# IQWIG's app for search strategies

**URL:** <https://magic.discourse.group/t/iqwigs-app-for-search-strategies/200>\
**Category:** Health Economics and Outcome Research\
**Tags:** search-strategy, slr\
**Created:** [July 26, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://magic.discourse.group/t/iqwigs-app-for-search-strategies/200 "2024-07-26T10:45:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Makemake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@Makemake](https://magic.discourse.group/u/Makemake)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://magic.discourse.group/t/iqwigs-app-for-search-strategies/200/1 "2024-07-26T10:45:11Z")

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Hi all,

Last year, IQWIG created an app to support the development of search strategies in systematic reviews. The tool can identify the most relevant free‐text and MeSH terms in a set of bibliographic records. It is publicly available, so I was curious if any of you used it. What do you think about the app? Is it useful in preparing search strategies?

More info: [The searchbuildR shiny app: A new implementation of the objective approach for search strategy development in systematic reviews (wiley.com)](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cesm.12078)

App: [GitHub - IQWiG/searchbuildR: Shiny App and R Package to identify search terms in evidence synthesis with quantitative textual analysis](https://github.com/IQWiG/searchbuildR)