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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. 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. The following data from the SRs and the Al tool summaries was extracted independently by the two researchers, with disagreements resolved through consensus: the number, study design, and citations of included articles, assessment of quality or risk of bias (if available), and conclusions regarding the intervention(s). Method: Identified through prior knowledge, re3data.org, and Google searches, a selection of Canadian health data entities was examined for description, users, partners, data accessibility, and re3data presence.