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Supplementary Search Methods Were More Effective and Offered Better Value than Bibliographic Database Searching: A Case Study from Public Health and Environmental Enhancement
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Cooper, Chris; Lovell, Rebecca; Husk, Kerryn; Booth, Andrew; Garside, Ruth – Research Synthesis Methods, 2018
Background: We undertook a systematic review to evaluate the health benefits of environmental enhancement and conservation activities. We were concerned that a conventional process of study identification, focusing on exhaustive searches of bibliographic databases as the primary search method, would be ineffective, offering limited value. The…
Descriptors: Public Health, Conservation (Environment), Online Searching, Bibliographic Databases