Translating the Cochrane EMBASE RCT filter from the Ovid interface to Embase.com: a case study.

Background: Information specialists frequently translate search filters from one interface to another. Publications advise that translation can be complex and should be undertaken carefully.

Objectives: To investigate the issues arising when translating the Cochrane Embase RCT search filter from one interface (Ovid) to another (Embase.

Development of a search filter to identify reports of controlled clinical trials within CINAHL Plus.

Background: Evidence synthesis reviews in health care rely on the efficient identification of research evidence, particularly evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs). There are no recently validated filters to identify RCTs in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL Plus).

Objectives: To develop, test and validate a search filter to identify reports of RCTs from CINAHL Plus.