Abstract
Identification of information on a specific topic of interest can be a difficult and time-consuming task. The key to successful and time-efficient article identification is to use easily accessible, complete, and most up-to-date information sources and to perform a focused search that minimises hits without missing relevant articles. Pre-appraised articles and databases allowing "pre-filtering" techniques for high level evidence are useful for a quick search for the best available evidence. For a more comprehensive review, a combination of MEDLINE, EMBASE and meeting abstract databases is usually more than sufficient. Full-text publications can be obtained from the Cochrane library and from OVID.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 307-311 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Injury |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2006 |
Keywords
- Cochrane library
- EBM
- EMBASE
- Evidence-based medicine
- MEDLINE
- Search strategies