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... searched the Cochrane Airways Group's special register of controlled trials, composed of references from Medline (1966-98), Embase (1980-98), and CINAHL (1982-98), and hand searched airways related journals. The reference lists from relevant review articles and all eligible studies were also hand searched. Search terms used were:
asthma OR wheez* AND education* OR self management OR self-management AND placebo* OR trial* OR random* OR double-blind OR double blind OR single-blind OR single blind OR controlled study OR comparative study
PsychINFO (to 1998) was also searched to identify trials published in the educational or behavioural science literature by using the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group's search strategy:
asthma* OR ASTHMA- in DE OR wheez* OR [(BRONCHIAL*) near (HYPER-REACTIV* or HYPERREACTIV*)]
Cochrane Library
- Cochrane Reviews: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Other Reviews: Database of Abstracts of Reviews and Effects
- Clinical Trials: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
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PubMed
- Cochrane Database of Systemtic Reviews records included
- Use Limits, Clinical Queries/Systematic Reviews to quickly find research-based citations
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- PubMed at the UW healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/pubmed/
- PubMed: MyNCBI healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/myncbi.html
- How To Locate Research Articles Using PubMed and CINAHL healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/liaisons/schnall/research_pubmed.html
Other Databases
- CINAHL Plus (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)
- Additional Information at:
- Searching CINAHL: Nursing & Allied Healthhealthlinks.washington.edu/howto/cinahl/
- How To Locate Research Articles Using PubMed and CINAHL healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/liaisons/schnall/research_pubmed.html
- PsycINFO
- Academic, research, and practice literature in psychology including relevant materials from related disciplines
- Indexes journals, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, and other documents from 1806 to the present
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Sarah Safranek, MLIS
Information Management Librarian
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