Search
- Changes to the date used for returning search results
- The new search results
- Searching for new and updated CDSR content from February 2010
Changes to the date used for returning search results
In 2009, when a user performed a search of CDSR, the search results displayed a specific year in the record information. This was the year given in the current citation version of the review or protocol. From January 2010, the search will return results based on the month and year of the latest published version, regardless of whether it was a new citation version. This will improve the discoverability of those reviews which have been updated (example, with a new search) but where the citation has not changed.
The new search results
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Searching for new and updated CDSR content from February 2010
Restrict search by record status
The status of a review or protocol cannot change until the content of that article is changed and re-published. This has implications for search results. When a user restricts a search by status (New, New Search, Conclusions Changed, Major Change, Commented, and Withdrawn) the search results return all reviews and protocols with that status from the current issue. If the user wishes to see all records in the database with that status, "Issue: All" must be selected from the top of the search results display. The user can easily navigate back to the current issue’s results by selecting "Issue: Current":
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The option to view results restricted to the current issue only is now available on all other searches within the CDSR. For example, the user searches for "trauma" in the title:
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The search results default to all records in the database with "trauma" found in the title, but the user can select "Current" to view only those records from the most recent issue:
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Saved Searches
Any saved searches by Status will now return results from the current issue when re-run. It is no longer necessary to edit the search to restrict the date range from 2010-2010.
