If your users are undertaking drug-related searches, then Embase will be important. Medline is
somewhat US-centric vs stronger European journal coverage in Embase. The latter also scores higher
if you're looking for non-English language coverage. The overlap between the two varies depending on
the topic, but can be very low.
There are any number of papers out there that compare results from the two. See one recent paper
which provides a useful background.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1629423
Regards
Fiona Morgan
Information Specialist
Support Unit for Research Evidence
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