I know Polyglot is supposed to be a time saver... That said, I often hand-translate. When I'ved used Polyglot, I've ended up doing enough cleaning and further tweaking that I didn't see the time savings. Have others noticed that? Do you use it for some searches or databases and not others?
That's a great point Stacy B. I think that all depends on your goals. I know there are some things I always have to fix (e.g. Web of Science syntax and then run it as a Topic search), but I typically spend the time testing my search for each database anyway, just in case. I have enough space in the work day to spend the extra time, thankfully.
I know Polyglot is supposed to be a time saver... That said, I often hand-translate. When I'ved used Polyglot, I've ended up doing enough cleaning and further tweaking that I didn't see the time savings. Have others noticed that? Do you use it for some searches or databases and not others?
That's a great point Stacy B. I think that all depends on your goals. I know there are some things I always have to fix (e.g. Web of Science syntax and then run it as a Topic search), but I typically spend the time testing my search for each database anyway, just in case. I have enough space in the work day to spend the extra time, thankfully.