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| Year : 2014 |
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PubMed alternatives to search MEDLINE: An environmental scan
Arun Keepanasseril
Department of Medicine Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Prosthodontics, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Arun Keepanasseril
Department of Medicine Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Prosthodontics, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, Kerala, India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.142562
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The prime objective of this article is to introduce the newer methods to access, search and process MEDLINE citations. It also aims to provide a brief overview of each service's salient features. A targeted search was conducted in MEDLINE through the OVID gateway. This was followed with a search in Google Scholar as well as Google and Bing. Ninety-two web-based services that can be used to search MEDLINE were identified. The list was shortened to 24 by applying a set of relevancy criteria to select those services more relevant to general medical and dental users. Salient features of the selected services are outlined and a use case based classification of the system has been proposed to help dental practitioners and researchers select the appropriate service for a given purpose. |
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