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What's the difference between a narrative review, a literature review, and a knowledge synthesis?
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How do I cite an UpToDate Topic in APA format? Vancouver?
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Why can't I just use Google Scholar to find articles?
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Why do I have to search for subject headings AND keywords? Why not just subject headings, or just keywords?
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What is quality assessment or critical appraisal?
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What tools can I use for article screening?
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How do I know whether my search is bad, or if there's no evidence on my topic?
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How does proximity searching work? What is the optimal number to enter when doing proximity searching?
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What happens if my question doesn't fit into PICO?
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How do I cite Dynamed in APA? Vancouver?
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What is a PRISMA diagram?
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What fields should I be searching in Ovid databases like Medline? TI, AB, KW?
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Can you help me find the full text of an article?
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When doing research in the health sciences, is EndNote or Zotero the better software for citation management?
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What is actually being searched when I don't specify a search field or when I search all fields?
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How does proximity searching work? What is the optimal number to enter when doing proximity searching?
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My UpToDate account expired. What should I do?
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How do I map an article to the evidence pyramid?
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What type of review should I conduct?
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