Latest changes

  • Internet references
    Description of the change: Cochrane style changed for URLs: 'http://' and 'https://' should now be included, not removed.
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  • Abstracts
    Description of the change: Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'.
    Removed information about MECIR.
    Added information about focused review format.
    Added details about formatting.
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  • Overview of reference types
    Description of the change: Added preprint.
    Added Cochrane Style Essentials.
    Still need to add links!
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  • Journal articles
    Description of the change: Information about non-Latin references added and preprints.
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  • References in Cochrane reviews
    Description of the change: Text updated to cover focused review format.
    Link added to Knowledge Base
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  • Common abbreviations
    Description of the change: NNTB/NNTH swapped to alphabetical order.
    Abbreviations alphabetised
    COVID-19 added
    RNA added
    Text with link to Glossary of terms deleted
    Cochrane Review changed to Cochrane review.
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  • Website addresses and links
    Description of the change: Updated RevMan Web to RevMan.
    Added note about URLs in references.
    Updated web address example for Cochrane Review Group from Heart to Acute Respiratory Infections.
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  • Search methods
    Description of the change: Citing databases and study registers:
    1. second paragraph adjusted to reflect situation after closure of some UK CRGs;
    2. fourth paragraph, text relating to description of searching activities in the Abstract adjusted to reflect current requirements.
    3. Dates changed in bulleted list (2015 to 2023).
    4. Text added about search strategy supplementary material in FRF.
    5. Cochrane Review changed to Cochrane review
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  • Abbreviations to avoid
    Description of the change: Latin dosing moved to within table.
    More examples added (month, year)
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  • Cochrane Style Manual
    Description of the change: Link changed from Style Basics to Style Essentials.
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