Handsearching
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The methodological searching, page by page (by hand) of the content of a journal, including articles, editorials, letters from readers, etc., to identify the relevant studies and complete the non-indexed searching in the databases.
Note: Normally, one starts with the issues from the current year, and then works backwards until the yield becomes negligible or the first volume is reached.