ARCHIVE WEBSITE UPDATES

DECEMBER UPDATE 2011

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.

Please note: 2011Issue12 (Dec) Updates have been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews & ABOUT. The other databases, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database, were updated for the October Issue10.

Access to the archive website update are here.

This months changes, as part of the December technical release, will show in The Cochrane Library:

Reviews now display 'Search Methods' as a heading, a change from Search Strategy - this reflects the Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.
Access to the latest version of a review, via EBMG access, utilising their URL link has been rolled out.
'Share This' - to FaceBook displays the citation and onlinelibrary.wiley.com, rather than the incorrect heading of Book Extract.

New and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews display has had a makeover, for further details click here.

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.

Known Issues (2011Issue12).

Combined Searches giving inaccurate results: Selected users reported back on issues with combined searches giving wrong result counts (total higher than the sum of its parts). In all cases, this related to a old known Wiley InterScience Issue. Searches were restricted to specific databases and when combined these database limits are lost. (Developmental point).
Cochrane Library display of Wiley Online Library maintenance message obscures the links to Cochrane Library databases.
Some PDF's have suffered with a technical error, with paragraphs being inserted incorrectly into following paragraphs, causing confusion in the text. Though it is possible to read the text,this has been corrected and the new PDF's will appear in the 18th January 2012Issue1. New and Updated Cochrane review 'CIted By' tab is occasionally showing Error message. This is being investigated and the fix is being tested, before release to the live system. (added 13th January).

Record count DEC 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6967
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	15950
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	661393
Cochrane Methodology Register	14985
Health Technology Assessment Database	10532
NHS Economic Evaluation Database^	11441
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4893 published reviews and 2074 protocols, of which 55 are new reviews, 48 updated reviews (comprises 33 new search and 15 conclusions changed), 61 new protocols, and 6 updated protocol. There are also 1 withdrawn review and 1 withdrawn protocols.

† 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.

^Early in 2010, The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) stopped the addition of new bibliographic categories (other than Provisional Abstracts), that is to say Cost Studies, Review Articles, Methodology Papers, Outcome Valuation Studies, and Partial Economic Evaluations. Although no new records were added to these categories, the existing records remained on the CRD website, and Wiley have maintain provision of these files. It was planned that, when the CRD's new public interface went live, these bibliographic records would be dropped from their site, this has now occurred. These records no longer exist in NHSEED. Wiley are, therefore, no longer supplying this data as to the CRD's requirements.

Access to the archive website update are here.

November UPDATE 2011

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.

Please note: 2011Issue11 (Nov) Updates have been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews & ABOUT. The other databases, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database, were updated for the October Issue10.

Access to the archive website update are here.

There have been a number of changes, as part of the November technical release, which will now show in The Cochrane Library:

Subtotals in graphs - These subtotals will now appear whether multiple groups are included or not.
Footnotes in graphs - These are now included to allow claritiy and further explaination to the graph.
Additional Tables - The 'additional tables' will now appear in the additional tables section in the PDF. This improves the read of the review from the PDF, and is inline with the Handbook requirements for Additional Tables.
Boolean Operator displaying AND NOT when NOT is used. Note that the system was providing the correct result. Now displaying appropriately.

New and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews display has had a makeover, for further details click here.

Known Issues (2011Issue11).

Figure displayed occasionally renders incorrectly. The full size figure is being displayed within it's review box, causing the obscuring of the full image. (Please report any observed occurance to d.hives@wiley.com)
Combined Searches giving inaccurate results: Selected users reported back on issues with combined searches giving wrong result counts (total higher than the sum of its parts). In all cases, this related to a old known Wiley InterScience Issue. Searches were restricted to specific databases and when combined these database limits are lost. (Developmental point).
Cochrane Library display of Wiley Online Library maintenance message obscures the links to Cochrane Library databases.

Record count NOV 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6909
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	15950
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	661393
Cochrane Methodology Register	14985
Health Technology Assessment Database	10532
NHS Economic Evaluation Database^	11441
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4837 published reviews and 2072 protocols, of which 46 are new reviews, 39 updated reviews (comprises 35 new search and 4 conclusions changed), 56 new protocols, and 5 updated protocol. There are also 0 withdrawn review and 7 withdrawn protocols.

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.

Please note: 2011Issue10 (Oct) Updates have been made to all The Cochrane Library Databases. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; ABOUT; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

Access to the archive website update are here.

OCTOBER UPDATE 2011

new and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews display has had a makeover, for further details click here.

Known Issues (2011Issue10).

Boolean Operator displaying AND NOT when NOT is used. Note that the system is providing the correct result - Fix to be released 5 November 2011.
Figure displayed occasionally renders incorrectly. The full size figure is being displayed within it's review box, causing the obscuring of the full image. (Please report any observed occurance to d.hives@wiley.com)
Combined Searches giving inaccurate results: Selected users reported back on issues with combined searches giving wrong result counts (total higher than the sum of its parts). In all cases, this related to a old known Wiley InterScience Issue. Searches were restricted to specific databases and when combined these database limits are lost. (Developmental point).
Cochrane Library display of Wiley Online Library maintenance message obscures the links to Cochrane Library databases. This occurs for the 5 day notification period. It is schedule for correction on 8th October.

Record count OCT 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6858
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	15950
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	661393
Cochrane Methodology Register	14985
Health Technology Assessment Database	10532
NHS Economic Evaluation Database^	11441
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4791 published reviews and 2067 protocols, of which 41 are new reviews, 38 updated reviews (comprises 36 new search and 2 conclusions changed), 70 new protocols, and 2 updated protocol. There are also 1 withdrawn review and 6 withdrawn protocols.

† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 53; Fields: 11; Methods Groups: 15. 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.

September UPDATE 2011

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.

Please note: 2011Issue9 (Sept) Updates have been made to The Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and About the Cochrane Collaboration database. The remaining databases are accurate from July Issue7, and consist of Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

Access to the archive website update are here.

new and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews display has had a makeover, for further details click here.

Known Issues (2011Issue9).

Combined Searches giving inaccurate results: Selected users reported back on issues with combined searches giving wrong result counts (total higher than the sum of its parts). In all cases, this related to a known Wiley InterScience Issue. Searches were restricted to specific databases and when combined these database limits are lost. (Developmental point)

If you suffer any difficulties then please contact David Hives.(dhives@wiley.com)

Cochrane Library display of Wiley Online Library maintenance message obscures the links to Cochrane Library databases. This occurs for the 5 day notification period. It is schedule for correction.

Record count SEPT 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6791
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	15251
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	651035
Cochrane Methodology Register	14761
Health Technology Assessment Database	10071
NHS Economic Evaluation Database^	11163
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4750 published reviews and 2041 protocols, of which 36 are new reviews, 37 updated reviews (comprises 22 new search and 5 conclusions changed), 43 new protocols, and 1 updated protocol. There are also 3 withdrawn review and 5 withdrawn protocols.

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.

Please note: 2011Issue8 (Aug) Updates have been made to The Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and About the Cochrane Collaboration database. The remaining databases are accurate from July Issue7, and consist of Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

Access to the archive website update are here.

August UPDATE 2011

new and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews display has had a makeover, for further details click here.

IMPACT FACTOR - 2010 Webinar to explain the Inpact Factor Reports

The title of the Webinar is ‘The 2010 Impact factor and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews’. The Webinar will provide a background to the recently released Impact factor reports. Co-ordinating Editors, Managing Editors, Trials Search Co-ordinators and other Entity staff are all welcome to attend.

If you are interested in attending an Impact Factor Webinar, please contact Gavin Stewart gstewart@wiley.com +44 (0)1243 770 686.

Known Issues (2011Issue8).

Some users have been experiencing “Sorry an error has occurred” message when running and editing some searches. Wiley is aware of the problem and are currently working on a solution.

Character rendering for Ménière’s disease is being reviewed. Currently displaying as Ménière's disease, in some instances.

Link from review utilising MeSH term click through link has failed. The release of the fix is to be scheduled shortly.

If you suffer any difficulties then please contact David Hives.(dhives@wiley.com)

Record count JUN 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6747
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	15251
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	651035
Cochrane Methodology Register	14761
Health Technology Assessment Database	10071
NHS Economic Evaluation Database^	11163
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4714 published reviews and 2033 protocols, of which 19 are new reviews, 32 updated reviews (comprises 24 new search and 8 conclusions changed), 35 new protocols, and 3 updated protocol. There are also 1 withdrawn review and 3 withdrawn protocols.

† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 52; Fields: 11; Methods Groups: 15. There are also 14 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.

JUly UPDATE 2011

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.

Please note: 2011Issue7 (July) Updates have been made to the seven databases that make up the Cochrane Library: The Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews; About the Cochrane Collaboration databases; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

Access to the website update here.

new and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews display has had a makeover, for further details click here.

NHSEED Reduced database size -

Change of Early in 2010, The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) stopped the addition of new bibliographic categories (other than Provisional Abstracts), that is to say Cost Studies, Review Articles, Methodology Papers, Outcome Valuation Studies, and Partial Economic Evaluations. Although no new records were added to these categories, the existing records remained on the CRD website, and Wiley have maintain provision of these files. It was planned that, when the CRD's new public interface went live, these bibliographic records would be dropped from their site, this has now occurred. These records no longer exist in NHSEED. Wiley are, therefore, no longer supplying this data as to the CRD's requirements.

Known Issues (2011Issue7).

(11th July) Some users have been experiencing “Sorry an error has occurred” message when running and editing some searches. Wiley is aware of the problem and are currently working on a solution.

If you suffer any difficulties then please contact David Hives.(dhives@wiley.com)

Change of contact for the review - Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults.

Record count JUN 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6720
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	15251
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	651035
Cochrane Methodology Register	14761
Health Technology Assessment Database	10071
NHS Economic Evaluation Database^	11163
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	81

* Comprises 4695 published reviews and 2025 protocols, of which 39 are new reviews, 39 updated reviews (comprises 30 new search and 9 conclusions changed), 52 new protocols, and 3 updated protocol. There are also 3 withdrawn reviews and 9 withdrawn protocols.

The highlighted review Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults - (DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007470.pub2) - has had a changed review contact.

Contact person
Goran Bjelakovic
Associate Professor
The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group
Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, Department 3344, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
Blegdamsvej 9
Copenhagen
2100
Denmark
E-mail: goranb@junis.ni.ac.rs

JUNE UPDATE 2011

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.

Please note: 2011Issue6 (June) Updates have been made to The Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and the About the Cochrane Collaboration databases.
The remaining databases, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database are retained as 2011Issue4 (April).

MeSH Thesaurus Update Reminder.

We recommended that users review the list of MeSH discontinued/new terms and terms with MeSH number changes.

Known Issues (2011Issue6).

If you suffer any difficulties then please contact David Hives.(dhives@wiley.com)

Record count JUN 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6671
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	14602
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	645086
Cochrane Methodology Register	14604
Health Technology Assessment Database	9965
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	29570
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	81

* Comprises 4656 published reviews and 2015 protocols, of which 35 are new reviews, 27 updated reviews (comprises 22 new search and 5 conclusions changed), 37 new protocols, and 3 updated protocol. There are also 2 withdrawn reviews and 11 withdrawn protocols.

† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 53; Fields: 11; Methods Groups: 15. There are also 13 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.

May UPDATE 2011

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.

Access to the archive website update are here.

Please note: 2011Issue5 (May) Updates have been made to The Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and the About the Cochrane Collaboration databases.
The remaining databases, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database are retained as 2011Issue4 (April).

MeSH Thesaurus Update Reminder.

We recommended that users review the list of MeSH discontinued/new terms and terms with MeSH number changes.

Known Issues (2011Issue5). (Schedule Fix Release on weekend of 21st-23rd May will cause access problems to The Cochrane Library).

1. For users authenticated with username and password only, if user goes to CDSR full text without previously being logged in, they are given the login screen but then taken to the “Advanced Search screen” and not the full text content. (Fix release 21st May)

2. Some MeSH term searches have resulted in the error message 'invalid or incomplete parameters'. This will be corrected at the next scheduled monthly release, on 21st May 2011. With over 26,000 terms it would be helpful if you could still report this issue, after 21st May, by providing the name of the MeSH term used and the resulting the error message. dhives@wiley.com.

3. Search edits can give an error message, though they executed correctly, making the user think the edit failed. Also, amending a saved search can produce an error, starting with 'PreparedStatementCallback; SQL [select * from search_history_element where wiley......'.This will be corrected at the next scheduled monthly release, on 21st May 2011. There have been several efforts in the last few months to eliminate the error messages when editing searches. If you are continuing to get these error messages after 22nd May, please contact me, dhives@wiley.com, with information on what you were editing and the error message received.

4. Logout issues: EZProxy Service - Resolved. If you do suffer any issue with unexpected logout, please contact dhives@wiley.com and include the URL as displayed in the address bar (screen shot or copy and paste). Also contact your institutions IT department referencing the EZProxy service. They should be able to check the institutional setting for access, and ensure they are as detailed on the Wiley FAQ site. Selecting EZproxy configuration settings.

5. If user performs an advanced or MeSH search and immediately begins browsing articles, each time they use the back button to browse back and forth between results, the last search is replicated in the search history. This DOES NOT happen if browsing results from search history page. – Development of a solution is in hand, with release shortly.

6. Combined Searches giving wrong results: Selected users reported back on issues with combined searches giving wrong result counts (total higher than the sum of its parts). In all cases, this related to a known Wiley InterScience Issue. Searches were restricted to specific databases and when combined these database limits are lost. (Developmental point)

Record count MAY 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6641
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	14602
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	645086
Cochrane Methodology Register	14604
Health Technology Assessment Database	9965
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	29570
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	81

* Comprises 4622 published reviews and 2019 protocols, of which 28 are new reviews, 31 updated reviews (comprises 26 new search and 5 conclusions changed), 46 new protocols, and 1 updated protocol. There are also 4 withdrawn reviews and 8 withdrawn protocols.

Access to the archive website update are here.

APRIL UPDATE 2011

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.

Please note: 2011Issue4 (April) Updates have been made to all databases –
Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews, About the Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

MeSH Thesaurus Update

For those users utilising saved searches featuring MeSH terms or MeSH numbers, please update your search ‘string’ or ‘criteria’, to that of the latest PubMed download. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html. We recommended that users review the list of MeSH discontinued/new terms and terms with MeSH number changes.

Known Issues (2011Issue4)

2. Some search edits still give an error message even though they executed correctly.
a. During the edit process, there are still situations where an error message might appear making the user think the edit failed
b. Workaround: If you get an error message upon saving an edit, hit search history and review your edited search line. In almost all cases, the search saved properly and you can ignore the message. If the search did not save, check formatting of your search (matching parentheses, correct field tags, etc.)

3. Some MeSH term searches have resulted in the error message 'invalid or incomplete parameters'. This will be corrected at the next scheduled monthly release, on 14th May 2011. With over 26,000 terms it would be helpful if you could report this issue, by providing the name of the MeSH term used resulting in the error message.dhives@wiley.com

4. Amending a saved search produces an error starting with 'PreparedStatementCallback; SQL [select * from search_history_element where wiley......'.This will be corrected at the next scheduled monthly release, on 14th May 2011.

Status of major ongoing issues

1. Logout issues: EZProxy Service - For some institutional access, utilising the EZProxy service, we have discovered that some users may be suffering login/logout issues. This is due to the service providing a change in the URL.

Action - If you do suffer any issue with unexpected logout, please:

a) Contact dhives@wiley.com and include the URL as displayed in the address bar (screen shot or copy and paste). Also include your contact e-mail address for your IT department.
b) Contact your institutions IT department - Referencing the EZProxy service - they should be able to check the institutional setting for access, and ensure they are as details on the Wiley FAQ site. Selecting EZproxy configuration settings.

2. We were encouraging users to try hitting the refresh button, to see if this would reset the session. We now encourage users not to use the refresh button, since this is now being linked to lost search history issues.

3. Lost Search Histories: A number of things have been looked at for improving this problem.
Since this issue was closely tied to the Logout issue, fixes made for the logout issues have improve this issue
User sessions are being retained for longer periods of time. Engineers have done work on limiting the number of times Cochrane users are bounced between servers, increasing from 6 to 12 servers, and number of times servers are reset, to reduce the impact of these activities on causing users to lose searches. – Development of a permanent solution is in hand, with release shortly.

4. Duplicate Search Lines created: There have been a number of issues identified that were contributing to the creation of duplicate search lines. Several of the issues related to duplicate search lines being created occur if a user clicks the back button while editing or adding new lines while working in search history. We recommend users not use “Back” or “Refresh” buttons while editing searches. – Development of a solution is in hand, with release shortly.

Record count April 2011

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6602
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	14602
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	645086
Cochrane Methodology Register	14604
Health Technology Assessment Database	9965
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	29570
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	81

* Comprises 4594 published reviews and 2008 protocols, of which 19 are new reviews, 37 updated reviews (comprises 31 new search and 6 conclusions changed), 31 new protocols, and 1 updated protocol. There are also 13 withdrawn reviews and protocols.

† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 53; Fields: 10; Methods Groups: 15. There are also 13 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.

March Issue 3 2011

Please note: 2011Issue3 Updates have only been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and the 'About the Cochrane Collaboration", for this issue.

Users can search or browse:

Issue 3 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database

Issue 1 - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database, and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

Known Issues (2011Issue3)

1. Broken Image Icons on the “By Review Group Page”
2. Error message for missing footer that is displayed at the bottom of the search history page
3. For users authenticated with username and password only, if user goes to CDSR full text without previously being logged in, they are given the login screen but then taken to the “Advanced Search screen” and not the full text content.
4. Some search edits still give an error message even though they executed correctly.
a. During the edit process, there are still situations where an error message might appear making the user think the edit failed
b. Workaround: If you get an error message upon saving an edit, hit search history and review your edited search line. In almost all cases, the search saved properly and you can ignore the message. If the search did not save, check formatting of your search (matching parentheses, correct field tags, etc.)

MeSH THESAURUS UPDATE
1. Issues with searching new or changed MeSH terms introduced in 2011 thesaurus.
a. The 2011 thesaurus was put in place with the March update. While new terms are appearing correctly in CDSR articles, the metadata to allow for searching these terms was not integrated properly, so searching using terms introduced in 2011 will give 0 hits.

Short term Resolution: Keyword search will allow users to find these new terms. Wiley is working to get these metadata files updated correctly.

b. Because CENTRAL is only loaded quarterly, these articles are not currently updated for the new thesaurus terms and some discontinued terms may still be indexed but not searchable from the 2011 thesaurus.
Short term Resolution: For terms that were discontinued in 2011 but still appear in CENTRAL, it is possible to find these by searching for the MeSH Code (search all fields and replace the period (.) with an underscore. Example: search for D09.698.373.400 as D09_698_373_400. This should only be needed for this month.

c. At the point that both CENTRAL and CDSR articles are updated with new terms, we recommended that users review the list of MeSH discontinued/new terms and terms with MeSH number changes.
i. For Discontinued/new terms: User should edit the search line to use the new replacement term.
ii. For Terms that have moved in the MeSH hierarchy: User should edit search line and reselect term from the hierarchy. This will ensure the proper MeSH code is being used in your search.

STATUS OF SOME MAJOR ONGOING ISSUES
1. Logout issues: Issues causing users to be logged out after only a few minutes of searching and issues related to users getting “mixed messages” (header says they are logged in” but system is requesting they log-in) concerning their login status. This was thought to have been resolved, but we are further investigating as reports are that this has not been resolved.

We were encouraging users to try hitting the refresh button, to see if this would reset the session. We nowencourage users not to use the refresh button, since this is now being linked to lost search history issues.

2. Lost Search Histories:   A number of things have been looked at for improving this problem
    Since this issue was closely tied to the Logout issue, fixes made for the logout issues have improve this issue
    User sessions are being retained for longer periods of time.
    Engineers have done work on limiting the number of times Cochrane users are bounced between servers, incresing from 6 to 12 servers, and number of times servers are reset, to reduce the impact of these activities on causing users to lose searches.

TWO THINGS ARE STILL PROBLEMATIC
As was the case with Wiley InterScience, if a user during editing uses the back button repeatedly and starts to edit cached pages, this could result in unreliable results. As with WIS, we would recommend users refrain from using the back button while working with saved searches.
Use of the refresh button while editing searches, might be contributing to this problem. Since using the Refresh was a workaround for the Logout issues which appear to be resolved, we are now advising users to refrain from using the “Refresh “ when editing.

3. Duplicate Search Lines created: There have been a number of issues identified that were contributing to the creation of duplicate search lines.
Several of the issues related to duplicate search line being created if user hit the back button while editing or adding new lines while working in search history. As stated earlier, we recommend users not use “Back” or “Refresh” buttons while editing searches.

THE FOLLOWING IS STILL A PROBLEM. If user performs an advanced or MeSH search and immediately begins browsing articles, each time they use the back button to browse back and forth between results, the last search is replicated in the search history. This DOES NOT happen if browsing results from search history page.

4. Some Saved Searches giving wrong results: In January, Wiley engineers identified a series of searches saved within a specific timeframe that were giving wrong results. Customers with this problem were identified and Colleen worked with these customers individually to update their searches.

5. Combined Searches giving wrong results: Selected users reported back issues with combined search results giving wrong counts (total higher than the sum of its parts). In all cases, this related to a known Wiley InterScience Issue. Searches were restricted to specific databases and when combined these database limits are lost.

6. MeSH searches giving 0 counts when they previously gave counts: These were linked to MeSH terms which had changes in the 2010 Thesaurus update. User was able to edit the effected MeSH line and retrieve correct results.

7th February 2011

See 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.
Please note: Updates have been made to all of the Cochrane Library Databases, for this issue.

Feb 5th - Cochrane Library Release Notes

February Release: (FEB 5, 2011)
• CUT & PASTE - Search terms containing special characters (quotes) are pasted into search but are not being handled correctly. [RESOLVED]-The "smart quotes" from Microsoft Word are now being processed and the search accepts these special characters.
• PDF surrounding frame is rendering incorrectly, with a 'Pay Per View' page. [RESOLVED] - The frame has been corrected to display as desired.

• Search Line Display - The on screen display of search terms is restricted to 255 characters, for a search line, and therefore truncates the display query. [RESOLVED] There is no limit to the number of characters present in a search line.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Searches run and saved between 10-18th Jan, giving false results, to undergo data analysis - Analysis completed and Colleen has contacted all those affected by this problem.
• Search History : Duplicated rows displayed when clicking the refresh button.
• Search History : Error page displayed when deleting queries and clicking the back button.

• Saved Search Export Button: Intermittently shows blank page when downloaad box is displayed. (Report your experience of this to d.hives@wiley.com)
• Saved Search Strategies: Some strategies are failing to run and return an error message. (Report your experience to dhives@wiley.com)

January 2011

2011Issue1 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database, and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

We have been working hard, to ensure that all testing of the new bug/fix release was robust and was fit for purpose. The extension to the testing period was to ensure that all key elements of the Cochrane Library search functionality are working up to your level of expectation. The latest release coincided with the new Issue release on the 19th January 2011. We appreciate the assistance we have received from the many users agreeing to test and feedback on this release.

The team meetings are taking place on a weekly basis, ensuring that proactive bug searching or reported incidence are reviewed and corrected as soon as possible.

Corrected Technical Issues

Content of Bug/ Fix in 19th Jan release:

•Cochrane Session State Not Consistent - Requested to login whilst on Saved Search
•Cochrane Search Strategy Save not Consistent - results in history disappearing temporarily
•Cochrane search history interface returns incorrect results
•Clinical Trials link and search results filter tabs broken on Cochrane
•Cochrane Search History generated queries cannot be executed from the proceeding link in search history
•Cochrane Search History : ERROR No such query as #2 in search history
•Cochrane Search History : Selecting [Run] after a short while displays "...please log in..." error even though user is still logged in

•Cochrane Search History : Running any query causes ERROR 1 >=0

Current Known Issues

•Search Strategy - Cut and paste errors - Search strategies may not return expected results. i.e. If a "#10 OR #11 OR #12" is pasted into a search, then you may need to manually edit/ enter the hash character and figures, to get the accurate results. Users may also report error messages detailing a "PreparedStatementCallback; uncategorized SQLException for SQL...". This is caused by characters, such a quotes, “ ”, which need to be manually replaced with " ". Temporary solution - Enter the search lines manually.
•PDF - the top board, above the PDF, links to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, but shows an earlier issue. Temporary solution - Clicking any of the links will bring you back to the latest Issue results.
•New & Updated icons in some browsers rendering failure - The coloured New and Updated icons are displayed as broken images in the Browse by Review Group listing.
•Website Update and Archive Pages - Pages have temporatily been merged,to techinical issue with the Archive page. Resolution underway.
To report a new bug or issue please contact d.hives@wiley.com.

2011Issue1 Record Count Table

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6500
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	14018
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	641406
Cochrane Methodology Register	14095
Health Technology Assessment Database	9393
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	29219
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4515 published reviews and 1985 protocols, of which 39 are new reviews, 47 updated reviews (comprises 42 new search and 5 conclusions changed), 54 new protocols, and 2 updated protocol. There are also 9 withdrawn reviews and protocols.

March Update 2011

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.

Please note: 2011Issue3 Updates have only been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and the 'About the Cochrane Collaboration", for this issue.

Users can search or browse:

Issue 3 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database

Known Issues (2011Issue3)

Short term Resolution: Keyword search will allow users to find these new terms. Wiley is working to get these metadata files updated correctly.

STATUS OF SOME MAJOR ONGOING ISSUES
1. Logout issues: Issues causing users to be logged out after only a few minutes of searching and issues related to users getting “mixed messages” (header says they are logged in” but system is requesting they log-in) concerning their login status. This was thought to have been resolved, but we are further investigating as reports are that this has not been resolved.

ReCORD COUNTS

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6581
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	14018
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	641406
Cochrane Methodology Register	14095
Health Technology Assessment Database	9393
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	29219
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	81

february Update 2011

Known Issues (Issue 2)

• New & Updated icons in some browsers rendering failure - The coloured New and Updated icons are displayed as broken images in the Browse by Review Group listing.
• Website Update and Archive Pages - Pages have temporatily been merged,to techinical issue with the Archive page. Resolution underway.
• PDF link to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, shows an earlier issue. 2009 Issue4 Temporary solution - Clicking any of the links will bring you back to the latest Issue results.

To report a new bug or issue please contact d.hives@wiley.com.

Record Counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6544
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	14018
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	641406
Cochrane Methodology Register	14095
Health Technology Assessment Database	9393
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	29219
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4544 published reviews and 2000 protocols, of which 29 are new reviews, 47 updated reviews (comprises 42 new search and 5 conclusions changed), 46 new protocols, and 4 updated protocol. There are also 19 withdrawn reviews and protocols.

January 2011

2011Issue1 contains Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database, and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

Known issues (issue 1)

Feb 5th - Cochrane Library Release Notes

February Release: (FEB 5, 2011)
• CUT & PASTE - [RESOLVED] Search terms containing special characters (quotes) are pasted into search but are not being handled correctly. The "smart quotes" from Microsoft Word are now being processed and the search accepts these special characters.

• PDF surrounding frame rendering - [RESOLVED]the rendering incorrectly, displays a 'Pay Per View' page in the PDF surrounding frame - The frame has been corrected to display as desired.

• Search Line Display - [RESOLVED] The on screen display of search terms is restricted to 255 characters, for a search line, and therefore truncates the display query. There is no limit to the number of characters present in a search line.

• Saved Search Strategies: [RESOLVED 8th Feb] Some strategies are failing to run and return an error message.

• Saved Search Export Button: [RESOLVED 8th Fed] Intermittently shows blank page when downloaad box is displayed.

KNOWN TECHINCIAL ISSUES (FEB)

• Searches run and saved between 10-18th Jan, giving false results, to undergo data analysis - Analysis completed and Colleen has contacted all those affected by this problem.
• Search History : Duplicated rows displayed when clicking the refresh button.
• Search History : Error page displayed when deleting queries and clicking the back button.

• New & Updated icons in some browsers rendering failure - The coloured New and Updated icons are displayed as broken images in the Browse by Review Group listing.
• Website Update and Archive Pages - Pages have temporatily been merged,to techinical issue with the Archive page. Resolution underway.
• PDF link to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, shows an earlier issue. 2009 Issue4 Temporary solution - Clicking any of the links will bring you back to the latest Issue results.

KNOWN TECHNICAL ISSUES (Jan)

We have been working hard, to ensure that all testing of the new bug/fix release was robust and was fit for purpose. The extension to the testing period was to ensure that all key elements of the Cochrane Library search functionality are working up to your level of expectation. The latest release coincided with the new Issue release on the 19th January 2011. We appreciate the assistance we have received from the many users agreeing to test and feedback on this release.

Content of Bug/ Fix in 19th Jan release:

Cochrane Session State Not Consistent - Requested to login whilst on Saved Search
Cochrane Search Strategy Save not Consistent - results in history disappearing temporarily
Cochrane search history interface returns incorrect results
Clinical Trials link and search results filter tabs broken on Cochrane
Cochrane Search History generated queries cannot be executed from the proceeding link in search history
Cochrane Search History : ERROR No such query as #2 in search history
Cochrane Search History : Selecting [Run] after a short while displays "...please log in..." error even though user is still logged in
Cochrane Search History : Running any query causes ERROR 1 >=0

The team meetings are taking place on a weekly basis, ensuring that proactive bug searching or reported incidence are reviewed and corrected as soon as possible.

Known Issues

Search Strategy - Cut and paste errors - Search strategies may not return expected results. i.e. If a "#10 OR #11 OR #12" is pasted into a search, then you may need to manually edit/ enter the hash character and figures, to get the accurate results. Users may also report error messages detailing a "PreparedStatementCallback; uncategorized SQLException for SQL...". This is caused by characters, such a quotes, “ ”, which need to be manually replaced with " ". Temporary solution - Enter the search lines manually. RESOLVED
PDF - the top board, above the PDF, links to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, but shows an earlier issue. Temporary solution - Clicking any of the links will bring you back to the latest Issue results. New & Updated icons in some browsers rendering failure - The coloured New and Updated icons are displayed as broken images in the Browse by Review Group listing.
Website Update and Archive Pages - Pages have temporatily been merged,to techinical issue with the Archive page. Resolution underway.

To report a new bug or issue please contact d.hives@wiley.com.

2011Issue1 Record Count Table

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6500
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	14018
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	641406
Cochrane Methodology Register	14095
Health Technology Assessment Database	9393
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	29219
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

CHANGES DEC-Jan 2011

Jan 13th 2011

Search Results Page - The following databases are not accessible from this page:

Clinical Trials (Central), Methods Studies, Technology Assessment and Economic Evaluation. Users clicking on these links will be presented with an error page.

Buttons "Save search" & "Edit search" resolve to an error page.

Clicking the filter tabs, (Issue:, Restrict to:, Sort by: & Date order), for the search results will result in the display of the error page.

User may on occasions also receive the error notification page, asking for the user to login before they save a search, despite being logged in already.

Database Searching
For those users wishing to conduct a search we advise the utilisation of the advanced search and mark the database check box, selecting the database required, to obtain results.
Alternatively, a search will work by utilising your search history and editing your search, amending the “restrict by product” dropdown list to the database to be searched.

We appreciate the difficulties, and offer our apologise for the inconvenience caused to many of our users. We are making good progress with bug fixing for these search issues, and the testing is on going this week, with a planned patch/fix release on Monday. If you wish to keep up to date with developments, then please refer to this page for a release update on Monday 17th January.

Changes in DECEMBER 2010

8 December 2010
See 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.

Please note: Updates have only been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and the 'About the Cochrane Collaboration", for this issue.

Users can search or browse:

Issue 12 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database

Issue 4 - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database, and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

New Wiley Platform

Wiley Online Library has completely replaced Wiley InterScience and all login details remain valid so that users continue with their same username and password.

Cochrane Library users should be aware of some known issues with the site. We have been working to rectify these for you, please review the fixes put in place:

Searching:

There are 3 search-related issues, we still encounter. The first is an intermittent problem and occasionally individual users are sufferering, rather than every user. Issue #2 will be cleaned up at some point but is a low priority. Issue #3 is a new complication, on 20th December, due to Wiley Online Library performance issues, which is being addressed.

1. Intermittent - If the system times out and you are on the search history page or saved search page, you will get a message saying you need to login. The “My Profile” status bar at the top right may not refresh and indicates you are logged in. This issue is resolved, but if you encountered this, you simply had to hit the logout button and then login again. This was limited to these 2 pages.

2. LOW (has no impact on searches or functionality): On the saved search pages and search history pages, an error message appears at the bottom of the page indicating “a selected resource” (search-web-footer) is not available. This is because we longer display general links for Wiley at the bottom of the page. It has no impact on your ability to run or save searches. This message will be removed shortly.

3. Intermittent - Wiley Online Library performance is having a direct effect on the Cochrane Library search and review rendering. F5 or Ctrl F5 may fix the issue, but if the problem continues please take screen shots and give as much detail as you can to describe your access problems. Then forward them to dhives@wiley.com. All other issues can go to Reporting a Problem below.

Browse:

Browse by Review Group (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/o/cochrane/cochrane_clsysrev_crglist_fs.html)
In some browsers, the coloured New and Updated icons are displayed as broken images in the Browse by Review Group listing.

Reporting a problem:

If you identify any other issues with your access or with navigating The Library, please go to the “Ask a Question” page on the Wiley Online Library Help page, choosing “Cochrane Library” from the “Category” drop down options:
http://onlinelibrary.custhelp.com/app/

This will enable your query to be logged and tracked by the Online Library help team.

We thank you for your patience during this transition.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Record Counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6447
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	13521
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	635167
Cochrane Methodology Register	13721
Health Technology Assessment Database	8908
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	28991
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4476 published reviews and 1971 protocols, of which 44 are new reviews, 40 updated reviews (comprises 28 new search and 12 conclusions changed), 53 new protocols, and zero updated protocol. There are also 3 withdrawn reviews and protocols.

Changes in November 2010

10 November 2010

See 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.

Please note: Updates have only been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and the 'About the Cochrane Collaboration", for this issue.

Users can search or browse:

Issue 11 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database

Issue 4 - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database, and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

ABOUT The Cochrane Collaboration

The number of Cochrane Collaboration Groups is now at 80. The addition of the Cochrane Comparing Multiple Interventions Methods Group took us to 82 groups, and the withdrawal of both Cochrane Behavioral Medicine Field & Cochrane Nursing Care Field has taken us down to 80 groups.

New Wiley Platform

Wiley Online Library has completely replaced Wiley InterScience and all login details remain valid so that users continue with their same username and password.

Cochrane Library users should be aware of some known issues with the site. We have been working to rectify these for you, please review the fixes put in place:

Searching:

There were 2 search-related issues that have been resolved. The first two were prioritized. Issue #3 will be cleaned up at some point but is a low priority.

1. FIXED - If the system times out and you are on the search history page or saved search page, you will get a message saying you need to login. The “My Profile” status bar at the top right may not refresh and indicates you are logged in. This issue is resolved, but if you encountered this, you simply had to hit the logout button and then login again. This was limited to these 2 pages.
2. FIXED - When displaying “Saved Searches”, the sort order was changed to oldest searches at the top. This has been changed back to the original sort order, sort by date with most recent searches on the top.
3. LOW (has no impact on searches or functionality): On the saved search pages and search history pages, an error message appears at the bottom of the page indicating “a selected resource” (search-web-footer) is not available. This is because we longer display general links for Wiley at the bottom of the page. It has no impact on your ability to run or save searches. This message will be removed shortly.

Browse:

Reporting a problem:

This will enable your query to be logged and tracked by the Online Library help team.

We thank you for your patience during this transition.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Record Counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6405
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	13521
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	635167
Cochrane Methodology Register	13721
Health Technology Assessment Database	8908
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	28991
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4432 published reviews and 1973 protocols, of which 25 are new reviews, 41 updated reviews (comprises 36 new search and 3 conclusions changed), 53 new protocols, and zero updated protocol. There are also 19 withdrawn reviews and protocols.

Deadlines

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the About The Cochrane Collaboration database:

Issue	Copy-edit support deadlines*	CDSR/ABOUT submission deadlines**	Publication dates
12	20 October 2009	11 November 2010	8 December 2010
1	17 November 2010	9 December 2010	19 January 2011
2	29 December 2010	20 January 2011	16 February 2011
3	26 January 2011	17 February 2011	16 March 2011
4	23 February 2011	17 March 2011	13 April 2011
5	23 March 2011	14 April 2011	11 May 2011
6	20 April 2011	12 May 2011	15 June 2011
7	25 May 2011	16 June 2011	6 July 2011
8	15 June 2011	7 July 2011	10 August 2011
9	13 July 2011	11 August 2011	7 September 2011
10	17 August 2011	8 September 2011	5 October 2011
11	14 September 2011	6 October 2011	9 November 2011
12	19 October 2011	10 November 2011	7 December 2011

* For Managing Editors to submit Cochrane reviews to Wiley for copy-editing
** For Managing Editors to submit their Group’s articles for CDSR

Individual authors should contact their Cochrane Review Group for editorial deadlines.

CENTRAL and the other databases:

Issue	Submission deadlines*	Publication dates
1	10 November 2010	19 January 2011
2	17 February 2011	13 April 2011
3	12 May 2011	6 July 2011
4	11 August 2011	5 October 2011

* For Trials Search Co-ordinators to submit their specialised registers and handsearch results for CENTRAL

Changes in October 2010

6 October 2010

See the lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See therecord counts table below for full details of numbers of records in this latest issue.

Please note: Updates have only been made to all of the Cochrane Databases this month.

Users can search or browse:

Issue 10 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database

CENTRAL Database.

A search conducted by the UK Cochrane Centre for reports of trials in EMBASE has now been completed for records added to EMBASE in 2009, with 3508 records published in CENTRAL in this issue.

New Wiley Platform

Wiley Online Library has completely replaced Wiley InterScience and all login details remain valid so that users continue with their same username and password.

Cochrane Library users should be aware of some known issues with the site. We are working to rectify these over the coming weeks:

Searching:

There are 3 search-related issues that will be resolved in the coming weeks. The first will be prioritized. #2 is likely to be fixed in early September and #3 will be cleaned up at some point but is a low priority.

1. URGENT: If the system times out and you are on the search history page or saved search page, you will get a message saying you need to login. The “My Profile” status bar at the top right may not refresh and indicates you are logged in. This issue will be resolved shortly but if you encounter this, simply hit the logout button and then login again. This is limited to these 2 pages and works correctly on all other pages of the site.
2. IMPORTANT (within first month): When displaying “Saved Searches”, sort order has changed to oldest searches at the top. This will be changed back shortly to the original sort order, sort by date with most recent searches on the top.
3. LOW (has no impact on searches or functionality): On the saved search pages and search history pages, an error message appears at the bottom of the page indicating “a selected resource” (search-web-footer) is not available. This is because we longer display general links for Wiley at the bottom of the page. It has no impact on your ability to run or save searches. This message will be removed shortly.

Browse:

Reporting a problem:

This will enable your query to be logged and tracked by the Online Library help team.

We thank you for your patience during this transition.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Record Counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6369
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	13521
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	635167
Cochrane Methodology Register	13721
Health Technology Assessment Database	8908
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	28991
About The Cochrane Collaboration^†	81

* Comprises 4407 published reviews and 1962 protocols, of which 35 are new reviews, 41 updated reviews (comprises 31 new search and 10 conclusions changed), 55 new protocols, and 4 updated protocol. There are also 21 withdrawn reviews and protocols.

† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 52; Fields: 13; Methods Groups: 14. There are also 13 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.

Deadlines

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the About The Cochrane Collaboration database:

Issue	Copy-edit support deadlines*	CDSR/ABOUT submission deadlines**	Publication dates
11	15 September 2010	7 October 2010	10 November 2010
12	20 October 2009	11 November 2010	8 December 2010
1	17 November 2010	9 December 2010	19 January 2011
2	29 December 2010	20 January 2011	16 February 2011
3	26 January 2011	15 February 2011	12 March 2011
4	23 February 2011	13 March 2011	16 April 2011
5	23 March 2011	17 April 2011	7 May 2011
6	20 April 2011	8 May 2011	4 June 2011
7	18 May 2011	5 June 2011	8 July 2011
8	15 June 2011	9 July 2011	6 August 2011
9	14 July 2011	7 August 2011	10 September 2011
10	17 August 2011	11 September 2011	8 October 2011
11	14 September 2011	6 October 2011	9 November 2011
12	19 October 2011	10 November 2011	7 December 2011

* For Managing Editors to submit Cochrane reviews to Wiley for copy-editing
** For Managing Editors to submit their Group’s articles for CDSR

Individual authors should contact their Cochrane Review Group for editorial deadlines.

CENTRAL and the other databases:

Issue	Submission deadlines*	Publication dates
1	10 November 2010	19 January 2011
2	17 February 2011	13 April 2011
3	12 May 2011	6 July 2011
4	4 August 2011	5 October 2011

* For Trials Search Co-ordinators to submit their specialised registers and handsearch results for CENTRAL

Changes in September 2010

8 September 2010

See 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.

Please note: Updates have only been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and the 'About The Cochrane Collaboration' database this month.

Users can search or browse:

Issue 9 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database

Issue 3 - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database, and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

ABOUT The Cochrane Collaboration Database.

The Cancer Network was deregistered in November 2009. The module is now no longer published.
The Occupational Health Field has been re-registered as the Cochrane Occupational Safety and Health Review Group.
The Behavioral Medicine Field was deregistered in May 2010. The module will be updated to reflect deregistration in Issue 10, 2010

New Wiley Platform

We have now launched our new Wiley platform – Wiley Online Library. This has completely replaced Wiley InterScience and all login details remain valid so that users continue with their same username and password.

Cochrane Library users should be aware of some known issues with the site. We are working to rectify these over the coming weeks:

Searching:

Browse:

1. Browse by Review Group (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/o/cochrane/cochrane_clsysrev_crglist_fs.html)
In some browsers, the coloured New and Updated icons are displayed as broken images in the Browse by Review Group listing.

2. Browse by Topic (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/o/cochrane/cochrane_clsysrev_subjects_fs.html)
Currently it is not possible to open more than one layer at any one time. An alternative Browse list of CDSR can be found on The Cochrane Library homepage.

Reporting a problem:

This will enable your query to be logged and tracked by the Online Library help team.

We thank you for your patience during this transition.

Comprises 4372 published reviews and 1950 protocols, of which 41 are new reviews, 36 updated reviews (comprises 30 new search and 6 conclusions changed), 41 new protocols, and 1 updated protocol. There are also 177 withdrawn reviews and protocols.

The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 52; Fields: 13; Methods Groups: 14. There are also 13 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.

ARCHIVE - Website Updates

(view current issue updates)

CHANGES In August 2010

See the list of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the reord counts table below for full details of numbers of records in the latest issue.

Please note: Updates have been made to only the Cochrane Database of Systematic reviews and the 'About the Cochrane Collaboration", for this issue.

Issue 8 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database

New Wiley Platform

Cochrane Library users should be aware of some known issues with the site. We are working to rectify these over the coming weeks:

Searching:

Browse:

Reporting a problem:

Changes in July 2010
7 July 2010

See 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.

Please note: Updates have been made to all the databases in The Cochrane Library this month.

Users can search or browse:

Issue 7 - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, About The Cochrane Collaboration database

Issue 3 - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessments database, and NHS Economic Evaluations Database.

Impact Factor News
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews received the 2009 Impact Factor of 5.653, ranked 11th out of 132 medical journals in the ISI category Medicine, General and Internal. For more information see the 2009 Impact Factor frequently asked questions.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

IMPACT FACTOR NEWS

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews received the 2009 Impact Factor of 5.653, ranked 11th out of 132 medical journals in the ISI category Medicine, General and Internal. For more information see the 2009 Impact Factor frequently asked questions.

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Changes in June 2010

16 June 2010

See 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 for all databases. Please note that updates have only been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the 'About The Cochrane Collaboration' database, for this issue.

Browse Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

This new browse feature on the homepage has recently been updated to include more Cochrane systematic reviews and to move some reviews into more suitable locations. Cochrane Library users are encouraged to make full use of this feature. Feedback on the placement of reviews within the Browse list should be sent to the Cochrane Editorial Unit (editorial-unit@cochrane.org).

Usage data

The 2009 top reviews (full text downloaded from Wiley InterScience) worldwide and by country report. Download or view this file as an excel sheet or pdf (top 50 worldwide reviews only)
The top 25 Cochrane reviews (full text downloaded from Wiley InterScience) worldwide for 2008 – 2009. Download the PDF.

Usage for 2009 grew by 19% for full text downloads from The Cochrane Library on Wiley InterScience. When considering usage across all web platforms (including Wiley InterScience, Cochrane.org, La Bibliotheca Cochrane Plus, Bireme, OVID and EBSCO) we estimate that there was a search on The Cochrane Library every 1 second, an abstract viewed every 2 seconds and a full text review downloaded every 3 seconds in 2009. Detailed reports are available on request.

Please note that for the 2009 top reviews report we have tried to include as many countries as possible and have included all reviews (note that each new citation version of a review is counted separately). Unfortunately we were still unable to include the review group. To find your reviews you will need to refer to author, title or the CD numbers. The “Summary” worksheet lists the reviews in their world rank order and gives the ranking for individual countries. We have tried to correct all misspelt surnames where the software could not recognise the characters, but apologies if there are still some errors.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Record counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6191
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	12594
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	620700
Cochrane Methodology Register	13164
Health Technology Assessment Database	8273
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	28551
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	82

* Comprises 4281 complete reviews and 1910 protocols, of which 34 are new reviews, 78 updated reviews (comprises 21 new search and 5 conclusions changed) and 35 new protocols.

† The Cochrane Collaboration: 1; Cochrane Editorial Unit: 1; Cochrane Review Groups (CRGs): 52; Fields: 14; Methods Groups: 14. There are also 13 Centres (some with specific Branches). Links to their individual websites can be found here.

Changes in May 2010

12 May 2010

Browse Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Usage data

Record counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6162
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	12594
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	620700
Cochrane Methodology Register	13164
Health Technology Assessment Database	8273
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	28551
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	82

* Comprises 4247 complete reviews and 1915 protocols, of which 30 are new reviews, 85 updated reviews (comprises 22 new search and 6 conclusions changed) and 23 new protocols

changes in April 2010

14 April 2010

See 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 for all databases.

Please note that there is a delay publishing the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). Users will still have access to Issue 1 of CENTRAL, published in January 2010, therefore all records marked as “New” in CENTRAL were new in January 2010, not April 2010.

The expected publication of the APRIL 2010 (Issue 2) of CENTRAL is in the next 7 -14 days. Please check The Cochrane Library homepage for updates prior to publication.

All other databases are unaffected and the latest issue of The Cochrane Library will be published online on 14 April (at approximately 15:00 GMT).

Update (27 April 2010) - The April publication of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) is now online.

2010 MeSH Update to The Cochrane Library

This issue has been updated to use the 2010 MeSH thesaurus from the US National Library of Medicine (MeSH terms are present in most of Cochrane Reviews/CDSR, Other Reviews/DARE, Clinical Trials/CENTRAL records taken from MEDLINE, Technology Assessments/HTA and Economic Evaluations/NHS EED).

To assist users in better managing their saved searches, Wiley is providing a series of files which compare MeSH 2009 headings with MeSH 2010 headings. The files are as follows:

replace2010.xls: This is an Excel spreadsheet with two lists: replaced2010, showing 2009 MeSH headings and their 2010 replacements; deleted2009: showing 2009 MeSH headings that do not exist in 2010 MeSH.
mnchg2010.list.txt: This is the list of the 2944 MeSH descriptors that have changed position in the MeSH tree, either by moving wholesale or by having added or deleted positions.
replace2010.txt: This is the NLM source file from which replace2010.xls was generated.
mnchg2010.txt: This the NLM source file from which mnchg2010.list.txt was generated.
mshnew2010.txt: This is the list of the 422 new MeSH descriptors that have been added in the 2010 MeSH tree.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts

Record counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6153
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	12,594
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	620,700
Cochrane Methodology Register	13,164
Health Technology Assessment Database	8273
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	28,551
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	82

* Comprises 4217 complete reviews and 1936 protocols, of which 31 are new reviews, 77 updated reviews (comprises 21 new search and 5 conclusions changed) and 46 new protocols

Changes in March 2010

17 March 2010

We are delighted to announce a new homepage for The Cochrane Library

What are the major changes?

The Cochrane Library has a new design for the homepage and related information pages. There are new features, including a browse list for the CDSR (by system, such as “Lungs and airways”), an Editorial, and Special Collections (to highlight specific groupings of reviews). The related information pages, such as “About The Cochrane Library” and “Help”, have been revised and reorganized to make it easier to navigate the content. We have introduced clear linkage to The Cochrane Collaboration site (www.cochrane.org) in the website header. The Collaboration site has also been re-designed and there is now a better navigation between the two sites.

For technical queries about the new Cochrane Library site, please contact Michelle Ames (mames@wiley.com) at John Wiley & Sons.

The Cochrane Library feature details

General look

The homepage aims for a fresh and modern look. It keeps some design elements from the previous site so that end users feel they have arrived at a familiar site. The new design extends to the related pages (e.g. “About The Cochrane Library”), but it does not extend to the individual Cochrane Reviews, or other individual articles or abstracts in other databases in The Cochrane Library.

Site navigation

The site navigation has been simplified and made easier to use. There is one navigation bar along the top with clear hover buttons based on actions users can take: sign up; learn; access; and help.

Browse list

The Cochrane Editorial Unit has developed a new browse list that includes Cochrane Reviews from all Cochrane Review Groups. End users can browse almost all Cochrane Reviews by health topic groups, such as by “Heart & circulation”, “Lungs & airways”, or “Infectious Disease”. There are 29 top layers, and the list goes to a maximum of three layers. The list includes completed reviews only, and reviews may be included in two or more of one of the layers; for example, an influenza review could be located via “Infectious disease” or “Lungs & airways”. The new browse list gives end users (and The Cochrane Collaboration) a new way to view and explore the breadth of content in the CDSR. This browse list is in addition to the usual ways to view CDSR content, such as lists of new and updated reviews, Cochrane Review Group topics lists, and the A-Z lists.

Editorials

The homepage will include an editorial, which will be updated at least monthly upon the publication of each new issue of the CDSR. The objective is to make the editorials a ‘must-read’ for anyone interested in promoting evidence-based healthcare and health policy. The consistent theme will be the contribution that systematic reviews of the medical literature can make to improving health outcomes. An RSS feed is available so that readers can be alerted whenever a new editorial is published.

Special Collections

Special Collections are another new feature. These are collections of reviews that can be used to highlight a specific topic or are collated in response to a global health topic. Each Special Collection will be highlighted on the homepage with an associated image for each, and links to the full collection. Each Special Collection starts with a short introduction followed by the list of reviews. We will include a brief introduction with each review and also hyperlinks to related resources, such as a translated abstract.

Highlighted reviews

Each new CDSR issue will include highlighted reviews. These will feature prominently on the homepage and will have links out to the podcasts and a journal club (if appropriate).

The webpages that provide supporting information, such as those about access, publication dates, and information about the databases in The Cochrane Library, have been restructured and the content revised. These pages include improved information about the CDSR, more visible links to individual Cochrane Review Groups and to related pages on www.cochrane.org.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Record Counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6110
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	11,887
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	608,405
Cochrane Methodology Register	12,778
Health Technology Assessment Database	7724
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	28,159
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	82

* Comprises 4186 complete reviews and 1924 protocols, of which 34 are new reviews, 57 updated reviews (comprises 43 new search and 14 conclusions changed) and 43 new protocols

Changes in February 2010

17 February 2010

See 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 for all databases.

Please note that updates have only been made to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the 'About The Cochrane Collaboration' database, for this issue.

Information about 2010 publication frequency

Updates have been made to the recent information about 2010 publication frequency. Users can now search the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews by current issue, or by the entire database. Please see updated documentation for more details.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Record counts

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	6076
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	11,887
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	608,405
Cochrane Methodology Register	12,778
Health Technology Assessment Database	7724
NHS Economic Evaluation Database	28,159
About the Cochrane Collaboration	82

* Comprises 4152 complete reviews and 1924 protocols, of which 27 are new reviews, 36 updated reviews (comprises 34 new search and 2 conclusions changed) and 41 new protocols

Changes in January, 2010

20 January 2010

See the lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the record counts table for full details of numbers of records in this issue for all databases.

Information about 2010 publication frequency

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and the “About The Cochrane Collaboration ” database have moved to monthly publication from January 2010. The other databases will remain as quarterly publications, and the DVD-ROM will remain as a quarterly dispatch.
Starting in Issue 1 (January 2010), there will be changes to the Cochrane Review headers (the status and publication date information) and to some of the coloured status icons used in the CDSR contents pages. Users are now able to click through to content from the title of the article shown in search results (the word “Record” has now been removed from the search results display). When sorting search results by date, CDSR articles will now be sorted according to the month and year of the most recent version, regardless of whether this is a new citation version. IMPORTANT: Searches are also affected by these changes - in order to search for current issue content only, users must fill in the date range on the advanced search screen as 2010-2010. This will return results published in the recent January issue only. Saved searches by status will also be affected and must be re-run. Consult the information about 2010 publication frequency PDF for more detail.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008 & 2009, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Updates to the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; Clinical Trials)

There are 46 specialised registers updated in this issue.

Changes with Issue 4, 2009

7 October 2009

See the lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the record counts table for full details of numbers of records in this issue for all databases.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Updates to the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; Clinical Trials)

In this issue there are 21,371 new records including those downloaded from MEDLINE, EMBASE, specialised registers and handsearch results.
A search conducted by the UK Cochrane Centre for reports of trials in EMBASE has now been completed for records added to EMBASE in 2008, with 3389 records published in CENTRAL in this issue.

There are 42 specialised registers updated in this issue.

Changes with Issue 3, 2009

8 July 2009

See the lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the record counts table for full details of numbers of records in this issue for all databases.

The Cochrane Library is now available on DVD

The CD-ROM version of the Library has now been replaced by a DVD. All you need is a DVD drive for the installation and once installed, the issue will operate exactly the same as the CD-ROM version. The Full installation will still require 3.5 GB of free space on the hard drive and the Limited installation option (1.7 GB) will continue to be available.

We have decided to move to DVD for technical, performance and environmental reasons. The DVD version will allow for quicker and easier installation, less packaging and fewer discs.

View the Access to Cochrane page for more information on how to order the DVD version of The Cochrane Library.

Important Impact Factor news

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews received the 2008 Impact Factor of 5.182, ranked 12th out of 107 medical journals in the ISI category Medicine, General & Internal. For more information about the 2008 Impact Factor see our 2008 Impact Factor frequently asked questions.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

Updates to the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; Clinical Trials)

In this issue there are 16982 new records including those downloaded from MEDLINE, EMBASE, specialised registers and handsearch results.
There are 42 specialised registers updated in this issue.

Changes with Issue 2, 2009

15 April 2009

See the lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the record counts table for full details of numbers of records in this issue for all databases.

Changes to The Cochrane Library Functionality and Display

PDF optimization continues. In this issue:

• Summary of Findings tables are now in landscape format, giving more space to each column.
• Table font has changed to Swiss Condensed 9pt with “ragged right” justification, to make them easier to read.
• The shorter “Abstract” PDF has been renamed “Summary” PDF. This PDF still contains the same text (Abstract, Plain Language Summary and bibliographic data) but is now labelled “Summary” PDF. The “Standard” and “Full” PDFs remain the same as in previous issues.

Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

Audio summaries of selected new and updated Cochrane Reviews, as well as an archive from 2008, are available at http://www.cochrane.org/podcasts.

2009 MeSH Update to The Cochrane Library

This issue has been updated to use the 2009 MeSH thesaurus from the US National Library of Medicine (MeSH terms are present in most of Cochrane Reviews/CDSR, Other Reviews/DARE, Clinical Trials/CENTRAL records taken from MEDLINE, Technology Assessments/HTA and Economic Evaluations/NHS EED).

To assist users in better managing their saved searches, Wiley is providing a series of files which compare MeSH 2008 headings with MeSH 2009 headings. The files are as follows:
• replace2009.xls: This is an Excel spreadsheet with two lists: replaced2009, showing 2008 MeSH headings and their 2009 replacements; deleted2008: showing 2008 MeSH headings that do not exist in 2009 MeSH.
• mnchg2009.list.txt: This is the list of the 2759 MeSH descriptors that have changed position in the MeSH tree, either by moving wholesale or by having added or deleted positions.
• replace2009.txt: This is the NLM source file from which replace2009.xls was generated.
• mnchg2009.txt: This the NLM source file from which mnchg2009.list.txt was generated.
• mshnew2009.txt: This is the list of the 446 new MeSH descriptors that have been added in the 2009 MeSH tree.

Updates to the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; Clinical Trials)

In this issue there are 15467 new records including those downloaded from MEDLINE, EMBASE, specialised registers and handsearch results.
There are 38 specialised registers updated in this issue.

Changes with Issue 1, 2009

21 January 2009

See the lists of new and updated Cochrane reviews. See the record counts table for full details of numbers of records in this issue for all databases.

Changes to The Cochrane Library Functionality and Display

Issue 1 introduces a new type of review – the Overviews of Reviews. These are intended primarily to overview multiple Cochrane intervention reviews addressing the effects of two or more potential interventions for a single condition or health problem. Cochrane Overviews highlight the Cochrane reviews that address these potential interventions and summarize their results for important outcomes. See the first overview of reviews protocol – Interventions for neovascular age-related macular degeneration in this issue. Overviews of Reviews have also been developed outside the Library and can be viewed in the Evidence-Based Child Health Journal: A Cochrane Review Journal at http://www.evidence-basedchildhealth.com.

PDF optimization work is in progress and users will see several improvements in this issue:

• Tables are now shaded and as a result much easier to interpret. This includes the Summary of Findings tables introduced in Issue 2, 2008 and also the What’s New and History tables;
• Summary of Findings (SoF) tables now start on a new page making them more likely to fit one page and therefore easier to analyse. If they must break over a page, a rule has been implemented to break on a new row wherever possible;
• Summary of Findings tables have been re-named slightly. The first table is now referred to as Summary of findings for the main comparison. Any further tables are now referred to as Additional summary of findings to reduce repetition of headings;
• The spacing within these SoF tables continues to be worked on to reduce the amount of white space and encourage tables to fit onto a single page;
There have also been several bug fixes, including:
• The plain language summary no longer starts on a new page – it immediately follows the end of the abstract;
• Links in the Standard PDF to Analyses and Appendices (which are not present in the Standard version) have been removed;
• Hyperlinks no longer overlap into the next column;
• Occurrences of HTML in the PDF headings are no longer present;
• Page references in the TOCs now correspond to their correct page;
• Missing data when tables continue onto the next page is now re-instated;
• Some errors with Data and Analyses are resolved;
• Table footnotes have been re-instated.

Here is a list of ongoing work in 2009:

• Spacing – those pages where only a few lines appear and then lots of blank space need to be examined;
• Uneven spacing between section headings and paragraphs – spacing needs to become consistent;
• Section headings or table headings appearing at the end of a page and text on the following page – the headings would ideally always start with the text;
• Hyphenation is not always logical;
• Text at the end of the page overlapping with the footer – the page needs to break sooner;
• Text in the left column sometimes starts lower down the page than the right column – this should be even;
• Monitor table text to make sure that no content is missing;
• Summary of Findings tables still require some work to make them more user-friendly.

Searching The Cochrane Library for reviews restricted by Group

Users are now able to restrict their searches to reviews within a specific group. The group code must be entered into the search box between double quotation marks, example: “HM-VASC” and Search all text must be selected from the drop down menu, used to limit the search.

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ARCHIVE WEBSITE UPDATES

DECEMBER UPDATE 2011

New and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

Record count DEC 2011

Database

Total Records

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*

6967

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects

15950

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

661393

Cochrane Methodology Register

14985

Health Technology Assessment Database

10532

NHS Economic Evaluation Database^

11441

About The Cochrane Collaboration†

80

November UPDATE 2011

New and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

Record count NOV 2011

Database

Total Records

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*

6909

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects

15950

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

661393

Cochrane Methodology Register

14985

Health Technology Assessment Database

10532

NHS Economic Evaluation Database^

11441

About The Cochrane Collaboration†

80

OCTOBER UPDATE 2011

new and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

Record count OCT 2011

Database

Total Records

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*

6858

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects

15950

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

661393

Cochrane Methodology Register

14985

Health Technology Assessment Database

10532

NHS Economic Evaluation Database^

11441

About The Cochrane Collaboration†

80

September UPDATE 2011

new and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library

Record count SEPT 2011

Database

Total Records

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*

6791

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects

15251

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials

651035

Cochrane Methodology Register

14761

Health Technology Assessment Database

10071

NHS Economic Evaluation Database^

11163

About The Cochrane Collaboration†

80

August UPDATE 2011

August UPDATE 2011

new and improved article display for systematic reviews on The Cochrane Library