Systematic Review Services / Search Strategy
Literature Search Strategy Service
A comprehensive, reproducible search strategy across the databases your field actually uses — not a single Google Scholar search dressed up as a systematic search.
What's included
Multi-database strategy
Search strategies built for PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Cochrane CENTRAL, as relevant to your topic.
Boolean & MeSH term development
Structured Boolean logic and controlled vocabulary (MeSH, Emtree) matched to your PICO elements.
Documented, reproducible search log
A full record of every search string and database, so a second reviewer — or a journal editor — can reproduce it exactly.
A weak search strategy is one of the most common reasons a systematic review misses relevant studies without anyone noticing until peer review. Our information specialists build search strategies designed to be comprehensive and defensible, not just fast.
Related support
Systematic Review Services
Full methodology support from protocol through PRISMA-compliant reporting.
See systematic review support →Data Extraction Services
Structured extraction once screening is complete.
See data extraction support →