Journal article
McMaster Premium LiteratUre Service (PLUS) performed well for identifying new studies for updated Cochrane reviews
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We compared the performance of McMaster Premium LiteratUre Service (PLUS) and Clinical Queries (CQs) to that of the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, MEDLINE, and EMBASE for locating studies added during an update of reviews.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A sample of new studies in updated Cochrane systematic reviews was used as a reference standard. Searches were performed for each study in each database. Where a new study was not …
Authors
Hemens BJ; Haynes RB
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 62–72.e1
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 2012
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.02.010
ISSN
0895-4356