This document outlines steps for enhancing medical literature searches and summarizing search strategies. It discusses:
1) Formulating a searchable question using PICO(S) criteria.
2) Exploring eligible information sources beyond Google Scholar, such as bibliographic databases.
3) Expanding searches using systematic techniques like conceptual and operational search strategies.
4) Analyzing results with tools like Carrot2 and GOPubMed to identify key concepts and references.
5) Validating search results against a set of "spot on" references found separately.
The document emphasizes documenting search strategies for transparency and using reference management software.
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