The CIS Support Digest has been discontinued. You can find archived issues of the Digest (2015-2021) below. If you have any queries please contact support@cochrane.org.
- Issue 75 (November 2021)
Process change for Embase CENTRAL records
Do you know the publication type Registered Reports?
Upcoming webinar on Information Retrieval for Living Evidence
December Cochrane Information Specialists’ Journal Club
Items for your reading list
- Issue 74 (October 2021)
Editorial Manager for Information Specialists
CIS Exec Corner
Webinar recording available
Information Specialists’ Collaborative Professional Development Webinar
Items for you reading list
Staff news
- Issue 73 (September 2021)
Editorial Manager - live demo
Search peer review guidance (EM)
CIS virtual coffee break
CPD webinar
EIEP update
CIS Exec Corner
New deduplicator tool
Items for your reading list
Opportunity with Cochrane Heart
Opportunity with Cochrane ENT
Staff news - including a new baby!
- Issue 72i (August 2021)
Collaborative Information Specialists for CPD webinar
Call for papers
CIS Exec Corner
Cochrane Symposium 2022
August Journal Club Summary
Update: Editorial Independence and Efficiency (EIEP) Pilot
Items for your reading list
- Issue 72 (July 2021)
New Guided Import of records to the CRS
Information Specialist tasks and Editorial Manager (EM)
Editorial Independence and Efficiency project
CIS Exec Corner
August Cochrane Information Specialists’ Journal Club
ICTRP new URL
CENTRAL content update: KoreaMed
Items for your reading list
- Issue 71 (June 2021)
Information Specialist tasks and Editorial Manager (EM)
PRISMA-S
Editorial Independence and Efficiency project
HarmoniSR Guidance – minor update
Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register – Evaluation
May Journal Club Summary
IFLA webinar available
PICO Annotation Corner
Items for your reading list
- Issue 70 (May 2021)
Information Specialists and Editorial Manager
PICO Search BETA
Updates to the Cochrane Style Manual
Chinese literature database searching
Editorial Integrity and Efficiency Project
NIHR database of global clinical trials
CIS Executive Corner
Reading list
Staff news
- Issue 69 (March 2021)
Helpdesk closure
ICTRP new application
ICTRP records in CENTRAL
Journal Club
Review group classifiers
Reading list
PICO Annotation
Message from the editor
- Issue 68 (Feb 2021)
PRISMA-S
ICTRP in CENTRAL
citationchaser
Article - predatory journals
InterTASC - Search Filer Resource
CIS exec Corner
What's New on RevMan Web
Archie version numbers and impact on CRS
Knowledge Translation
Reading List
Message from the Editor
- Issue 67 (Jan 2021)
Updated Screen4Me reporting guidance
RevMan Web - what are your barriers?
MeSH 2021
February Journal Club
Recommended article
Featured article
A day with IRMG
Cochrane Style Manual update
Archie and Revman
New EMS
CIS exec corner
PICO corner
Articles
- Issue 66 (November 2020)
Featured article
Video - Information expertise for COVID-19 initiatives
Updates - Cochrane Handbook and MECIR
November Journal Club
CIS Executive Corner and survey reminder
Hints and Tips from CIS Support
Articles
- Issue 65 (October 2020)
PubMed legacy site
ICTRP records in CENTRAL
Featured article
Survey on use of automation tools
Guidance on using Clinical Study Reports in Cochrane Reviews
Community blog - CIS working together in Networks
November Journal Club
Peer review and Cochrane Membership
Update Classification System
PICO annotation corner
CIS Exec. corner
Articles for your reading list
- Issue 64 (September 2020)
Learning Live: a Day with IRMG
Cochrane's COVID-19 Study Register update
Cochrane's next strategy
PRISMA 2020 statement
Membership points for translators
CRS Development
NLM - Request for Information
What's new on the Cochrane Library demo
CIS Exec Corner
CIS Exec Survey
PICO Annotation Corner
CIS Journal Club
Articles
Staff changes
- Issue 63 (August 2020)
CENTRAL analysis paper
Access to Covidence
Cochrane's COVID-19 Study Register - update
Searching for Clinical Study Reports
Hints and Tips!
Articles
Helpdesk closure
- Issue 62 (July 2020)
Search peer review form - updates
Style Manual changes
Webinar - how to organise online learning
International HTA database relaunch
CIS Exec Corner
PICO Annotation Corner
Q&As from the CIS Helpdesk
Articles
Staff Changes
- Issue 61 (June 2020)
ICTRP records missing from CENTRAL
Automation tools
EPOC LMIC filter
Extracting references from a PDF
Cochrane Training webinar
May Journal Club - summary and recording
PICO Annotation Corner
CIS Executive Corner
Articles
Technology adoption survey - still open
- Issue 60 (May 2020)
CINAHL records in CENTRAL
Summary information retrieval methods research webinars
Technology adoption survey
Survey of LILACS use in systematic reviews
Journal club - Wednesday May 27th
Blog - search peer review
Conflict of interest policy workshop
PICO Annotation Corner
CIS Executive Corner
Articles
- Issue 59 (March 2020)
News from the CIS Support Team
COVID-19 Study Register
Searching for Clinical Study Reports
Webinar recordings: Rapid Reviews and Revman Web
PICO Annotation Corner
Q&As from the CIS Helpdesk
Articles for your reading list
Job opportunity
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Issue 58 (February 2020)
COVID-19 - Cochrane response
Search Peer Review Support Materials on the CIS Portal
An opportunity to get involved in a new research project
PICO Annotation Corner
New updates to MECIR - March 2020
Cochrane Announces Revised Conflict of Interest Policy for Cochrane Library Content
Items for your reading list - Issue 57 (February 2020)
CIS Support - Join our Team
Training event for CIS
CENTRAL Clean Up
Message from Chris Champion, People Services Department
CRS training material audit
Survey for CRG staff - Cochrane methodological priorities
New LSR Guidance
Webinar Recording - Cochrane's EMS
Webinar - new deduplication features in CRS Web
CIS Exec Corner
PICO Annotation Corner
Two Q&As from the CIS Helpdesk
Articles
- Issue 56 (January 2020)
NEW CRS training material
Update: MeSH 2020 in Cochrane Library
Cochrane Handbook - searching supplement
Elections - CIS representative, Cochrane Council
Information Retrieval Training courses
EUnetHTA methodological guideline on information retrieval (version 2.0)
What's new on the Cochrane Library
ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization
CIS Exec Corner
February Journal Club
PICO Annotation Corner
NICE Evidence resources library bulletin
Cochrane Helpdesk
Q&As from the CIS Helpdesk
Articles
Featured article
Articles Archive
- Issue 55 (December 2019)
Cochrane Council election
PRISMA-S - PRISMA Search Reporting Extension
CRS New Release Webinar
Virtual Cochrane Colloquium
ICTRP records in CENTRAL
Report of the November Journal Club
Blog - Predatory Journals
PICO Annotation Corner
CIS Exec Corner
Identifiers in references in reviews
Articles
Featured Article
End of Year CIS Support Team Message
- Issue 54 (November 2019)
CRS New release and webinar
Information Retrieval Methods Group
CIS wins Chris Silagy Prize
Cochrane's Virtual Colloquium Announced
CIS meeting in Santiago
New HarmoniSR Guidance
DTA screening article
Q&As from the CIS help desk
PICO annotation corner
Items for your reading list
SAve the date-training from CIS in EUrope
- Issue 53 (October 2019)
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, Version 6 - Published
Searching to support Rapid Reviews
PICO search BETA launched
New guide for identifying translators
RevMan Web Webinar
News from the CIS Executive
Cochrane Rapid Reviews - Methods Survey
Change to the Cochrane Style Guide
Forthcoming Cochrane Information Specialists Journal Club
PICO Annotation Corner
CRG Keywords
Items for your reading list
- Issue 52 (Sep 2019)
Cochrane Colloquium, Santiago (22-25 October 2019)
PICO SearchBeta on the Cochrane Library
An Updated PubMed is on its Way!
Why Organizations, Researchers, and Patients Are Falling Prey to Predatory Journals?
Kopernio - PDF finding tool
Q&As from the CIS Helpdesk
August Journal Club
CIS Executive Corner
Items for your reading list
PICO Annotation Corner
- Issue 51 (August 2019)
Search Peer Review White Paper
Prize winning poster at HTAi
Cochrane Priority Setting Projects
Cochrane Community Blog
CIS Executive Corner
PICO Annotation Corner
Cochrane Editorial Management System (EMS) Stakeholder Survey
Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource (EPPR)
Items for your reading list
- Issue 50 (July 2019)
New Quick Reference Guide - search syntax
Search peer review
Cochrane's 30 under 30
Items for your reading list
August Journal Club
PICO Annotation Corner
CRG Network Innovations Funding awarded
- Issue 49 (June 2019)
2018 Impact Factor
CRS Training
HarmoniSR update
CRS Development
Methods research
Clinical Study Reports Working Group
Living Evidence Network Webinar - recording available
Resources for finding trials
Messages from the Community
Knowledge Translation mentorship programme
2019 Cochrane Colloquium, Santiago, Chile
CIS Executive Meeting
PICO Annotation Corner
Who has access to CRS
Journal Club Update
Items for your reading list
- Issue 48 (May 2019)
Appointment of a new Editor in Chief for the Cochrane Library
PubMed News
PRISMA-S opportunity to comment
May journal club
New CRS training videos
PICO Annotation Corner
Exec update
Council news
CIS Helpdesk item
Items for your reading list
- Issue 47 (April 2019)
New version of CRS released
New CRS training materials
WHO ICTRP records added to CENTRAL
PICO Annotation Corner
Highlighted resource: IRG newsletter
Exec news - March meeting round-up
Items for your reading list
Team news
A note from the editor
- Issue 46 (March 2019)
New CIS representative on Cochrane Council
Give us your views on the Support Team!
Screen4Me: new training materials available
CIS Journal Club report
Change of date for publishing records to CENTRAL
New nursing database (Emcare) available through Ovid
Training on the new CRS Classifier
Free peer review webinar from the Knowledge Synthesis Interest Group
Three new webinars to join in March
CIS Exec news
PICO Annotation Corner
Items for your reading list
Easter closure dates for the CIS helpdesk
- Issue 45 (February 2019)
New CIS representative sought for Cochrane Council
Editorial Essentials - new from the Cochrane Training team
PRISMA generator from the Theta Collaborative
News on the National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Webinar recordings on Screen4Me and peer review
PICO Annotation Corner
Searching for DARE / HTA records
New article on searching for living systematic reviews
Q&As from the helpdesk: How can I remove records from an import folder in the CRS?
Items for your reading list
- Issue 44 (January 2019)
MeSH headings - new for 2019
Delay to Embase reload - and new EMTREE headings
UK and Ireland Symposium, March 21-22
Cochrane Colloquium, Santiago, Chile
Conflict of interest policy - your views are needed
Exec news - would you like to conduct or be involved in information retrieval methods research?
Update of Cochrane methodology review on full results initially published in abstracts
PICO Annotation Corner
Confronting search errors through peer review
Course - identifying the evidence for systematic reviews
Q&A: will the CENTRAL clean-up mean that I can now merge CENTRAL records in the CRS?
CT.gov and CENTRAL - do we still have to search both?
Items for your reading list
- Issue 43 (December 2018)
Adjacency searching in Ovid
New MEDLINE publication type - systematic reviews
Archie - tips and tricks
Peer review webinar
Cochrane Journal Club report and update
PICO Annotation Corner
Exec news
New webinars from Clarivate Analytics
Helpdesk Christmas closure dates
- Issue 42 (November 2018)
Clean up of CENTRAL underway
Guidance available for handling retractions in CRS Web
PICO Annotation Corner
Professional development opportunities
Q&A: Now that ClinicalTrials.gov records are available in CENTRAL, do I still need to search it separately?
New paper on peer review
Robin Featherstone joins the Editorial and Methods Department
- Issue 41 (October 2018)
Peer review of search strategies: discussion and resources
Cochrane Handbook: draft of the new searching chapter now online
Cochrane Library Editorial on the role of the information specialist
CIS Exec: call for new members
WHO ICTRP: minimum standards updated
IRMG meeting: slides from the Cochrane Colloquium
Cochrane Council representatives request feedback
PICO Annotation Corner
Call for contributors: SuRe Info
Welcome to Iris Gordon
- Issue 40 (September 2018)
Colloquium: highlighted workshops and meetings for Cochrane Information Specialists
HarmoniSR: guidance on retractions
PICO Annotation Corner
Cochrane Library tips
Update of Grey Matters
Items for your reading list
- Issue 39 (August 2018)
Launch of the new Cochrane Library platform
CERT Group guidance on publishing to CENTRAL
Search dates in Cochrane reviews
Living Systematic Reviews: webinar recording and slides available
PICO Annotation Corner
Refresh of the fields in CT.gov records in the CRS
MEDLINE segment renamed
Text mining tools: introduction to text and data mining
News on the future of the National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Job vacancies
Items for your reading list
Team news: welcome to Anna, (a temporary) goodbye to Sam
- Issue 38 (July 2018)
CIS Exec members meet with Network Senior Editors
CRS new build: weekend of 20/21 July
Webinar on Managing Searches for Living Systematic Reviews
Webinar on RevMan Web
Vivli launches trial data sharing platform
CIS Survey - help us plan for the Colloquium in Edinburgh
PICO Annotation Corner
Items for your reading list
Staffing of the CIS Support Helpdesk
- Issue 37 (June 2018)
New videos and Quick Ref Guides are available on CRS Web
HarmoniSR and CENTRAL records
Are you part of the Living Systematic Review Network?
Introducing PubPeer
Cochrane KT survey: are you involved in the communication of Cochrane evidence?
Cochrane Colloquium: the CIS meeting/CRS training, Cochrane prizes
Journal Club update
CT.gov and EndNote: new filter available
PICO Annotation Corner
Items for your reading list
Team news: welcome to Candida
- Issue 36 (May 2018)
A new policy on the maintenance of specialised registers
Launch of Cochrane's peer review policy
CRS development
Discussion on authorship for CISs
Your Cochrane Council reps...
PICO Annotation Corner
Results of the methods survey
Helpdesk Q&As: why do I get different results from searching the KW field in CENTRAL via Wiley and CENTRAL via CRS Web?
Helpdesk Q&As: where is the best place to publish module text now that the About Cochrane database has been retired?
HTAi training events for information specialists
Training courses in York, UK
Team news: goodbye to Charlene
- Issue 35 (April 2018)
Support Team vacancies and team news
Cochrane Library – new site available to preview
How to handle retracted studies in the CRS
PICO Annotation Corner
How well is Covidence working for you?
Cochrane Membership: acknowledging translators
Editorial Policy and Publication webinars
Embase webinar recording available
Items for your reading list
- Issue 34 (March 2018)
CRS Update – bug reporting, Embase renumbering, training event
Report on the NICE Information Specialists' Training Day
Trials Tracker: new from EBM Datalab
PICO Annotation Corner – guidance, workshops and meetings, how many annotations?
Journal Club Update
EndNote Tips: avoiding corrupted libraries and how to back up
Q&A: should I publish unpublished studies to CENTRAL?
Items for your reading list
We’re recruiting – join the team!
- Issue 33 (February 2018)
CRS Update – new build features and new training materials
Changes to the CENTRAL creation details pages
Changes to date limits in Ovid MEDLINE
New Cochrane Crowd challenge
Searching for retractions - tips
Exec news – survey to prioritize methods topics and new members
PICO Annotation Update
Q&A: Do I still have to search ClinicalTrials.gov, or just CENTRAL?
Q&A: How are the Classifier scores affected by out-of-scope reviews? Searching and beyond workshop: London
- Issue 32 (January 2018)
CRS Update - CRS Build, Copying references/Studies in RevMan
RevMan Web – updates
Cochrane Handbook – revised searching chapter is out for consultation
Exec news – call for new members, NICE training event, thanks to Anna and Farhad
Publish or Perish
PICO Annotation Corner – Webinar, Aptara Pilot, Guidance
Evidence surveillance presentation
UK Information Specialists Meeting – Oxford
Articles for your reading list
Identifying the evidence for systematic reviews – training course
Support Team update
- Issue 31 (December 2017)
Information about search and browse issues in the Cochrane Library
New version of WHO ICTRP released
Clarification on CENTRAL and deduplication
PICO Annotation Corner
CIS Journal Club update
York Health Economics Consortium courses
Items for your reading list
Exec news: call for new members
Helpdesk Christmas break arrangements
- Issue 30 (November 2017)
How to submit ideas for changes to CRS Web
Centralised Search Service update – ClinicalTrials.gov project
Cochrane Library issues
Accession numbers in Embase
Sharing a search in Ovid
Structure and Function Review: new resources and review group accreditation
Updates from the CIS Exec: methods topics; knowledge translation strategies
PICO annotation corner: webinar, Slack and survey
Items for your reading list
- Issue 29 (October 2017)
Trials Registers / Regulatory Documents and Searching
News from the Global Evidence Summit
Updates to the Style Manual
Covidence Update
Items for your reading list
EAHIL – call for abstracts
Jobs at Cochrane Common Mental Disorders
- Issue 28 (September 2017)
Structure and function of review groups update
Feedback from the workshop at the Global Evidence Summit
Enhanced Cochrane Library
Webinar on PICO Annotator tools
Predatory journals
Machine learning
Cochrane Forums
Cochrane Information Specialists Journal Club
- Issue 27 (August 2017)
Global Evidence Summit: sessions of interest to information specialists
CRS Update: closure of stand-alone, and CRS search tips
Updated HarmoniSR guidance
Launch of the new look CIS Forum
CIS Exec: a day in the life blog
Items for your reading list
- Issue 26 (July 2017)
CRS Update: new features released, wildcard searching and upcoming webinars
Information Specialists’ journal club
Search blocks
MEDLINE Transpose
Search filters: what are they good for?
July reading list: including articles on text mining and crowd sourcing
Training courses available at York Health Economics Consortium
- Issue 25 (June 2017)
CRS Web rollout update
CRS Webinars for June
CRS adjacency operators
Audit of abstracts and summary of findings tables
The Systematic Review Accelerator
Wayback Machine
OpenDOAR
PubMed Commons blog post
How to report a CRS search in a Cochrane review
MECIR standards and DTA reviews
- Issue 24 (May 2017)
CRS Update: new ideas
Global Evidence Summit - workshop and meeting, stipends available
Training opportunity: webinar on WHO/ATC Drug Classification System
Unpaywall.org
Professional development opportunity: course on mixed method searching at the University of Leeds, UK
News from the Exec: Election for CIS Council Representatives, new co-convenor
- Issue 23 (April 2017)
CRS New Build
Update for Ovid users
Peer review resources
Horizon scanning and the WHO
Useful articles and a journal club?
Searching regulatory databases – guidance
SRC Methods Library Article Alerts
Changes to the CIS Support Team
- Issue 22 (March 2017)
Overlap between Scopus and other databases
Update from the Centralised Search Service team on using "date created" to limit searches in Embase
Problem with the date field in CENTRAL, January 2017 Issue
Searching CENTRAL by date for review updates
PICO Annotation guidance
How to submit a development idea for CRS Web
Open Trials Beta Testing
Articles of interest to Cochrane information specialists
- Issue 21 (February 2017)
Launch of official partnership between Epistemonikos and Cochrane
Beta testing of ClinicalTrials.gov
CRS Web Developments
Training opportunities – PICO webinars, searching workshops in York, UK; Sheffield, UK and Bern, Switzerland
Happy retirement to Jane Hayes
- Issue 20 (January 2017)
CRS Web update
Open Trials – searching FDA approval documents
Cochrane Crowd and the citation screening challenge
New tool for EndNote
dotdot commands in Ovid
Campbell Collaboration – request for proposals
News from the Exec
New edition of JEAHIL
Liz Doney leaves CIS Support
- Issue 19 (December 2016)
PICO-thon: catch up from Seoul
CRS Webinars and a face-to-face CRS training opportunity in Oxford
Cochrane Crowd 48 Hour Screening Challenge
News from the Exec: Seoul wrap up
Question from Seoul: dealing with retractions
Archie update: tips and tricks
A fresh new look for the Information Specialists’ Portal
- Issue 18 (November 2016)
CRS Update – news from Seoul
Resources – NHS Learning Zone, Trials Register Resource
Open Trials now available in Beta
Cochrane Library: DARE and EED update
Call for papers: Research Synthesis Journal
Helpdesk Q&A: citing data in the Study Results tab of a ClinicalTrials.gov record
- Issue 17 (October 2016)
CILIP Health Libraries Group Conference 2016
Updated MECIR standards now available
New developments in the Cochrane Library
Useful paper on database searching for SRs
How do I reference supplementary material in a Cochrane review?
PICOthon!
CRS training in Seoul
- Issue 16 (September 2016)
New features coming to Ovid Embase
Confirmation from Ovid on differences between PubMed and Ovid MEDLINE
Did you know about SuRe Info?
Early adopters and CRS Web
- Issue 15 (August 2016)
New feature in CRS Web
Resource for systematic reviewers
ePub ahead of print now available on Ovid
CRS Web Training in Seoul
Do I need to search all sources again for a "top up" search, even if the grey literature searches haven't yielded any studies?
- Issue 14 (19 July 2016)
Sharing full text material with authors
The Updating Classification System
Survey on training materials for identifying adverse effects
Article on search strategy formulation
12th International Congress on Medical Librarianship and the 2017 EAHIL Workshop
Cochrane Style Guide - new edition
Template text for protocols
Text mining webinars
National Library of Medicine update
- Issue 13 (23 June 2016)
HL Wiki
SRC Methods Library
MIF project on regulatory data
MeSH issues - CRSO versus Wiley Cochrane Library
Text mining webinars
Q&A - how do I rename a batch in the CRS?
Save the date: 22nd October 2016 - CRS Web Event
- Issue 12 (27 May 2016)
Revising and updating Archie workflows
Running an Ovid update search from the search box
Launch of Cochrane Crowd
Text mining webinars
CRS Web goes live
Precision maximising filter in MEDLINE
Filters for studies concentrating on children
DisasterLit - free access to database on disaster management
- Issue 11 (28 April 2016)
Text mining webinars
Getting references into RevMan using EndNote and CRS
Reporting search dates
Use of CRSO to change CENTRAL records
Frequency searching in Ovid
Style Guide reminder - Issue 10 (23 March 2016)
Searching trial registries and trial registry platforms
Round up from the CRS Web event in Birmingham
Archie tips and tricks
Round up from the mailing list (Stop Words and Google Scholar article)
Checking your Archie roles
Annual report from the Support Team - Issue 9 (22 February 2016)
PRISMA flow diagram resources
Retraction Watch and PubChase,
Helping TSC Support with template text
Where to get help with translations
PRESS Checklist updated
Scopus resources
Colloquia abstracts
- Issue 8 (22 January 2016)
Use of the TSC and CRS discussion forums
Searching MEDLINE and Ovid EMBASE for review updates: entry dates
Guidance on searching regulatory databases
Reporting errors via CRSO and editing records for CENTRAL and CRSO
- Issue 7 (16 December 2015)
CRS Web update - third round of testing complete
Transferring search strategies between different people's accounts
Plain language summaries and search dates
Q&A: When should I submit records to CENTRAL in order to be sure they are published in the next edition of the Cochrane Library?
- Issue 6 (20 November 2015)
Embase Special Edition - user guides, Embase RCT filter from the Embase Project, scope notes in Embase Ovid.
HarmoniSR guidance
- Issue 5 (14 October 2015)
Searching the internet for grey literature: Google Scholar, Millionshort, CarrotSearch, BASE, DART-Europe, The Deep Web
Editorial Resources Committee - translation resources, resources for new authors, peer review checklists
- Issue 4 (8 September 2015)
Searching grey literature - the HL Wiki resources, Open Grey, Healthcare Management Information Consortium, PsycExtra, dissertations and theses, conference proceedings
Dealing with duplicates in Ovid databases
- Issue 3 (20 August 2015)
Handsearching - the handsearching guide, online training and the Cochrane journals list.
Q&A: When I don't add field limits in a search of the Cochrane Library, which fields are actually being searched?
- Issue 2 (31 July 2015)
Training opportunities - online training for CINAHL, LILACS, Scopus and Web of Science
- Issue 1 (17 July 2015)
Training opportunities - online training for PubMed, Ovid and the Cochrane Library