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Table 1 Information accessing and formatting features and examples of each reviewed with informants

From: Identifying strategies to improve access to credible and relevant information for public health professionals: a qualitative study

Information Accessing or Formatting Features

Website Examples of Specific Features Reviewed with Informants

Keywords for searching published literature for articles of interest

PubMed [23]

Pre-formulated search or screening filters

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce [42]

PubMed Clinical Queries [41]

Automatic notification (alert systems and topical listservs)

AJPH Online Subscriber Help & Services[50]

SafetyLit [51]

TB-UpDate from the CDC [60]

Abstracts, summaries and expert commentaries

Journal Watch [49]

Evidence-based Healthcare and Public Health [52]

Systematic reviews

Cochrane Systematic Reviews [46]

Evidence-based guidelines

Guide to Community Preventive Services [24]

Comprehensive knowledge collection

CDC website [53], UpToDate [47]

Within article indexing

UpToDate [47]

Archiving of information sought

SafetyLit [51]