Bouamrane, M.-M., Macdonald, C. , Ounis, I. and Mair, F. (2011) Protocol-driven searches for medical and health-sciences systematic reviews. In: Amati, G. and Crestani, F. (eds.) Advances in Information Retrieval Theory. Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6931. Springer: Berlin, pp. 188-200. ISBN 9783642233180 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-23318-0_18)
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Abstract
Systematic reviews are instances of a critically important search task in medicine and health services research. Along with large and well conducted randomised control trials, they provide the highest levels of clinical evidence. We provide a brief overview of the methodologies used to conduct systematic reviews, and report on our recent experience of conducting a meta-review – i.e. a systematic review of reviews – of preoperative assessment. We discuss issues associated with the large manual effort currently necessary to conduct systematic reviews when using available search engines. We then suggest ways in which more dedicated and sophisticated information retrieval tools may enhance the efficiency of systematic searches and increase the recall of results. Finally, we discuss the development of tests collections for systematic reviews, to permit the development of enhanced search engines for this t
| Item Type: | Book Sections |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Macdonald, Professor Craig and Mair, Professor Frances and Ounis, Professor Iadh |
| Authors: | Bouamrane, M.-M., Macdonald, C., Ounis, I., and Mair, F. |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > General Practice and Primary Care College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing |
| Journal Name: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| ISSN: | 0302-9743 |
| ISBN: | 9783642233180 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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