Document (#7657)

Author

Pratt, G.F.

Title

¬A brief hitchhiker's guide to MEDLINE

Source

Database. 17(1994) no.1, S.41-46

Year

1994

Abstract

MEDLINE is one of the most widely used databases in the world. During 1992, there were over 4.5 million logins at the National Library of Medicine alone. Currently containing over 7.4 million records, almost 3.700 journals are endlessly indexed to prduce weekly updates. Either as searchers or intermediaries, many information professionals get a daily dose of MEDLINE and the accompanying MeSH terminology. But as information professionals, how much do we really know about MEDLINE? For example: When we attach a particular subheading to a MeSH term, what slice of the MEDLINE pie are we selecting, one with 6.000 or 600.000 records? It we search topics using age-related check tags, how does this influence search results? What percentage of MEDLINE is related to nursing topics? Would another database more appropriate? If a client wants only citations to reviews articles, what portion of the database is eliminated?

Field

Medizin

Object

MEDLINE

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