Hello David
Another reason for the larger number of results in PubMed is that in addition to searching MEDLINE it includes results from life science journals and online books.
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Catherine
Catherine Pritchard
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>>> "Cleland, David" <[log in to unmask]> 01/09/2010 14:06 >>>
Dear List,
I've been teaching doctors and medical students how to use Medline via
the NHS Evidence Health Information Resources for around three years
(yes I'm still no' but a lad). I'm still very often asked what are the
benefits of logging in and using Medline to search for literature
instead of Pubmed?
Doctors seem very keen to use Pubmed. I guess many of them have always
searched this way and have grown familiar and comfortable with using
Pubmed. I'm quite the opposite, I'm familiar and comfortable using
Medline.
Whenever I'm teaching I like to be in a position where I can answer the
questions confidence (obviously), and give my learners the best possible
advice. So I decided I should step outside of my comfort zone and
practice using Pubmed, I though it better understand literature
searching from the same approach many of the doctors seem to be taking.
To practice I made an identical search using both Medline and Pubmed,
and I was surprised by different quantity of results between the two.
The following search returned 256 references in Pubmed:
Measles"[Majr] AND "Disease Outbreaks/statistics and numerical
data"[Mesh]
compared with the same search in Medline which provided 142 references:
1. MEDLINE; *MEASLES/; 7986 results.
2. MEDLINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS/sn [sn=Statistics & Numerical Data]; 3989
results.
3. MEDLINE; 1 AND 2; 142 results.
I understand that Pubmed contains references to articles which are
'ahead of print' and so this might increase Pubmed's tally of references
- but am curious to know why there are so many more.
For the moment I'm left in a quandary. I still feel unable to
confidently answer the question 'why should I use Medline via NHS Athens
instead of Pubmed?'
Any feedback and suggestions would be most welcome.
Kind regards,
David Cleland
Library Administrator
Library
East Riding Medical Education Centre (ERMEC)
Hull Royal Infirmary
Anlaby Road
HULL
HU3 2JZ
Telephone: 01482 604323
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