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 ===== Selecting Databases for Your Search =====
-Selecting several databases ensures that your search is comprehensive. A well-cited guide on how to conduct a systematic review in medical research suggests, at a minimum, a combination of Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.<sup>1</sup> Cochrane and Scopus are also common databases for biomedical systematic reviews.
+Selecting several databases ensures that your search is comprehensive. A well-cited guide on how to conduct a systematic review of medical research suggests, at a minimum, a combination of PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar.<sup>1</sup> Cochrane and Scopus are also common databases for biomedical systematic reviews.
-   * [[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/|PubMed]], which is free, is the most common database to use to search for biomedical and life sciences literature. PubMed will search for relevant words in the title and abstract but not in the full text. PubMed includes citations indexed in Medline, uploaded by journals, and archived in PubMed Central. The distinctions between PubMed, Medline, and PubMed Central are explained [[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/difference.html|here]].
+   * [[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/|PubMed]], which is free, is the most common search database for biomedical and life sciences literature. PubMed will search for relevant words in the title and abstract but not in the full text. PubMed includes citations indexed in Medline, uploaded by journals, and archived in PubMed Central. The distinctions between PubMed, Medline, and PubMed Central are explained [[https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/difference.html|here]].
-  * [[https://www.embase.com/landing?status=grey|Embase]] is a subscription database maintained by Elsevier. It has comprehensive indexing and tagging of the biomedical literature.
+  * [[https://www.embase.com/landing?status=grey|Embase]] is a subscription database maintained by Elsevier. It provides comprehensive indexing and tagging of the biomedical literature.
   * [[https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/basic-search|Web of Science]] is a subscription service run by Clarivate that indexes citations in several different science disciplines.
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   * [[https://www.scopus.com/|Scopus]] is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. It includes scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings.
+  * [[https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/|ClinicalTrials.gov]] will allow you to assess whether clinical trials have been performed on your topic of interest.
   * Psychology databases
-      * [[https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo|PsycINFO]] and [[https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/cinahl-complete|CINAHL]] can be used “if the research question is related to the field of psychiatry, psychology and/or to nursing and allied health”. <sup>1</sup>
+      * [[https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo|PsycINFO]] and [[https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/cinahl-complete|CINAHL]] can be used if the research question is related to the field of psychiatry, psychology and/or to nursing and allied health.
-      * [[https://psycnet.apa.org/|PsycNet]] can also be used to search for “social and behavioral science content”<sup>2</sup>
+      * [[https://psycnet.apa.org/|PsycNet]] can also be used to search for social and behavioral science content.
   * Consider consulting with a librarian for further help with your search.
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 ===== Collecting Metadata =====
-Metadata collected should include identifying information, such as DOI or PubMed ID, URL, author, and year, as well as information necessary for screening, such as title and abstract. If you are not using AutoLit, a system for removing duplicates and indicating screening status (i.e. included, excluded, or unscreened), exclusion reasons (for example, not relevant to the review topic, preclinical), and collecting full texts should be implemented.
+To prepare for screening, gather study metadata in an organized way. Although searching or uploading searches to an AutoLit nest is an easy way to perform this step, downloading search metadata from the databases into a spreadsheet is also common. Most databases have an option to automatically download relevant information from search results.
+Collected metadata may include identifying information (such as DOI or PubMed ID, URL, author, and year) as well as information necessary for screening, such as title and abstract. If you are not using AutoLit in Nested Knowledge, a system should be implemented for removing duplicates, indicating screening status (i.e., included, excluded, or unscreened), providing exclusion reasons, and collecting full texts.
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