B - Database search

Delaney A, Tamás PA. Searching for evidence or approval? A commentary on database search in systematic reviews and alternative information retrieval methodologies. Research Synthesis Methods 2017 Nov. 4
(doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1282)

A commentary on the factors that call into question the appropriateness of default reliance on database searches particularly as systematic review is adapted for use in new and lower consensus fields. It discusses alternative methods for information retrieval.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jrsm.1282/abstract

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