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The advent of online information systems has been followed by gradual improvements in both their accessibility and ease of operation. This and the low cost of machine‐searching…
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The advent of online information systems has been followed by gradual improvements in both their accessibility and ease of operation. This and the low cost of machine‐searching, certainly compared with manual searching, are factors which have persuaded many organisations to use such systems. Consequently, a growing number of staff are required to operate them and, as a result, a steady demand for online training courses has been established.
R. Brandsma, H.W.J. Deurenberg‐Vos, S. Bakker, D.L. Brand‐de Heer, R.H.J. Often and A. Pinatsis
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…
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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.
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