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The IACUC Guideline from the University of Pennsylvania outlines procedures for conducting a 'Literature Search for Alternatives' in animal research protocols. It emphasizes the importance of incorporating the '3 Rs'—Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction—into studies involving animals that experience pain or distress. The guideline provides a step-by-step process for researchers to perform literature searches, including developing keywords, selecting databases, and documenting findings. It also encourages collaboration with librarians and experts to enhance search effectiveness.

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What does a literature search look like?

iterature search is a comprehensive exploration of published literature with the purpose of finding scholarly articles on a specific topic. Managing and organizing selected scholarly works can also be useful.

What is a literature search?

The top list of academic search engines Google Scholar. BASE. CORE. Science.gov. Semantic Scholar. Baidu Scholar. RefSeek.

How to do an advanced literature search?

How to Perform an Advanced Literature Search Run a quick search with your own keywords. Use OR to connect similar concepts. Extract medical subject headings (MeSH) to enhance your search. Create a search line for each separate concept. Formulate searches incorporating MeSH terms. Search citations in Web of Science.

What is a good literature search?

Literature search is a systematic and well-organised search from the already published data to identify a breadth of good quality references on a specific topic.

What are literature search strategies?

A search strategy includes a combination of keywords, subject headings, and limiters (language, date, publication type, etc.) A search strategy should be planned out and practiced before executing the final search in a database. A search strategy and search results should be documented throughout the searching process.

How to do a good literature search?

Choose search terms Use a thesaurus to identify synonyms. Search for your concepts on a search engine like Google Scholar, scanning the results for alternative words and phrases. Examine relevant abstracts or articles for alternative words, phrases and subject headings (if the database uses subject headings).

What is the Iacuc alternative search?

An alternatives search involves: Searching for information on your proposed IACUC protocol. The Cornell IACUC requires that you search at least two databases. Use the results to inform a brief narrative (250 words or less) in your protocol addressing: Replace - replacement of animal experiments with alternatives.

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