NICE process and methods
Appendix C Example of audit information to accompany search strategies
Appendix C Example of audit information to accompany search strategies
Database name |
(name of database) |
Database host |
(name of host or environment in which the database was searched) |
Database coverage dates |
(dates that the database covers) |
Searcher |
(name of staff who conducted the search) |
Search date |
(date that the database was searched) |
Search strategy checked by |
(names of people who checked the search strategy. At least 1 person in addition to the searcher should check this) |
Number of records retrieved |
(total number of records retrieved) |
Name of RefMan library |
(file name of RefMan results) |
Number of records loaded into RefMan |
(total number of records retrieved) |
Reference numbers of records in RefMan library |
(range of unique reference numbers assigned to the records by RefMan) |
Number of records after de-duplication in RefMan library |
(total number of records from database after de-duplication) |