Resources for Systematic Search Best Practices

The resources listed on this page can serve as useful guides to best practices in systematic searching:

Searching & methods standards

• PRISMA-S  Statement & Examples Links to an external site. | Checklist Links to an external site.
• PRESS Links to an external site. (Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies)
• Cochrane Handbook Ch. 4: Searching for and selecting studies Links to an external site. | Technical Supplement Links to an external site.
• JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis Links to an external site.

 

Search instruction

• Carrie Price YouTube Playlist: Searching School Links to an external site.
• Carrie Price: Training & Reading for Systematic Reviews Links to an external site.

 

Useful search tools

• Systematic Review Accelerator: Polyglot tool for search translation Links to an external site. (Bond University)
• Pubmed: Field tags Links to an external site.
• Pubmed: Proximity searching Links to an external site.
• MeSH qualifiers hierarchy (subheadings) Links to an external site.
• Ovid Medline field tags Links to an external site.