WEBSITE UPDATES
Updated May 2013
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 5 (May) On the 31st May 2013 updates have been made to Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; ABOUT; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. The remaining databases: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; Health Technology Assessments database and NHS Economic Evaluations Database are maintained at their April Issue4 updates. [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].
Further details of the publication schedule dates can be found here.
CDSR - Publish When Ready and the continuous publishing model.
Impacts of Publish When Ready on searching the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Publish When Ready starts in June 2013. Cochrane Reviews and Protocols will be published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) as soon as they are ready for publication instead of waiting for a monthly publication date. This continuous publishing model, of ‘When Ready’, replaces the monthly publication model introduced in 2010.
With the continuous publishing model, there will still be monthly issues of the CDSR, but Issues will open from the first day of the month (with the exception of June when Publish When Ready is rolled out on 3 June) and will close on the last day of the calendar month. During the calendar month the issue will be considered as “in process”.
Changes to the Wiley Online Platform introduced on 18 May 2013, in preparation for the start of Publish When Ready on 3 June 2013, means that there are changes to the following:
(1) If you search on CDSR AND limit using any of the following statuses, New, New Search, Conclusions Changed, or Major Change.
(2) If you limit search results using the “Current Issue” limit option.
With monthly publication, searches using these limits restrict to the latest issue of the CDSR. From 18 May 2013, these limits are applied to the two most recent CDSR issues: the one that is “in process” and the previous month’s issue. On the first day of the month, the issue name used in search results will also change to reflect that the CDSR issue “in progress”.
All other searches for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews will be unaffected by these changes.
“New” limit searches for all other databases, including CENTRAL, are NOT impacted.
Overview of the impact on searching the CDSR with the move to Publish When Ready
| Start date | End date | Time period used for limits* | Issues searched | Issue name displayed in search results |
| 1 May | 18 May | Most recent complete issue | April 2013 | Issue 4 of 12, April 2013 |
| 18 Mayǂ | 3 June | TWO most recent issues | March 2013 + April 2013 | Issue 4 of 12, April 2013 |
| 1 Juneǂǂ | 1 July | TWO most recent issues | May + June 2013 | Issue 6 of 12, June 2013 “Issue updated daily throughout month” |
| 1 July | 1 August | TWO most recent issues | June + July 2013 | Issue 7 of 12, July 2013 “Issue updated daily throughout month” |
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* Limits: (1) Search CDSR AND limit to statuses: New, New Search, Conclusions Changed, Major Change; (2) Limit Search results to Current Issue. |
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MESH
CENTRAL:
- Saved Searches: Saved searches in CENTRAL will run as normal, provided you do not make any changes to a MeSH line.
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:
- These files have been updated with the 2013 MeSH terms .
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.
Scheduled Maintenance
NEXT release on Saturday 15 June 2013.
A technical configuration change to The Cochrane Library production server will take place at 2pm (UK) 15th June 2013. This is not expected to cause any change to functionaility. The availability of The Cochrane Library will be maintained during this one hour configuration change. If you do have any problems with access please contact cs-cochrane@wiley.com.
Due to the natural of technology and its development, it has become standard practice throughout many organisations to have regular, scheduled, updates to systems. By taking this approach, there is a reduced risk to functionality and other systems. Users can also plan to avoid usage during these maintenance periods.The dates below indicate an expectation of scheduled maintenance which may disrupt access and functionality of The Cochrane Library.(The standard schedule for developer activities commences at 10am (UK Time), and continue for 2 hours, though this is subject to change).These dates are subject to change.Notifications of the expected downtime will be sent out in the week prior to the expected downtime, to users on the Cochrane 'lists' (TSCs, MEs and Cochrane Library User Group).
Saturday 10 am GMT |
3rd August 2013 |
September 2013 - No Release |
October 2013 - No Release |
2nd November 2013 |
December 2013 - No Release |
January 2014 - No Release |
15th February 2014 |
Record count ApR 2013
Database |
Total Records |
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews* |
7851 |
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects |
22619 |
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials |
697548 |
Cochrane Methodology Register |
15764** |
Health Technology Assessment Database |
12290 |
NHS Economic Evaluation Database |
13913 |
About The Cochrane Collaboration† |
81 |
| Editorials | 56 |
* Comprises 5520 published reviews and 2331 protocols, of which 36 are new reviews, 38 review had a new search and 5 conclusions were changed, 35 new protocols and 3 updated protocols. There were no withdrawn review but 6 withdrawn protocols. Totalling 201 wihdrawn reviews in CDSR.
**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.
