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• Anders ME, Evans DP. Comparison of PubMed and Google Scholar Literature Searches. Respir Care [Internet]. 2010 May [cited 2010 May 3];55(5):578-583. Available from: http://www.rcjournal.com/contents/05.10/05.10.0578.pdf
• Song F, Parekh S, Hooper L, Loke YK, Ryder J, Sutton AJ, Hing C, Kwok CS, Pang C, Harvey I. Dissemination and publication of research findings: an updated review of related biases. Health Technol Assess [Internet]. 2010 Feb [cited 2010 May 2];14(8):iii, ix-xi, 1-193. Available from: http://www.hta.ac.uk/execsumm/summ1408.htm
• Lu Z, Wilbur WJ. Improving accuracy for identifying related PubMed queries by an integrated approach. J Biomed Inform [Internet]. 2009 Oct [cited 2010 May 3];42(5):831-838. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2764279/
• Chatburn RL. How to find the best evidence. Respir Care [Internet]. 2009 Oct [cited 2010 May 3];54(10):1360-1365. Available from: http://www.rcjournal.com/contents/10.09/10.09.1360.pdf
• Kulkarni AV, Aziz B, Shams I, Busse JW. Comparisons of citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar for articles published in general medical journals. JAMA [Internet]. 2009 Sep 9 [cited 2010 May 3];302(10):1092-1096. Available from: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/302/10/1092
• Laurent MR, Vickers TJ. Seeking health information online: does Wikipedia matter? J Am Med Inform Assoc [Internet]. 2009 Aug [cited 2010 May 3];16(4):471-479. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2705249/
• Leroy G. Persuading consumers to form precise search engine queries. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Internet]. 2009 [cited 2010 May 3];2009354-358. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815418/
• Siempos II, Spanos A, Issaris EA, Rafailidis PI, Falagas ME. Non-physicians may reach correct diagnoses by using Google: a pilot study. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2008 Dec 13 [cited 2010 May 3];138(49-50):741-745. Available from: http://www.smw.ch/docs/pdf200x/2008/49/smw-12320.pdf
• Falagas ME, Pitsouni EI, Malietzis GA, Pappas G. Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar: strengths and weaknesses. FASEB J [Internet]. 2008 Feb [cited 2010 May 3];22(2):338-342. Available from: http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/full/22/2/338
• Shultz M. Comparing test searches in PubMed and Google Scholar. J Med Libr Assoc [Internet]. 2007 Oct [cited 2010 May 3];95(4):442-445. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2000776/
• Yamamoto Y, Takagi T. OReFiL: an online resource finder for life sciences. BMC Bioinformatics [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2010 May 3];8287. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1976328/
• Singh PM, Wight CA, Sercinoglu O, Wilson DC, Boytsov A, Raizada MN. Language preferences on websites and in Google searches for human health and food information. J. Med. Internet Res [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2010 May 3];9(2):e18. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1913940/
• Haase A, Follmann M, Skipka G, Kirchner H. Developing search strategies for clinical practice guidelines in SUMSearch and Google Scholar and assessing their retrieval performance. BMC Med Res Methodol [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2010 May 3];728. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1925105/
• Vincent B, Vincent M, Ferreira CG. Making PubMed searching simple: learning to retrieve medical literature through interactive problem solving. Oncologist [Internet]. 2006 Mar [cited 2010 May 3];11(3):243-251. Available from: http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content/full/11/3/243
• Zhou W, Smalheiser NR, Yu C. A tutorial on information retrieval: basic terms and concepts. J Biomed Discov Collab [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2010 May 3];12. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459215/
• Sampson M, Zhang L, Morrison A, Barrowman NJ, Clifford TJ, Platt RW, Klassen TP, Moher D. An alternative to the hand searching gold standard: validating methodological search filters using relative recall. BMC Med Res Methodol [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2010 May 3];633. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1557524/
• Kastner M, Wilczynski NL, Walker-Dilks C, McKibbon KA, Haynes B. Age-specific search strategies for Medline. J. Med. Internet Res [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2010 May 3];8(4):e25. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1794003/
• Fraser C, Murray A, Burr J. Identifying observational studies of surgical interventions in MEDLINE and EMBASE. BMC Med Res Methodol [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2010 May 2];641. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1569861/
• Giustini D. How Google is changing medicine. BMJ [Internet]. 2005 Dec 24 [cited 2010 May 3];331(7531):1487-1488. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1322234/
• Henderson J. Google Scholar: A source for clinicians? CMAJ [Internet]. 2005 Jun 7 [cited 2010 May 3];172(12):1549-1550. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC558163/
• Wilkins T, Gillies RA, Davies K. EMBASE versus MEDLINE for family medicine searches: can MEDLINE searches find the forest or a tree? Can Fam Physician [Internet]. 2005 Jun [cited 2010 May 2];51848-849. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1479531/
• Wren JD. Open access and openly accessible: a study of scientific publications shared via the internet. BMJ [Internet]. 2005 May 14 [cited 2010 May 3];330(7500):1128. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC557897/
• Betrán AP, Say L, Gülmezoglu AM, Allen T, Hampson L. Effectiveness of different databases in identifying studies for systematic reviews: experience from the WHO systematic review of maternal morbidity and mortality. BMC Med Res Methodol [Internet]. 2005 Jan 28 [cited 2010 May 2];5(1):6. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC548692/
• Wilczynski NL, Morgan D, Haynes RB. An overview of the design and methods for retrieving high-quality studies for clinical care. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak [Internet]. 2005 [cited 2010 May 2];520. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1183213/
• Royle P, Waugh N. A simplified search strategy for identifying randomised controlled trials for systematic reviews of health care interventions: a comparison with more exhaustive strategies. BMC Med Res Methodol [Internet]. 2005 [cited 2010 May 2];523. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1183214/
• Sood A, Erwin PJ, Ebbert JO. Using advanced search tools on PubMed for citation retrieval. Mayo Clin. Proc [Internet]. 2004 Oct [cited 2010 May 3];79(10):1295-1299; quiz 1300. Available from: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/79/10/1295.long
• Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB. Developing optimal search strategies for detecting clinically sound causation studies in MEDLINE. AMIA Annu Symp Proc [Internet]. 2003 [cited 2010 May 3]719-723. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1480286/

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