Website Update

JANUARY UPDATE 2012

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: 2012Issue1 (Jan) Updates have been made to the 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.

This months changes, as part of the January technical release, and Issue Publication will show in The Cochrane Library:

CENTRAL is now published on a monthly basis, the same frequency as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and About databases.
The remaining 'Withdrawn' Reviews are now display the Withdrawn flag in search results
RightsLink has been released for your permissions requirement. Further information can be found here

25 Jan Update:

The Cochrane Editorial Unit have released the details of The Cochrane Library complaints procedure, how to contact the Editor In Chief & details of The Cochrane Library Oversight Committee.

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 (Jan 2012Issue1).

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.
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).
CDSR records are leaking beyond the right border of the page. Investigation and fix is in hand.
PDF rendering has caused paragraph migration between columns, reducing the quality of the review appearence. (Reload of PDF's will be performed on 16th February 2012).

Record count JAN 2012

Database	Total Records
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews*	7027
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects	16773
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	666166
Cochrane Methodology Register	15144
Health Technology Assessment Database	10997
NHS Economic Evaluation Database^	11720
About The Cochrane Collaboration†	80

* Comprises 4929 published reviews and 2098 protocols, of which 37 are new reviews, 31 updated reviews (comprises 24 new search and 7 conclusions changed), 65 new protocols, and 3 updated protocol. There are also 3 withdrawn reviews and 8 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.