How to Find the Studies: The Literature Search

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Where to Start? Using Electronic Databases: Search Strategies The Right Stuff: Sensitivity and Specificity The Information Scientist Identifying ''Gray'' Literature Identifying Ongoing Research Citation Searching Current Awareness The WEB How do You Know When to Stop Searching? Some Stopping Rules How Many Databases Should one Search? Keeping Records 1966 and All That: How Far Back Should one Search? Deciding Which Articles to Obtain in Hard Copy Managing the References Contacts with Experts Social Work and Welfare Databases Trials Registers An Example of A Comprehensive Literature Search: Experiments in Crime Reduction What Happens Next? Sifting Through the Evidence

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Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.