Abstract
Developing a search strategy for a systematic review is a time-consuming process in which small errors around the formatting and compilation of terms can have large consequences. Microsoft Excel was identified as a potentially useful software to streamline the process and reduce manual errors. Ultimately a spreadsheet was created that largely automates the process of creating a single-line search string with correctly formatted terms, Boolean operators and parentheses.
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Amelia Brunskill
Amelia Brunskill, MSIS ([email protected]) is an Assistant Professor and Information Services and Liaison Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Library of the Health Sciences, 1750 W Polk Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.