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Think Fast.
Search Faster.
Medical content – March
2009
Eva Czegledi
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
– Bibliographic databases
OVIDMedline,
 Embase & EMBiology,
 EBMR,
 Global Health,
 PsycINFO,
 Biosis,
 Primal pictures
 Amed and many others
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– Journals Lippincott LWW, Blackwell, OUP, Nature, BMJ, AMA
– eBooks : Harrison´s, Lippincott LWW, Springer, OUP,
McGrawHill, etc.
Bibliographic databases
Medline - general medical information
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Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine - strong US focus
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Coverage from 1966 to present with 11.800.000
updated daily
annually added 520.000 records –
Broad Subjects: Clinical Medicine; Nursing
Specific Subjects:
Neurology
Internal Medicine
General Medicine
Primary Care Family Medicine
General Practice
3,900 journals
70 countries
76% author abstracts
more disease oriented + more focus on nursing, dentistry, veterinary
Weekly updates: 7,300
MeSH indexing
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Bibliographic databases
EMBase - biomedical and pharmacological resource about medical and drug-related
subjects
•11.000.000 records from 1974 to present
•Data Type: Bibliographic with Abstracts
•Coverage:
Anesthesiology
Cardiology
Dermatology
Drugs & Pharmacology CD
Evidence-Based Medicine
Gastroenterology
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Immunology & AIDS
Nephrology
Neurosciences
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
Pathology
Pediatrics
Pharmacoeconomics & Disease Management
Pharmacy
Pollution & Toxicology
Psychiatry
Radiology &
Nuclear Medicine
Rehabilitation & Physical Medicine
. EMTREE, a hierarchically ordered controlled thesaurus, which contains 38,000
preferred terms and more than 150,000 synonyms
•Subsets such as EMBASE Drugs and Pharmacology , The EMBASE Psychiatry (EMPS)
•25-35% records unique to EMBASE including in-depth information on drugs
International focus (ca. 6400 journals)
Bibliographic databases
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EMBiology
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PsycInfo
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BIOSIS Previews
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AMED
4.000.000 records from biological science literature. Cover to cover
peer-review journals. 3.000 including 1.800 not covered in EMbase. Back file 1980 with
4.000.000 records journals Bio- chemistry & Technology, Microbiology, Plant science,
Agriculture and Food science, Veterinary Science, Microbiology, Animal science
Coverage from 1806-present with 2.000.000 records in over 35 languages.
Contains citations and summaries of peer-reviewed articles Clinical, non-clinical, and
experimental psychology. Neurology, Psychiatry, Substance Abuse, Education, Behavioural
Science, and Social Work. Approximately 7.7 million cited references are found in citations
to 156,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters.
is the world’s most comprehensive reference database for life
sciences Biology; Botany; Zoology; Microbiology; Immunology; Biomedical science;
Agriculture Pharmacology; Ecology; Interdisciplinary fields – e.g. Biochemistry,
Bioengineering etc
1985 to present 152.000 records, 12.000 added yearly! AMED is an invaluable
resource of Allied and Alternative Medicine covering a wide variety of topics. Covers
relevant references to articles from around 512 journals. A large number are not indexed by
any other biomedical sources.
For practicing clinicians, nurses
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Primal Pictures :
dynamic interactive multi-media overview of human
anatomy. Three-dimensional animations that show function, biomechanics, and
surgical procedures. videos and textual descriptions by some of the leading
specialists supplement the animations.
Evidence-based content to reduce medical errors, provide better patient care
and treatment.
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Nursing@Ovid
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Focuses on central nursing subject areas
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Bibliographic records for nearly 500 nursing titles
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Indexes 85 of CINAHL’s 86 core title set
… and includes 28 titles not indexed by CINAHL
500,000 bibliographic records today
Weekly updates - 1,000+ new records
Super-Set
– 218 current journals – including 15 new titles from Sage
– 56 archival journals
– 174 books
– 10 bibliographical databases
For practicing clinicians, nurses
Clin-eguide
Evidence-based diagnosis and treatment guidelines
Clinical search
 EBM Guidelines
 Drug information
 Nursing Advisor
 Patient Information
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Journals
Most leading titles in medicine in the world:
Annals of Surgery #1 in Surgery (IF: 7,6779)
Circulation #1 in Cardiology (IF: 10,94)
(+Circ.Research, Stroke and many others)
Neurology #1 in Neurology (IF: 5.69)
Obstetrics&Gynecology #1 in Obst/Gyn (IF: 3,813)
Cancer Journal (IF: 63.342)
Critical Care Medicine #1 in Emergency Med (IF:
6,599)
Current Opinion in Hematology (IF: 5.202)
Spine #1 in Orthopaedics (IF:2,351)
Journals - Collections
•LWW Cardiology Subject Collection - 22 titles
•LWW Proprietary Title Collection – 185 titles
•Currrent opinion Journals
• 6 New Circulation titles from AHA
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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
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Circulation: Heart Failure
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All available ala carte AND through a Circulation Subset collection!
Journals
• The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
This quarterly publication is the first international medical journal dedicated to presenting
solely the patient's perspective. It will seek to publish research to help advance a medical
environment where patients are not just subjects but are part of the scientific process.
• Journal of Investigative Medicine
The official journal of the American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR), an
international multidisciplinary association of scientists engaged in all areas of biomedical
investigation: patient-oriented, translational, and basic research.
• Dentistry Titles from Elsevier
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American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
The Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
• Alternative Medicine & Rehabilitation Titles from
Elsevier
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Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
Journal of Hand Therapy
• Veterinary Medicine titles from Elsevier
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Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine
Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice
Books – Top Titles
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Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
– Acclaimed by the worldwide medical community as
“the ultimate authority on cancer” (JAMA).
Doody
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DCT (2.9 –
Hematology/Oncology)
ESSENTIAL
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Diseases of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
– This classic three-volume work provides the most
comprehensive, current, and authoritative
information on diseases of the kidney and urinary
tract.
DCT (2.9 - Nephrology,
2.7 - Urology)
Books - Titles
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Harrison´s: Principles of Internal Medicine
(McGrawHill)
– THE No1 book in medicine in the world!
ESSENTIAL
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Oxford Textbook of Medicine
(Oxford University Press)
– The No1 medical Textbook in the world!
ESSENTIAL
Books Collections
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LWW Doody’s All Reviewed Collection 2007
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LWW Doody’s Core Titles 2007
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117 LWW Core titles in Health Sciences & Nursing area
LWW Doody’s Essential Titles 2007
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152 LWW Books that have been reviewed by Doody’s
39 LWW Core titles deemed “ESSENTIAL” for institutions with
smaller budget
LWW Medical Book Collection
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343 LWW key medical & nursing books
Books Collections
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LWW Doody’s 2008 Core Collection
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129 LWW Core titles in Health Sciences & Nursing area
LWW Doody’s 2008 Essential Collection
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29 LWW Core titles deemed “ESSENTIAL” for institutions with
smaller budget
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LWW Doody’s All Reviewed Collection
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LWW Specialty Collections
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17 Specialty collections, in areas such as Anesthesiology,
Cardiology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Pharmacology, Surgery
just to name a few!
LWW Previous Edition Collection
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38 LWW titles that have newer editions
Bibliographic databases
EBMR
combines 7 of the most trusted EBM resources into a single, fully-searchable
database.
•Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – reviews allow clinicians to get fast,
"bottom line" answers to their most commonly-asked questions, based on a
comprehensive and expert analysis of the available medical literature.
•The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness – effectiveness of clinical
inventions and policies
•Health Technology Assessment – completed and ongoing assessments of medical,
ethical, economic social implications of health care inventions
•NHS Economic Evaluation Database – economic evaluations for decision makers daily
work
•Article Reviews - ACP Journal Club - by the American College of Physicians and
Evidence–Based Medicine
•Definitive Controlled Trials - controlled trials in health care - definite randomized
controlled trials or controlled clinical trials
•Cochrane Methodology Register –9,000 references to literature of controlled trials
which been pulished in publications of methodolofies in health studies.
•Plus: Journals and books
EB Dentistry
ACP Medicine
EB Eye care
EB Medicine
EB Nursing etc.
EB Public Health etc
Thank You very much
Eva Czegledi @ wolterskluwer.com