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 • General medical • Expertise • 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?	N/A