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Table 2 Allocation of retrievals in the manual review (3 GLAD-strategies, 9 diseases)

From: Developing search strategies for clinical practice guidelines in SUMSearch and Google Scholar and assessing their retrieval performance

Allocation of retrievals

Unique and relevant retrievals

Non-relevant retrievals and duplicates

Total

SUMSearch

   

Strategy tested

unique and relevant retrievals; no duplicates

non-relevant retrievals removed from manual review; duplicates of:

- relevant retrievals

- non-relevant retrievals

raw retrievals; duplicates between PubMed and NGC

Strategies not tested

unique and relevant retrievals; no duplicates

non-relevant retrievals removed from manual review; duplicates of and between:

- relevant retrievals

- non-relevant retrievals

raw retrievals; duplicates of and between retrievals

All strategies

unique and relevant retrievals; no duplicates

non-relevant retrievals removed from manual review; duplicates of and between:

- relevant retrievals

- non-relevant retrievals

raw retrievals; duplicates of and between retrievals

Google Scholar

   

Strategy tested

unique and relevant retrievals; no duplicates

non-relevant retrievals removed from manual review; duplicates of:

- relevant retrievals

- non-relevant retrievals

raw retrievals; duplicates between singular and plural

Strategies not tested

unique and relevant retrievals; no duplicates

non-relevant retrievals removed from manual review; duplicates of and between:

- relevant retrievals

- non-relevant retrievals

raw retrievals; duplicates of and between retrievals

All strategies

unique and relevant retrievals; no duplicates

non-relevant retrievals removed from manual review; duplicates of and between:

- relevant retrievals

- non-relevant retrievals

raw retrievals; duplicates of and between retrievals

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BMC Medical Research Methodology

ISSN: 1471-2288

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