Translation of Hedges in Medical Databases to Other Platforms’ Syntax May Cause Significantly Different Search Results

Objective – To determine whether the methodological search filters in OvidSP MEDLINE and OvidSP EMBASE also known as Clinical Queries hedges had been modified from the originals which were written by the McMaster University Health Information Research Unit Hedges Group (the Haynes Group) and whether...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heather Ganshorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2011-06-01
Series:Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/9971