Systematic Reviews/Evidence Synthesis

PRESS - Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: Literature search strategies for knowledge or evidence synthesis should be peer reviewed using a structured tool such as the PRESS 2015 Evidence-Based Checklist. Evidence suggests that peer review of electronic literature search strategies using a structured tool such as the PRESS 2015 Guideline enhances the quality and comprehensiveness of a search.

• Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS) Checklist Checklist and other documentation from Canada’s Drug Agency (formerly Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health - CADTH)

An overview of the PRESS Guidelines and how to submit a peer review request to the PRESS Forum by Carrie Price, Towson University. This video and its contents are licensed with CC BY-NC 2.0

• PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Statement

McGowan, J., Sampson, M., Salzwedel, D.M., Cogo, E., Foerster, V., & Lefebvre, C. (2016). PRESS peer review of electronic search strategies: 2015 guideline statement. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 75, 40-46.

• PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Explanation and Elaboration (PRESS E&E)
• PRESS 2015 Guideline Evidence-Based Checklist (Table 1)
• PRESS 2015 Guideline Recommendations for Librarian Practice (Table 2)
• PRESS 2015 Guideline Implementation Strategies (Table 3)
• Download PRESS Guideline — Search Submission & Peer Review Assessment form (Appendix A)