Hi, Kath,

There are at least two wikis I'm aware of that tried to do the same thing, with moderate to little success. You might want to harvest content from them or partner with them. The better site is by Connie Schardt and her team:

<https://sites.google.com/site/ebmlibrarian/>

Before I discovered their site, I had also tried to create one, but never had any luck with it. Still, I did place a number of search strategies there.

<http://ebhcstrategies.wikifoundry.com/>

Both Connie and I had used Wetpaint before they became really commercial and changed their name to WikiFoundry. When they started pushing inappropriate ads and asking for lots of money, we left.

Other related resources you might want to explore, if you haven't already seen them:

<http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Top_Fifty_(50)_Medical_Wikis_You_Might_(Want_to)_Know>

<http://ebhc.wikispaces.com/>

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK82273/>

Part of the reason I had tried to do this back then was that I'm getting older, have participated in MANY systematic reviews and published a number of search strategies. When I look at my lists of saved searches, I keep thinking, whoa, someday I won't be here and no one will have access to any of these. We spent months developing some of these search strategies. I've also found (horror!) the occasional error in some of my published search strategies. I've been encouraging librarians to partner or collaborate on filter development to help prevent this and make stronger search strategies. Every time I've partnered with other librarians on search strategies, it's been very frustrating and time consuming, and resulted in a vastly improved search. :)

Just as there is a movement toward establishing data archives and science software tools as publishable and citable formats, I'd like to see the same thing happen with search strategies. And I'd like them to be peer-reviewed. Wouldn't that change a lot of things?

- Patricia

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Kath Wright <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear Colleagues

The InterTASC Information Specialists' Sub-Group Search Filter Resource is a collaborative venture to identify, assess and test search filters designed to retrieve research by study design or focus.

The ISSG Search Filters Resource aims to provide easy access to published and unpublished search filters. It also provides information and guidance on how to critically appraise search filters, study design filters in progress and information on the development and use of search filters.

We are pleased to announce some recent changes and proposed developments to the ISSG Search Filter Resource.

1. We have change the web address. The new address is https://sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/issg-search-filters-resource/home. We have redirects in place from the previous site, so your bookmarks from the previous site should redirect automatically. If you find a redirect that doesn't work please let us know (Email: [log in to unmask])
2. We have extended and reorganised some of the existing sections of the site.
3. We have moved to monthly updates of the site. We search for new publications in MEDLINE, Embase and CINAHL.
4. Future plans include extending the scope of the site by listing resources which collect and/or develop subject/clinical filters. We are also investigating additional developments including alerting options and user feedback options.
5. If you have any feedback or would like to contribute filters to the site please contact us ([log in to unmask])

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Patricia Anderson, [log in to unmask]
Emerging Technologies Librarian
University of Michigan
http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/pfa