Redundancy of terms is not an error but plays a positive role in composing search strategies

Authors

  • Jan W. Schoones Collection Development Expert/Information Specialist, Walaeus Library, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600 C1-Q, 2300 RC Leiden http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1120-4781

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.780

Keywords:

Information Storage and Retrieval, Search Terms, Letter to the Editor

Abstract

Comment on Salvador-Oliván JA, Marco-Cuenca G, Arquero-Avilés R. Errors in search strategies used in systematic reviews and their effects on information retrieval. J Med Libr Assoc. 2019 Apr;107(2):210–21. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.567.

References

Salvador-Oliván JA, Marco-Cuenca G, Arquero-Avilés R. Errors in search strategies used in systematic reviews and their effects on information retrieval. J Med Libr Assoc. 2019 Apr;107(2):210–21. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.567.

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Published

2020-01-02

Issue

Vol. 108 No. 1 (2020): January 2020

Section

Letter to the Editor