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]

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