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Systematische Literatursuche

Systematic literature search

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Summary

Systematic literature searches in bibliographic databases are an essential step in constructing systematic reviews and health technology assessments. The purpose of this kind of search is to identify as many relevant references on a given topic in electronic databases as possible. This article begins with describing the search process and continues with the basics of searching electronic databases. By delivering insight into the functionalities of databases and possibilities to search them (particularly PubMed), an understanding of potentials and weaknesses of systematic literature searches should be established.

Zusammenfassung

Die systematische Suche in bibliographischen Datenbanken stellt einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Erstellung systematischer Übersichtsarbeiten und Health Technology Assessments dar. Sinn und Zweck der systematischen Suche ist es, in elektronischen Datenbanken möglichst alle relevanten Zitate zu einer Fragestellung aufzufinden. Im vorliegenden Artikel wird zunächst der Ablauf einer solchen Recherche beschrieben, um anschließend auf die Grundlagen des Recherchierens in elektronischen Datenbanken einzugehen. Durch Einblick in die Funktionsweise von Datenbanken und die Möglichkeiten einer Datenbankrecherche (insb. In PubMed) soll Verständnis für das Potential und die Schwächen systematischer Literatursuche geschaffen werden.

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    Beate Guba

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Guba, B. Systematische Literatursuche. Wien Med Wochenschr 158, 62–69 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-007-0500-0

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