You can use Advanced Search to search for all types of documents stored in Archie; both the Cochrane specific documents such as group modules, protocols and reviews; and also files.

The difference between document search and review version search is described under Advanced review version search options.
You can search for documents using the following search fields:

  • Common fields – searches the following record fields: Title and Text
  • Text - the entire text of e.g., a review
  • Title
  • Document Type
  • Group

- Miscellaneous -

  • Publication status
  • Notes - searches title and text of Notes
  • Created
  • Modified
  • Modified By
  • Is Checked Out
  • Is Starred
  • Star Colour
  • Person - identifies all documents where the chosen person has any document role
  • Country of Document Role - identifies all documents where a person with the chosen document role is from the chosen country
  • Reference Centre of Document Role - identifies all documents where a person with the chosen document role has the chosen  reference centre

 
The following fields mostly only apply to documents of the type Cochrane Review or Translation:

- Review Info -

  • Contact Person
  • Review Stage
  • Review Status
  • Review Phase
  • Review Type
  • Review No
  • RevMan ID
  • Review DOI (CD number)
  • Next Stage Expected
  • Assessed as Up-to-date
  • Date of Search
  • Content Edited
  • Review Topic Group
  • Review Topic Name
  • Review Topic
  • Has Updating Classification
  • Updating Classification
  • Updating Classification Explanation
  • Updating Classification Revised
  • Review has Translation
  • In Review Database
    - Translation info -
  • Language
  • Translation Status
  • Outdated
  • Source Review
  • Source Review DOI
  • Translation Service Provider
    - First Published -
  • Protocol First Published
  • Review First Published
    - Stage Reached -
  • Title Added
  • Title Registered
  • Protocol Stage Reached
  • Review Stage Reached

- Last Published Version -

  • Version Stage
  • Version Status
  • Version is New
  • Version is Amended - identifies reviews with an Amended event but not also an Updated, Concussions Changed or Stable event. A search for Amended will return both active and withdrawn reviews (unless you also specify Last Published Version Status = Active)
  • Version is Updated
  • Version has Conclusions Changed
  • Version is Stable
  • Version has Feedback
  • Version has New Citation -  does not include new protocols or reviews (which have an implicit new citation); only those with a New Citation event. There is a separate search term for New.
  • Version First Published - identifies reviews of last published version which were first published in the latest issue.
  • Version First Published between - allows you to search for reviews where the last published version was published within a range of issues (without using Review Versions Search).
  • Version Assessed as Up-to-date - is similar to the general 'Assessed as Up-to-date' search field but searches specifically on the date associated with the last published version.
  • Cited Review -  finds reviews where a queried review is cited.
  • Citing Review - finds reviews that are cited within a given review.
  • Number of Review References - finds reviews based on the total number of Cochrane review references.
    - Relative to Selection -
  • Selected Documents - restrict search to previously selected documents.
  • Reviews with Selected Contact Persons - search for reviews based on person selection set.
  • Reviews with Selected Authors - search for reviews based on person selection set.
  • Reviews for Selected Versions - search for reviews based on review versions selection set
  • Documents for Selected Notes - search for documents based on notes selection set
  • Translations with Selected Reviews- search for translations based on review selection set
  • Reviews Linked to Selected Products - search for reviews based on derivative product selection set.

Remember: When searching for a review using such search terms as: Cited Review, citing Review and Number of Review References, the system considers only the last published version of the reviews.

Search fields and their corresponding options:

Search criteria

Conditions

Search term

Common Fields
Text
Title
Notes
RevMan ID
Review DOI (CD Number)
Review No
Funding Body
Internal notes
Public Notes
Review Topic Name
Updating Classification Explanation

Contains
Equals
Begins with
Does not contain
 

Enter a free-text search term

  • Tip: Contains and Begins with are useful if you are unsure how to spell a search term.

Group
Publication Status
Document Type
Review Stage
Review Status
Review Phase
Review Type
Review Topic Group
Protocol First Published
First Review Published
Next Stage Expected
Last Published Version Stage
Last Published Version Status
Last Published Version First Published

Is
Is not

Choose your search term from the pull-down list

Country of Document Role

Choose your search terms from the pull-down lists of countries and roles

Reference Center of Document Role

Choose your search terms from the pull-down lists of groups and roles

Updating Classification

Choose your search terms from the pull-down lists of statuses and rationales

Person
Contact Person
Modified By

Is
Is not

Choose the person by using the button

Citing Review
Cited Review
Source Review

Is
Is not

Choose a review by using the button

Number of Review References

Equals
Not equals
Greater than
Less than
Greater than or equals
Less than or equals

Enter a number

Created
Modified
Assessed as Up-to-date
Date of Search
Content Edited
Last Minor Update
Last Substantive Update
Title Added
Title Registered
Protocol Stage Reached
Review Stage Reached
Update Stage Reached
Translation date
Version Assessed as Up-to-date
Updating Classification Revised

Before
After
On
Not before
Not after
 

Choose a date by using the  button
 

Tip: The difference between Before and Not after, and between After and Not before, is whether the date itself is included. For example, searching on records created After 1 January 2000 will only find records from 2 January onwards.

Last Published Version is New
Last Published Version is Amended
Last Published Version is Updated
Last Published Version  has Conclusions Changed
Last Published Version is Stable
Is Checked Out
Outdated
Has Updating Classification

Yes
No

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Review has Translation

Yes
No

Choose a language from the pull-down list

Language

Is
Is not

Choose a language from the pull-down list

Version First Published

Choose an issue from the pull-down list

Version First Published between

Choose issues from the pull-down lists

Is starred

Is
Is not  

Yes/No

Star Colour

Is
Is Not

Choose a colour from the pull -down list

Review Topic

Is

Choose a topic from the  Select topic window.