Publications

 Cochrane 20th Anniversary publication

Lefebvre C, Glanville J, Wieland LS, Coles B, Weightman AL. Methodological developments in searching for studies for systematic reviews:  past, present and future? Systematic Reviews 2013; 2: 78

The Cochrane Handbook

Cochrane policy and practice recommendations with respect to study identification are available in the ‘Searching for studies’ chapter of The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.  The chapter is authored by and on behalf of members of the Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group.

The Cochrane interventions handbook chapter Searching for and selecting studies main text and technical supplement was re-published, after another extensive revision / update by the authors in 2024 
 
In addition to the main text of the Searching for and Selecting Studies chapter, we also published in December 2019, a Technical Supplement, and an Appendix of Resources.  These two additional sections are available online only.  They complement the material in the main text by providing further detail together with names and URLs of resources.

Main Text:
Lefebvre C, Glanville J, Briscoe S, Featherstone R, Littlewood A, Metzendorf M-I, Noel-Storr A, Paynter R, Rader T, Thomas J, Wieland LS. Chapter 4: Searching for and selecting studies [last updated September 2024]. In: Higgins JPT, Thomas J, Chandler J, Cumpston M, Li T, Page MJ, Welch VA (editors). Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions version 6.5. Cochrane, 2024. Available from www.training.cochrane.org/handbook. https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current/chapter-04

Technical Supplement
Lefebvre C, Glanville J, Briscoe S, Featherstone R, Littlewood A, Metzendorf M-I, Noel-Storr A, Paynter R, Rader T, Thomas J, Wieland LS. Technical Supplement to Chapter 4: Searching for and selecting studies [last updated September 2024]. In: Higgins JPT, Thomas J, Chandler J, Cumpston M, Li T, Page MJ, Welch VA (editors). Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions version 6.5. Cochrane, 2024.Available from www.training.cochrane.org/handbook.
https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current/chapter-04-technical-supplement-searching-and-selecting-studies

Methods Group Spotlight On Reports 2023
Celebrating the achievements of Cochrane’s Methods Groups from the last year.
In the spotlight 2023: Information Retrieval Methods Group