| Ref ID | 477 |
| First Author | L. Zhang |
| Journal | EVIDENCE BASED LIBRARY & INFORMATION PRACTICE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2006 |
| URL | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/57 |
| Keywords |
• General medical • Cochrane |
| Problem(s) |
• Literature searches not validated by information specialist |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Canada |
| Aim | To assess the role of information specialists and librarians in the preparation of Cochrane systematic reviews published between 1997-2002. Additionally to determine whether information specialists impact the quality of searching in Cochrane systematic reviews. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The role of an information specialist in conducting the literature searches was not reported in 35.2% of included reviews. There was insufficient data to analyse whether the quality of the searches carried out by librarians was better than the quality of those performed by non‐librarians |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 105 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 169 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | No |
| Interpretation impacted description |