Information includes the safety, efficacy and quality of the interventions being investigated. One reason for the difficulty is that CAM literature is scattered among many information sources. A final challenge in gathering CAM literature is that multiple database searches must be conducted to acquire information on quality, safety and efficacy. The search engine, which is the method used to search the database, was designed to allow users with all levels of expertise to quickly search the database for the information they desire. Searches can also be conducted searching all indexed fields and all non-indexed fields.
Searchers can combine up to eight terms using Boolean search terms to make searches more specific.
For more information on conducting searches click on Help button on the Reference Web Poster tool bar. The Cochrane Complementary Medicine Registry of Randomized Controlled Trials. The CM field focuses on Systematic Reviews of CM Topics and the CM Field Registry of Randomized Controlled Trials . Ezzo J, Berman BM, Vickers AJ, Linde K. Complementary medicine and the Cochrane Collaboration. The comprehensiveness of Medline and Embase computer searches.