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ISSG Search Filters Resource

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The ISSG Search Filters Resource is a collaborative venture to identify, assess and test #searchfilters designed to retrieve research by study design or focus. Website: t.co/g0gFnjkI24

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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#medlibs @giustini.bsky.social et al have published a #scopingreview of automated #indexing in #MEDLINE and issues arising to which search strategy developers and #searchfilters developers should be aware sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
#medlibs we added a paper by Gagen et al. on development and validation of #searchfilters for #Transgender and #GenderDiverse Populations in #Ovid #MEDLINE and Ovid APA #PsycInfo sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
#medlibs we added a paper by Fulbright and Evans comparing performance of 11 #searchfilters in removing #animal and #nonhuman records in #Ovid #Embase. sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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Peter Johnson @libraryvines.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#medlibs - do note: "this [study's] methodology means the performance of the SaPM filter is being evaluated in the context of records retrieved by the SM filter, rather than being a true comparison between the filters." www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#medlibs we added a paper by Fulbright H et al that explores the retrieval performance of the #Cochrane #RCT #searchfilters for #MEDLINE sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#medlibs we added a paper by Martinez-Tomas reporting on the lack of validated #searchfilters for #management research in #WebofScience and #Scopus sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#medlibs Adam GP and colleagues review #machinelearning alternatives to #searchfilters in "Machine Learning Tools To (Semi-)Automate Evidence Synthesis: A Rapid Review and Evidence Map." sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
https://sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/issg-search-filters-resource/home/built-in-filters#h.bq8j3ympxoh3
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#medlibs we added a paper by Morgan-Daniel J et al about the Development and Validation of a #SearchFilter to Identify #Research on #Bisexuality sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#medlibs #epistemonikos is adding prebuilt #searchfilters, including those for methods, to its databases. sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Built in filters
Introduction Entering search filters manually is only one way to use search filters. Some database interfaces (for example Ovid) include an option to apply a filter to search results without the need...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
#medlibs we added a paper by Pollock et al reporting an extensive vocabulary used to describe #evidencesynthesis which should inform decisions on choosing #searchfilters sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Systematic Reviews
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
#medlibs we have #economic #searchfilters on the burden (cost) of #illness sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Burden (Cost) of illness
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
#medlibs we added a paper by Kysh L et al. (2025) about developing #searchfilters to identify evidence related to #infants sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Age groups
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
#medlibs we added a paper describing the MultiTagger V2 project, which predicts the publication type and study design of a PubMed record sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Built in filters
Introduction Entering search filters manually is only one way to use search filters. Some database interfaces (for example Ovid) include an option to apply a filter to search results without the need...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
#medlibs, we added a meeting poster by Gagen R. on #searchfilters for #Transgender and #GenderDiverse Populations in Ovid #MEDLINE and Ovid APA #PsycInfo sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Gender-specific
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
#medlibs we added an article by Otte WM et al that reports research where they developed intermediate software taking data from #PubMed and running #searchfilters on those results before delivering filtered results sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Built in filters
Introduction Entering search filters manually is only one way to use search filters. Some database interfaces (for example Ovid) include an option to apply a filter to search results without the need...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
#medlibs we added a paper by Tran V-T et al comparing the performance of the #Cochrane RCT #searchfilters and the use of GPT-4o-mini to screen for records reporting randomised controlled trials sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - RCTs
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
#medlibs We added a Moberg K & Gornitzki C paper, which analyses the performance of the #Cochrane RCT machine classifier in #Covidence, in comparison to the Cochrane RCT #searchfilters for #MEDLINE and #Embase. It also compares the performance of using both. sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - RCTs
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
#medlibs we added Rapoport M et al. #searchfilter to identify #naturalhistory studies in #MEDLINE sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Observational Studies
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
#medlibs we have a section with a variety of health care settings #searchfilters including Sperber Health Sciences Library, University of Alberta filters for the following settings: cross disciplinary, multi-agency, wraparound care, and Home Offices/Working from Home sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Health care delivery
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
#medlibs we added #searchfilters for core outcomes in #MEDLINE and #PsycINFO by the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Outcome Studies
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
There is a new #searchfilter in the latest issue of the JMLA @medlibassn.bsky.social "Mueller M, Askin N. Acute mental health concerns in emergency settings: development and validation of an Ovid #MEDLINE search filter" jmla.mlanet.org/ojs/jmla/art... Shortly on the ISSG website as well :-)
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
#medlibs we added a Muente C et al. #review that identified validated #geographic #searchfilters and reported on their development and performance measures sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Geography
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#medlibs we added a paper detailing a translation of #literaturesearches in #PsycInfo from Ovid to EBSCOhost sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Methods of Developing Search Filters
The following selected resources provide examples of methods used to develop search filters.
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#medlibs we added an Ovid #medline #searchfilter for #humanitariancrisis and #emergency sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Health care delivery
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
#medlibs we added a #PubMed #searchfilter for #queer #women #lgbtqia sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Population-specific
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
#medlibs we added a paper about translations of a #searchfilter to find studies about #Germany into Ovid #Embase and Ovid #MEDLINE syntax sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Geography
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
#medlibs we added a paper by Premji Z & Kraus H which brings a translation of a #PsycInfo #RCT #searchfilter from the Ovid interface to EBSCOhost sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - RCTs
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#medlibs we added a paper by Qin X et al (2025) comparing #MachineLearning classifiers for identifying #RCTs in #SystematicReviews to published #searchfilters and also being evaluated in other ways to assess their performance. sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Built in filters
Introduction Entering search filters manually is only one way to use search filters. Some database interfaces (for example Ovid) include an option to apply a filter to search results without the need...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#medlibs we added a #pubmed #searchfilter for #queer women sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Population-specific
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#medlibs check our extensive and up-to-date collection of #searchfilters for #qualitative research sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Qualitative Research
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
#medlibs Ayiku L and colleagues have published Ovid #Embase and #MEDLINE filters for #AI medical device interventions sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - AI
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#medlibs
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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
CILIP is concerned that the removal, hiding, and modification of data, research and other information resources by authorities in the USA is already starting to impede the vital work of UK information professionals. Read more👇 www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...
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Statement: Removal of access to and modification of data by authorities in the USA
CILIP invites members and the wider information profession community to share examples of how content, reports, datasets, evidence, and tools are being removed by US authorities
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#medlibs we added a paper (Hanneke et al, 2024) which reports on the #search terms used in 64 evidence syntheses of #social determinants of #health sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#medlibs we have a growing list of collections of #searchfilters sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource - Collections of search filters
Collections of search filters, including filters for subject searches, are available EAHIL Library of Search Strategy Resources SearchRxiv site for depositing and sharing search strategies Damarell R...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
#medlibs we added a paper (Askin N et al, JMLA 2025) on the algorithm that excludes #human studies in #MEDLINE suggesting records may be missed because of the automated indexing approach sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#medlibs we added some updated and new #searchfilters, provided by Canada's Drug Agency (previously CADTH), including filters for minimal important clinical difference [ sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk... ] and #economic models [ sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk... ]
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
#medlibs we added an updated performance review (Muente et al) of a #geographic #searchfilter to focus on studies about #Germany sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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Dr Anne Littlewood @anne-infospec.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The ISSG Filters Resource has made it to BlueSky 🥳 bsky.app/profile/issg... Definitely one for #MedLibs
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
#medlibs we added #searchfilters to find #economic models, produced by Academic Unit of Health Economics, University of Leeds sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
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ISSG Search Filters Resource @issg-filters.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Hello #medlibs and #literaturesearching community. Welcome to your trusted source of #searchfilters. We are looking forward to reconnecting here.
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