The lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the record counts table below for full details of numbers of records in this latest issue.
Access to the archive website update are here.
2013 Issue 3 (March) Updates have been made to Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; ABOUT; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; The remaining databases will be updated, as scheduled, in the April Issue: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database. [Please Note Cochrane Methodology Register - The CMR database has not been updated from the 31st May 2012. Until further notice the CMR database will remain as per April 2012 record].
The March Issue publication of The Cochrane Library was released on the 28th March. Further details of the publication schedule dates can be found here.
End of month Issue publication is in preparation for the move to Publish When Ready (PWR) for the CDSR database. The Collaboration will be able to diseminate the latest reviews without waiting until the Issue publication day. PWR will be release in mid 2013, and we look forward to providing further information shortly.
MeSH Thesaurus Update - This was successfully completed on the weekend of the 2nd March. Though the CENTRAL Database required a further corrected data delivery from the Metaxis team, and has been included in the March Issue, with the full MeSH update.
Table Of Content: This page is live, with alphabetical listing to remove duplication of listings.
CENTRAL:
If there has been no change to the MeSH heading in the 2013 update these terms will return the correct number of records in both newly created and saved searches.
We updated these files as part of the March Issue3 publication, on 28th March. If you are concerned about a term you can check the list of changed MeSH descriptors at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd12/nd12_mesh.html. In particular, you should look at the list of 'Changed Descriptors' and 'Deleted Descriptors', for terms that may be problematic when running searches.
DARE, HTA and NHS-EED:
Other Issues:
If you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact cs-cochrane@wiley.com or for account managed customers please contact your Wiley Account Manager. For information on training, go to the Wiley Online Workshops page, to see details of upcoming Cochrane Online Training Sessions.
Next scheduled maintenance : 11th May 2013 - 10 am (UK)
Scheduled Maintenance information is found here.
Database |
Total Records |
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews* |
7819 |
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects |
19615 |
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials |
687344 |
Cochrane Methodology Register |
15764** |
Health Technology Assessment Database |
12049 |
NHS Economic Evaluation Database |
12916 |
About The Cochrane Collaboration† |
81 |
| Editorials | 55 |
* Comprises 5449 published reviews and 2370 protocols, of which 31 are new reviews, 42 updated reviews (comprises 34 new search and 8 conclusions changed), 46 new protocols and 9 updated protocols. There was 5 withdrawn review, and 8 withdrawn protocols.
**CMR - The CMR database is currently not being updated as from the 31st May due to lack of funding for core activity. It is no longer supported by the UKCC. The plan is to draw together interested individuals to review the current format and focus of this database and consider options to take it forward. If this is of particular interest please contact Jackie chandler jchandler@cochrane.org
† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 53; Fields: 11; Methods Groups: 16. There are also 14 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.
The lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the record counts table below for full details of numbers of records in this latest issue.
Access to the archive website update are here.
2013 Issue 2 (February) Updates have been made to Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; ABOUT; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; The remaining databases will be updated, as scheduled, in the April Issue: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database. [Please Note Cochrane Methodology Register - The CMR database has not been updated from the 31st May 2012. Until further notice the CMR database will remain as per April 2012 record].
The February Issue publication of The Cochrane Library was released on the 28th February. Further details of the publication schedule dates can be found here.
The move to end of month Issue publication is in preparation for the move to Publish When Ready (PWR) for the CDSR database. The Collaboration will be able to diseminate the latest reviews without waiting until the Issue publication day. PWR will be release in mid 2013, and we look forward to providing further information shortly.
MeSH Thesaurus Update - This was successfully completed on the weekend of the 2nd March.
Table Of Content: This page is live, with alphabetical listing to remove duplication of listings.
CENTRAL:
If there has been no change to the MeSH heading in the 2013 update these terms will return the correct number of records in both newly created and saved searches.
We are updating these files as part of the March Issue3 publication, on 28th March. If you are concerned about a term you can check the list of changed MeSH descriptors at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd12/nd12_mesh.html. In particular you should look at the list of Changed Descriptors and Deleted Descriptors, for terms that may be problematic when running searches.
DARE, HTA and NHS-EED:
Other Issues:
If you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact cs-cochrane@wiley.com or for account managed customers please contact your Wiley Account Manager. For information on training, go to the Wiley Online Workshops page, to see details of upcoming Cochrane Online Training Sessions.
Next scheduled maintenance : 11th May 2013 - 10 am (UK)
Scheduled Maintenance information is found here.
Database |
Total Records |
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews* |
7773 |
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects |
19615 |
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials |
683114 |
Cochrane Methodology Register |
15764** |
Health Technology Assessment Database |
12049 |
NHS Economic Evaluation Database |
12916 |
About The Cochrane Collaboration† |
81 |
| Editorials | 53 |
* Comprises 5418 published reviews and 2355 protocols, of which 36 are new reviews, 55 updated reviews (comprises 38 new search and 15 conclusions changed), 77 new protocols and 19 updated protocols. There was 2 withdrawn review, and 4 withdrawn protocols.
**CMR - The CMR database is currently not being updated as from the 31st May due to lack of funding for core activity. It is no longer supported by the UKCC. The plan is to draw together interested individuals to review the current format and focus of this database and consider options to take it forward. If this is of particular interest please contact Jackie chandler jchandler@cochrane.org
† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 53; Fields: 11; Methods Groups: 16. There are also 14 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.
Access to the archive website update are here.
The lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the record counts table below for full details of numbers of records in this latest issue.
2013 Issue 1 (January) Updates have been made to Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; ABOUT; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database. [Please Note Cochrane Methodology Register - The CMR database has not been updated from the 31st May 2012. Until further notice the CMR database will remain as per April 2012 record].
Access to the archive website update are here.
The January Issue publication of The Cochrane Library has seen the move to an end of calendar month publication schedule. Further details of the publication schedule dates can be found here.
The move to end of month Issue publication is in preparation for the move to Publish When Ready (PWR) for the CDSR database. The Collaboration will be able to diseminate the latest reviews without waiting until the Issue publication day. PWR will be release in mid 2013, and we look forward to providing further information shortly.
Table Of Content: This page is undergoing live changes to it's layout and format to allow for effective and efficient usage.
Changes: Deduplication of reviews; Alphabetically listed reviews; Inclusion of Topic headings under the reviews for ease of user interest.
Next scheduled maintenance : 23rd February 2013 - 10 am (UK)
Scheduled Maintenance information is found here.
Pre 15th December Release - Known Issues.
If you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact cs-cochrane@wiley.com or for account managed customers please contact your Wiley Account Manager. For information on training, go to the Wiley Online Workshops page, to see details of upcoming Cochrane Online Training Sessions.
Database |
Total Records |
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews* |
7673 |
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects |
19615 |
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials |
680740 |
Cochrane Methodology Register |
15764** |
Health Technology Assessment Database |
12049 |
NHS Economic Evaluation Database |
12916 |
About The Cochrane Collaboration† |
81 |
| Editorials | 51 |
* Comprises 5382 published reviews and 2291 protocols, of which 30 are new reviews, 40 updated reviews (comprises 33 new search and 7 conclusions changed), 47 new protocols and 0 updated protocols. There was 1 withdrawn review, and 7 withdrawn protocols.
**CMR - The CMR database is currently not being updated as from the 31st May due to lack of funding for core activity. It is no longer supported by the UKCC. The plan is to draw together interested individuals to review the current format and focus of this database and consider options to take it forward. If this is of particular interest please contact Jackie chandler jchandler@cochrane.org
† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 53; Fields: 11; Methods Groups: 16. There are also 14 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.
Access to the archive website update are here.