Front page
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
          6.2.2 Journals and other non-bibliographic-database sources
          6.2.3 Unpublished and ongoing studies
             Introductory text
             6.2.3.1 National and international trials registers
             Box 6.2.h: Examples of national and international trials
             6.2.3.2 Subject-specific trials registers
             6.2.3.3 Pharmaceutical industry trials registers
             Box 6.2.i: Examples of pharmaceutical industry trials registers
             6.2.3.4 Trials results registers and other sources
             Box 6.2.j: Examples of trials results registers
          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
Additional material