Trials registers, results registers and other research registers
Increasing national and international interest in identifying, recording and promoting access to healthcare trials and their results has seen the development of large numbers of trials registers, and more recently, results registers. Trials registers provide information on current and recently completed research and results registers provide information on completed research. This type of information is useful for research commissioning, health technology assessments, systematic reviews and product development.

Trials registers, results registers and other research registers are developing quickly and provide challenges in terms of identification, efficient searching and record management. This half day continuing education course will highlight the key trials registers and trials results registers and will offer practical advice on searching registers and managing register records.

Biography
Julie Glanville is Project Director, Information Services, York Health Economics Consortium, University of York. She holds an MSc in Information Processing from the University of York. She has a wide experience in librarianship in the UK and USA.

Carol Lefebvre is the Senior Information Specialist at the UK Cochrane Centre. She has an Msc in Library and Information Studies from Loughborough University. She has previously worked at the Cairns Library, University of Oxford Medical School, UK.

Julie Glanville and Carol Lefebvre are co-authors of the searching chapter of the Cochrane Handbook and have many years’ experience of identifying trials evidence. Both have published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. They are experienced teachers and are in popular demand as trainers.