Literature Search
Google-Scholar
To explore an idea, I personally like scholar.goolge.com as my initial search site.
Execute at least three to five rounds of search by clicking on 'related articles' link below each study link on google-scholar and 'similar articles' on PubMed.
Make sure to save the study links as it would be useful later on for Librarian executed formal literature search.
Literature search part1
Librarian search
A formal literature search instruction should be sent to a medical librarian.
Knowing how to use EndNote, or RefWorks software would be very helpful to sort out study citations sent by the librarian.
Literature search part2
Search instructions
Study title
Patient population
Intervention/ Exposure
Review start & end date
Databases to be searched
Inclusion & Exclusion criteria
Suggested search terms
3 to 4 PubMed study citations
Literature search part3
Registration
Register your study protocol on any prospective systematic-review registration sites.
Examples include PROSPERO.
Your actual work, my friend, has just begun.
Literature search part4
Literature search part5
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