Beyond Pub Med exploring other biomedical databases Linda

Beyond Pub. Med: exploring other biomedical databases Linda Atkinson & Juliet Ralph linda. atkinson@hcl. ox. ac. uk juliet. ralph@ouls. ox. ac. uk

In this session • What is Pub. Med? • Database overlap and coverage • Embase, the “European Medline” • BIOSIS: biology, life sciences • Other biomedical databases

What is Pub. Med? • A way of searching MEDLINE: • U. S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) bibliographic database • biomedicine and life sciences, bioengineering, public health, clinical care, and plant and animal science.

Medline • Over 19 million references to journal articles, including reviews and clinical trials. • Gathered from 4, 600 biomedical journals published in the USA and 70 other countries. • 1950 - present.

Pub. Med with Oxford links • Use this version to get authenticated access to Oxford's full-text (via the "Find it @ Oxford" icon which appears in each record). • www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/sites/entrez? m yncbishare=Oxford_HCL • This is the link used on SOLO, Oxlip+ and our library pages.

EMBASE differs from Medline in a couple of ways • EMBASE has a particular focus on drugs & pharmacology • EMBASE covers a wider range of non- English language journals • To get the advantages of both Medline and EMBASE use SCOPUS

SCOPUS • Good coverage- especially in Medicine as it covers both Medline and EMBASE • It is a very large database covering 18, 000 + journal titles as well as some book series and conferences • Also links to Scientific web sites through SCIRUS • It has an easy-to-use interface with useful addons such as citation tracker & journal analyzer

BIOSIS Previews • Life sciences & biomedical research covering preclinical & experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, & more. • 5000 journals • Plus conferences, patents, and books • 1926 - present • Updated weekly

Access via • Web of Knowledge • …which also hosts Web of Science • Science Citation Index (1945 -present) • Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990 -present) • Plus Medline! • http: //wok. mimas. ac. uk/

Other biomedical databases • AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) • Global Health • Psyc. INFO (psychology) • Sport. Discus (sports science)

Clinical databases • TRIP (Turning Research into Practice) • evidence for clinical practice • Up. To. Date • authoritative answers to clinical questions

Cochrane Library • a collection of databases that contain highquality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. • Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions • Systematic reviews

All available on • SOLO http: //solo. ouls. ox. ac. uk • Or Ox. LIP+ (Oxford Libraries Information Platform) • http: //oxlip-plus. ouls. ox. ac. uk • Search for database name

Find it @ Oxford

Database overlap • Compare journal title lists with • JISC Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT) • www. jisc-adat. com/adat/home. pl

Here to help • Health Care Libraries • www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/hcl • enquiries@hcl. ox. ac. uk • Radcliffe Science Library • www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/science • enquiries. rsl@ouls. ox. ac. uk

Over to you • Try an online tutorial from the list at • www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/science/training/tutorials • Or go to SOLO http: //solo. ouls. ox. ac. uk • Search for a database, eg BIOSIS • Click on Online Access • Search on a topic of your choice