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Table 3 Example of recordkeeping for executing the search

From: Exploring issues in the conduct of website searching and other online sources for systematic reviews: how can we be systematic?

Name of resource

Searcher

Date searched

Date of last access (if different)

Pathway followed, e.g. browsed headings/searched site/database within website (use separate lines for the different types of searches)

Used predefined keywords ‘Y’

Notes

Alzheimer’s Society Research https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/research

CS

3/3/15

 

Browsed ongoing and completed research on the topic of ‘Towards better care for people with dementia’

  

3/3/15

 

browsed ‘living with dementia’ research articles

 

3/3/15

 

Searched dementia catalogue—subject: hospital admissions, hospital discharges

Y

3/3/15

 

Searched dementia catalogue-free text: transition, transitions or transfer

 

Rehabdata

CS

3/3/15

 

Searched descriptor field: Hospitals AND (Psychiatry OR Psychiatric Rehabilitation) AND 1999–2015

Y

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