- Framework of problems / Comprehensive
- Errors or omissions in search strategy
- Mounting evidence that librarians are essential for comprehensive literature searches for meta-analyses and Cochrane reports
| Ref ID | 5 |
| First Author | A. C. Weller |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION |
| Year Of Publishing | 2004 |
| URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC385293/ |
| Keywords |
Reproducibility Expertise General medical Searching |
| Problem(s) |
Weaknesses identified in some Cochrane reviews Insufficient literature searches Errors or omissions in search strategy Errors in study inclusion or omission of relevant studies Methods not described to enable replication |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 1 |
| Summary of Findings | Inadequate free word terms; no criteria for database selection or for the years searched, and not all databases were searched fully; did not explain their selection criteria; missed relevant studies; no information specialist consulted; not reproducible |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | No |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? |