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Handbook information
Part 1: Cochrane reviews
Part 2: General methods for Cochrane reviews
    5 Defining the review question and developing criteria for including studies
    6 Searching for studies
       6.1 Introduction
       6.2 Sources to search
          6.2.1 Bibliographic databases
             6.2.1.1 Bibliographic databases - general introduction
             6.2.1.2 The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
             6.2.1.3 MEDLINE and EMBASE
             6.2.1.4 National and regional databases
             Box 6.2.a: Examples of regional electronic bibliographic databases
             6.2.1.5 Subject-specific databases
             Box 6.2.b: Examples of subject-specific electronic databases
             6.2.1.6 Citation indexes
             6.2.1.7 Dissertations and theses databases
             Box 6.2.c: Examples of dissertations and theses databases
             6.2.1.8 Grey literature databases
          6.2.2 Journals and other non-bibliographic-database sources
          6.2.3 Unpublished and ongoing studies
          6.2.4 Summary points
       6.3 Planning the search process
       6.4 Designing search strategies
       6.5 Managing references
       6.6 Documenting and reporting the search process
       6.7 Chapter information
       Box 6.7.a: The Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group
       6.8 References
    7 Selecting studies and collecting data
    8 Assessing risk of bias in included studies
    9 Analysing data and undertaking meta-analyses
    10 Addressing reporting biases
    11 Presenting results and 'Summary of findings' tables
    12 Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
Part 3: Special topics
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