Resources

These pages contain useful documents, software, links and other materials that are available to contributors to the Cochrane Oral Health Group.

The resources are arranged according to different types of contributors:

Cochrane review authors | Peer reviewers | Consumers | Handsearchers | Editors

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Cochrane review authors

• The Cochrane Manual
  The Collaboration's principle procedural resource.
• Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
  The official document which describes in detail the process of creating Cochrane systematic reviews.
• Archie
  The Cochrane Collaboration's central server for managing documents and contact details.
• RevMan 5
  RevMan is the software that must be used by review authors to prepare their review. RevMan User Guide and RevMan Tutorial are both included with installation.
• Cochrane Collaboration Open Learning Material for Reviewers
  A step-by-step approach to preparing a review, this material has been designed to accompany the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions and help you develop the skills necessary to complete a systematic review.
• Cochrane Style Resource, including Cochrane Style Guide 3.0 and Cochrane Style Basics, a two-page summary of the Cochrane Style Guide that contains its most essential items, designed specifically for review authors. These documents will help review authors and people responsible for copy editing to copy edit systematic reviews in a consistent manner.
  
  
• Title Registration Form [PDF] [DOC]
  A form for registering to prepare a systematic review within the Cochrane Oral Health Group.
• Information sheet: Writing a Review [PDF] [DOC]
• Information sheet: Cochrane Oral Health Group Editorial Process [PDF] [DOC]
  Describes the process of preparing a review within the Group from title registration through to review publication and updating.
• Guidance: Revised Cochrane Sensitive Search Strategy for Searching MEDLINE [PDF]
• Guidance: Preparation of Plain Language Summaries of Cochrane reviews
• Guidance: The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias [PDF]
• Risk of bias assessment form [PDF] [DOC]
• Information sheet: Publication of Cochrane Reviews in Print Journals and Books [PDF] [DOC]
  Cochrane Collaboration's policy on co-publication of Cochrane reviews, list of co-publication agreements that exist with several journals and additional correspondence from journal editors regarding the publication of Cochrane reviews.
• Licence for Publication Form
  To be signed by all authors listed, and returned to the Review Group Co-ordinator before your Protocol or Review can be published as a Cochrane review.
• Copyright Permission Request Form [PDF]
  If you would like to reuse material from The Cochrane Library, please submit a copyright permission request form to John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
• Cochrane Workshops for Review Authors
  Information about Cochrane workshops run at Cochrane centres around the world for Cochrane review authors.
• Cochrane Library Submission and Publication Dates [PDF]
  
  
• Review Update Form [PDF] [DOC]
• Information sheet: Review Updates [PDF] [DOC]
  Why and how to update your Cochrane review.
• Information sheet: Cochrane Collaboration Policies - Review Updates [PDF] [DOC]

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Peer reviewers

• Referee Registration Form [PDF] [DOC]
• Guidance: How to referee a Cochrane Review [PDF] [DOC]
• Checklist for Refereeing Cochrane Protocols [PDF] [DOC]
  To provide pre-publication comments on a protocol.
• Checklist for Refereeing Cochrane Reviews [PDF] [DOC]
  To provide pre-publication comments on a review.

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Consumers

• Cochrane Oral Health Group Consumers [PDF]
  A short leaflet giving an introduction to the Cochrane Oral Health Group and the role of a consumer within the Group.
• Consumer Registration Form [PDF] [DOC]
• Information sheet: Cochrane Systematic Reviews [PDF] [DOC]
  Describes what is a Cochrane systematic review and its format.
• Information sheet: Cochrane Oral Health Group Editorial Process [PDF] [DOC]
  Describes the process of preparing a review within the Group from title registration through to consumer input, review publication and updating.
• Guidance: Consumer Peer Reviewing [PDF] [DOC]
  Guidelines for consumers providing pre-publication comments on a review.
• Information sheet: Consumer Peer Reviewing Step-by-Step [PDF] [DOC]
  Tips on providing comments on a review.
• Consumer Checklist for Refereeing Systematic Reviews [PDF] [DOC]
  To provide pre-publication comments on a review.
• Glossary of dental terms
• Dental diagrams
• Orthodontic glossary
• Cochrane Consumer Network (CCNet)

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Handsearchers

• Information sheet: Contributing to the Journal Handsearching Programme [PDF] [DOC]
• Cochrane Master List of Journals Being Searched
  The complete list of all journals that are being handsearched throughout the Collaboration.
• Cochrane Oral Health Group Handsearchers' Manual [PDF] [DOC]
  A guide for handsearchers within the Cochrane Oral Health Group.

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Editors

• Checklist for Refereeing Cochrane Protocols [PDF] [DOC]
  To provide pre-publication comments on a protocol.
• Checklist for Refereeing Cochrane Reviews [PDF] [DOC]
  To provide pre-publication comments on a review.

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