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Direct linkJudith Logan; Jenaya Webb; Nalini K. Singh; Nailisa Tanner; Kathryn Barrett; Margaret Wall; Benjamin Walsh; Ana Patricia Ayala – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
A thorough literature search is a key feature of scoping reviews. We investigated the search practices used by social science researchers as reported in their scoping reviews. We collected scoping reviews published between 2015 and 2021 from Social Science Citation Index. In the 2484 included studies, we observed a 58% average annual increase in…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Citation Analysis, Databases, Bibliographies
Levay, Paul; Heath, Andrea; Tuvey, Daniel – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Systematic searches are integral to identifying the evidence that is used in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) public health guidelines (PHGs). This study analyses the sources, including bibliographic databases and other techniques, required for PHGs. The aims were to analyse the sources used to identify the publications…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Public Health, Guidelines, Information Sources
Biocic, Marina; Fidahic, Mahir; Cikes, Karla; Puljak, Livia – Research Synthesis Methods, 2019
Background: It has been reported that information sources searched in systematic reviews (SRs) are insufficiently comprehensive. We analyzed information sources used in SRs, as well as how up-to-date were the searches. Methods: We searched PubMed and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) through Wiley from 2012 to 2016 to find SRs of…
Descriptors: Pain, Case Studies, Anesthesiology, Databases
Stansfield, Claire; Brunton, Ginny; Rees, Rebecca – Research Synthesis Methods, 2014
Background: When literature searching for systematic reviews, it is good practice to search widely across different information sources. Little is known about the contributions of different publication formats (e.g. journal article and book chapter) and sources, especially for studies of people's views. Method: Studies from four reviews spanning…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Search Strategies, Information Sources, Public Health
