.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Poor indexing and inconsistent use of terms and keywords may prevent efficient retrieval of studies on the patient-based benefit-risk assessment (BRA) of medicines. We aimed to develop and validate an objectively derived content search strategy containing generic search terms that can be adapted for any search for evidence on patient-based BRA of medicines for any therapeutic area.METHODS: We used a robust multistep process to develop and validate the content search strategy: (1) we developed a bank of search terms derived from s...
Source: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA - April 20, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Hiba El Masri Treasure M McGuire Christine Dalais Mieke van Driel Helen Benham Samantha A Hollingworth Source Type: research
