1. Database choices in endocrine systematic reviews
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Matt Holzmann, Branden Carr, Melissa Kash-Holley, Joshua Day, David N. Herrmann, Chelsea Koller, Matt Vassar, Kimberly Day, and Elizabeth DeWitt
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PubMed ,MEDLINE ,Health Informatics ,Endocrine System ,Library and Information Sciences ,computer.software_genre ,Choice Behavior ,Research Communications ,Meta-Analysis as Topic ,Information system ,Medicine ,Humans ,Information Services ,Information retrieval ,Database ,business.industry ,Grey literature ,Data science ,Databases, Bibliographic ,Clinical trial ,Review Literature as Topic ,Systematic review ,Bibliographic database ,Meta-analysis ,business ,computer - Abstract
OBJECTIVE The choice of bibliographic database during the systematic review search process has been an ongoing conversation among information specialists. With newer information sources, such as Google Scholar and clinical trials registries, we were interested in which databases were utilized by information specialists and systematic review researchers. METHOD We retrieved 144 systematic reviews and meta-analyses from 4 clinical endocrinology journals and extracted all information sources used during the search processes. RESULTS Findings indicate that traditional bibliographic databases are most often used, followed by regional databases, clinical trials registries, and gray literature databases. CONCLUSIONS This study informs information specialists about additional resources that may be considered during the search process.
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- 2015