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PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies

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In preparing systematic review and health technology assessment reports, researchers aim to provide comprehensive, unbiased, and high-quality distillations of relevant evidence. This is only possible if the evidence has been sought in a comprehensive, unbiased, and high-quality manner. One step in assuring the integrity of the searching process is peer review of the work of the librarian or information specialist who is seeking the evidence for the researchers. The PRESS 2015 guideline provides a set of recommendations concerning the information that should be used by librarians and other information specialists when they are asked to evaluate these electronic search strategies.

Using PRESS

Tools - English

Tool  How to use  Description
Table 10: PRESS guideline assessment form Word PDF  Complete this form to request or conduct a peer review  Checklist form 
Table 9: PRESS 2015 evidence-based checklist PDF For searcher and reviewer to create search and guide peer review Supporting reference material used with form 
Table 8: PRESS 2015 guideline recommendations for librarian practice PDF For searcher and reviewer to create search and guide peer review  Supporting reference material used with form 

Tools - French

Outil Utilisation Description 
Tableau 10 : Lignes directrices PRESS (Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies) — Présentation de la recherche et évaluation par les pairs Word PDF Remplir ce formulaire pour demander ou effectuer une évaluation par les pairs  Liste de contrôle 
Tableau 9 : Liste de contrôle fondée sur des données probantes pour l’examen par les pairs de stratégies de recherche électronique (PRESS) 2015 PDF Aide au chercheur et à l’examinateur pour créer une recherche et orienter l’évaluation par les pairs Documents de référence à l’appui, utilisés avec le formulaire
Tableau 8 : Recommandations pour les bibliothécaires tirées des lignes directrices PRESS 2015 PDF Aide au chercheur et à l’examinateur pour créer une recherche et orienter l’évaluation par les pairs  Documents de référence à l’appui, utilisés avec le formulaire

Translations

Please see our PRESS translations page for user-provided translations in languages other than English and French.

 Translations

How to cite

Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Explanation and Elaboration (PRESS E&E). Ottawa: CADTH; 2016 Jan. https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/attachments/2021-07/CP0015_PRESS_Update_Report_2016_0.pdf

PRESS Version History

Published  Title Type  Citation  Version notes  
2016  PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Explanation and Elaboration (PRESS E&E)  Guideline  PRESS – Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Explanation and Elaboration (PRESS E&E). Ottawa: CADTH; 2016 Jan. https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/attachments/2021-07/CP0015_PRESS_Update_Report_2016_0.pdf The most recent version of the guideline. Contains complete methods on the development of PRESS. Cite this version when using PRESS. 
2016 PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 guideline statement   Guideline statement McGowan J, Sampson M, Salzwedel DM, Cogo E, Foerster V, Lefebvre C. PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 guideline statement. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Jul;75:40-6. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895435616000585 Includes selected content from the guideline, published as a journal article. 
2010 An Evidence Based Checklist for the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS EBC)  Commentary  Sampson M, McGowan J, Lefebvre C. An Evidence Based Checklist for the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS EBC). Evid Based Libr Inf Pract. 2010 Mar;5(1):149-154. https://doi.org/10.18438/B8SG8R A commentary with two tools from the 2008 guideline. 
2009 An Evidence-Based practice guideline for the peer review of electronic search strategies  Guideline  Sampson M, McGowan J, Cogo E, Grimshaw J, Moher D, Lefebvre C. An evidence-based practice guideline for the peer review of electronic search strategies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009;62(9):944-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.10.012  A journal publication of the original guideline. 
2008 PRESS: Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies  Guideline Sampson M, McGowan J, Lefebvre C, Moher D, Grimshaw J. PRESS: Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2008. https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/477_PRESS-Peer-Review-Electronic-Search-Strategies_tr_e.pdf The original version of the guideline. See also the 2016 update.
2008 Appendices A-H  Supplementary Material  Sampson M, McGowan J, Lefebvre C, Moher D, Grimshaw J. Appendices A-H from PRESS: Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2008. https://www.cadth.ca/sites/default/files/PRESS_Peer_Review_Electronic_Search_Strate/Report_477_PRESS_Peer_Review_of_Electronic_Search_Strategies_Appendices.pdf Eight appendices of supplementary material from the 2008 guideline .

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Last Updated : October 9, 2024