Medical librarians' knowledge and practices in locating clinical trials for systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In regard to locating clinical trials for a systematic review, limited information is available about how librarians locate clinical trials in biomedical databases, including (1) how much information researchers provide librarians to assist with the development of a comprehensive search strategy, (2) which tools librarians turn to for information about study design methodology, and (3) librarians' confidence levels in their knowledge of study design methodology. A survey was developed to explore these aspects of how a medical librarian locates clinical trials when facilitating systematic reviews for researchers.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, a 21-question survey was sent to medical librarians via several email listservs during April 2020. Respondents were

SUBMITTER: Westrick JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8270353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature