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| characteristics of secondary resources |
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-complete citation to the primary article
-abstracts summarize the primary article |
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-saves time
-single database to purchase
-can search multiple publications at once
-computerized
-can combine search terms easily |
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-cost of database
-specialized training may be required
-cost of materials
-computer necessary |
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| -time it takes from publication to actual entry into the indexing service |
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-Index Medicus
-Medline
-International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
-Iowa Drug Information System |
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-paper version of Medline
-first published in 1879
-National Library of Medicine took over publication in 1960
-pure indexing service, no interpretation of information
-indexed over 3700 journal titles |
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| Index Medicus scope of coverage |
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-86% of citations are from English language journals
-76% have a published abstract available
-article types-reviews, letters, care reports, clinical trials |
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| Index Medicus standard vocabulary |
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-MeSH
-25000 headings/descriptors with tree structure numbers |
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-controlled vocabulary developed and utilized by NLM for indexing primary literature
-arranged in both an alphabetic and heiarchial structure |
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-used when you need to narrow or broaden a search and you need to look for a different MeSH term
-categorizes all MeSH terms into a hierarchy from general to most specific
-Each MeSH term appears in at least one place in the trees, but may appear in more than one tree
-16 main branches
Each MeSH term has a tree number that positions the term in the hierarchy |
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| subheadings (allowable qualifiers) |
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-organizes articles into groups of similar topics to make searching easier
-there is a selected set of subheadings for each MeSH term
-subheadings are used to narrow a search by focusing the MeSH to a specific category of biomedicine
-there are over 800 subheadings available, but only certain subheadings apply to each MeSH term |
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-available through OVID or online at pubmed.com
-computer version of Index Medicus provided by the NLM
-NLM website (nim.nih.gov) also has access to other databases |
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-over 16 million records from 1950 to present
-about 4800 journals
-uses MeSH vocabulary |
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-year of publication (PY)
-language (LA)
-study groups-human/animal
-gender
-publication type (PT)
-age group |
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| International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) |
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-edited by(ASHP)
-focuses on human studies
-primarily English language journals, but foreign articles are included
-has abstracts from ASHP clinical meetings |
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->850 journals
-accessibility-online, CDROM,and as printed paper copies
-primary focus of index is pharmacy |
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| Iowa Drug Information System (IDIS) |
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-online resource which covers human drug therapy topics
-includes entire article on microfiche or online, good for small libraries
-apprx. 200 journals (english and human subject articles only) |
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-rapid retrieval of a citation
-only printed articles from 1995
-can combine terms using online to find citations but must still retrieve articles from microfiche (prior 1995) |
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| -lag time 1 week to months depending on priority of the journal |
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| (default)-will capture and include all narrower terms in the tree structure beneath your search term. This will broaden your search. |
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| -lag time 6-14 weeks depending on priority |
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| -lag time around 4 weeks depending on priority |
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| -looks for term in both the title and abstract fields |
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| -looks for term in title of indexed articles |
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| combines a textword and MeSH term search, this is the default in PubMed if you just type in the query box (if a MeSH term is available) |
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| -each article has a unique ID number |
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