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CP1. A scoping review case study of citation searching indexes and tools
Colleen Pawliuk
BC Children's Hospital
Background: Citation searching is a valuable form of supplementary searching for scoping reviews, but is often time consuming. Several citation indexes and tools are now available to make this process more efficient, but it is unclear which may provide the best return on investment. Past studies have investigated the value of citation indexes in the context of systematic reviews or the coverage provided. However, these studies are limited in value as they do not include a robust grey literature search, do not include citation searching tools (e.g. CitationChaser), or do not quantify the value of the indexes with the number of relevant studies identified. Objective: To test citation searching indexes/tools in the context of a scoping review that includes grey literature to quantify value of each index/tool. Methods: A literature search was conducted to find citation searching indexes/tools that allow for bulk download of references. All citation indexes/tools were used for backward and forward citation searching in the scoping review. Recorded for each tool was: time needed to complete citation searching, total number of references retrieved and number of relevant references retrieved. Sensitivity and precision of backward and forward citation searching will be calculated for each tool using any relevant citations identified through citation searching as a reference set. Results: Descriptive statistics for each tool will be shared along with recommendations for which tool(s) may provide the best balance of time spent and relevant references found.
CP2. A scoping review of automated indexing in Medline - how did we get here?
Alexandre Amar-Zifkin', Eileen Chen?, Janice Y Kung·, Dean Giustini·
Université de Montréal, University of California, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia
Background: Medline's 2022 transition to automated indexing has had a profound impact on the precision, accuracy and completeness of MeSH headings applied to records, and consequently, on the findability and usability of publications. Health science librarians must adapt accordingly. We will document the rise of automated indexing in Medline, and briefly touch on its present-day growing pains. Methods: We searched the usual places: MEDLINE and EMBASE (both via Ovid), the Web of Science Core Collection, CINAHL and LISA (Library and Information...