I've been asked to do some comparisons of our Pharm-line database with other
bibliographic databases covering fields of prescribing, medicines management
and pharmacy practice.
Wondered if anyone can point to methodologies for doing this relatively
simply but robustly? I could find some authoritative recent bibliographies
in the field and see how many of the references were included in each of the
databases being evaluated. This would give a reasonable assessment of
coverage, but what about retrieval characteristics, ease of use, etc.?
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be very grateful to hear them.
Regards
Tom Burnham
Pharm-line Database Manager
Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
(0)20 7188 5026 - direct
Fax (0)20 7188 3857
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www.pharm-line.nhs.uk
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