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