Beyond PubMed: exploring other biomedical databases

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

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

3. What is PubMed? • 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 .

4. 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.

5. PubMed 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?myncbishare=Oxford_HCL • This is the link used on SOLO, Oxlip+ and our library pages.

6. EMBASE 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

7. 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 add-ons such as citation tracker & journal analyzer

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

9. 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/

10. Other biomedical databases AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) Global Health PsycINFO (psychology) SportDiscus (sports science)

11. Clinical databases • TRIP (Turning Research into Practice) • evidence for clinical practice • UpToDate • authoritative answers to clinical questions

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

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

14. Find it @ Oxford

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

16. 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

17. 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