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A comparison of the coverage of clinical medicine provided by BIOSIS Previews and Medline

R. Brandsma (Library of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, PO Box 41950.1009 DD Amsterdam. The Netherlands (contact address))
H.W.J. Deurenberg‐Vos (Medical Department Library, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
S. Bakker (Central Medical Library. University of Amsterdam. The Netherlands)
D.L. Brand‐de Heer (Central Medical Library, University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
R.H.J. Often (Biomedical Information Department, University of Utrecht. The Netherlands)
A. Pinatsis (Research and Development Department. Gist‐Brocades, The Netherlands)

Online Review

ISSN: 0309-314X

Article publication date: 1 June 1990

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Abstract

A comparison of the coverage provided by BIOSIS Previews (BP) and Medline databases was carried out by VOGIN, a group of professional searchers based in The Netherlands. The area chosen was clinical medicine, and the group looked at problems requiring diagnosis and treatment. The data provided by this study show that while it is more economical to use Medline, BP provides a greater degree of completeness and often provides an unexpectedly large amount of new information. A strong point of BP is its coverage of abstracts of books and meetings, which are either not provided or difficult to find in Medline.

Citation

Brandsma, R., Deurenberg‐Vos, H.W.J., Bakker, S., Brand‐de Heer, D.L., Often, R.H.J. and Pinatsis, A. (1990), "A comparison of the coverage of clinical medicine provided by BIOSIS Previews and Medline", Online Review, Vol. 14 No. 6, pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024354

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