Impact of librarians on reporting of the literature searching component of pediatric systematic reviews

Ref ID 325
First Author D. Meert
Journal JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: JMLA
Year Of Publishing 2016
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5079487/pdf/mlab-104-04-267.pdf
Keywords Paediatrics
Searching
Problem(s) Literature searches not validated by information specialist
Number of systematic reviews included 495
Summary of Findings Of the 186 reviews that met inclusion criteria, 44% of the authors indicated the involvement of a librarian in conducting the systematic review. With the presence of a librarian as co-author or team member, the mean methodological checklist score for literature searches was 8.40, compared to 6.61 (p<0.001) for reviews without a librarian.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? No