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

Table 4 Retrievals obtained by application of GLAD search strategies in SUMSearch and Google Scholar

Strategy Search terms	Meets criteria	Does not meet criteria	Total
SUMSearch			1843^†
Guideline*
Detected	97	697	794
Not detected	22	2014	2036
Recommendation*
Detected	72	643	715
Not detected	47	2068	2115
Practice guideline*
Detected	48	286	334
Not detected	71	2425	2496
Google Scholar			987^†
Guideline/s
Detected	38	595	633
Not detected	81	2116	2197
Recommendation/s
Detected	10	214	224
Not detected	109	2497	2606
Practice guideline/s
Detected	14	116	130
Not detected	105	2595	2700
Total	119	2711	2830

ISSN: 1471-2288