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Responsible Literature Searching: Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR)
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Bibliography of controlled trials identified by contributors to the Cochrane Collaboration. Combines hand searching of the international literature with online searching -
Creates a source of data for systematic reviews; includes studies published via:
MEDLINE EMBASE Conference proceedings
Cochrane Controlled Trials Register Search Strengths:
Can restrict your retrieval to the following subgroups of articles
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Cochrane Groups include:
Breast Cancer Stroke Neonatal Disease
Embase Records Medline Records
Comprehensive search done for each topic review -
Can restrict results to type of publication including but not limited to:
Case report Clinical trial Multicenter Study
Search interface mirrors the Ovid Medline though there is no “mapping” as available in Medline for your keyword choices to help pick up variations in terminology
Cochrane Controlled Trials Register Search Cautions:
Systematic reviews may contain Odds Ratios and other tables from meta-analysis Fewer limiting options to refine results No easy method to find diagnostic vs. therapeutic articles Overlap between Cochrane and MEDLINE
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