PubMed alternatives to search MEDLINE: An environmental scan.
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2014-07
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The prime objective of this article is to introduce the newer methods to access, search and
process MEDLINE citations. It also aims to provide a brief overview of each service’s salient
features. A targeted search was conducted in MEDLINE through the OVID gateway. This was
followed with a search in Google Scholar as well as Google and Bing. Ninety‑two web‑based
services that can be used to search MEDLINE were identified. The list was shortened to 24 by
applying a set of relevancy criteria to select those services more relevant to general medical
and dental users. Salient features of the selected services are outlined and a use case based
classification of the system has been proposed to help dental practitioners and researchers select
the appropriate service for a given purpose.
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Algorithm, as topic, bibliographic, databases, information science, information storage and retrieval, Internet, Medical Subject headings, MEDLINE, National Library of Medicine (US), PubMed
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Keepanasseril Arun. PubMed alternatives to search MEDLINE: An environmental scan. Indian Journal of Dental Research. 2014 Jul-Aug; 25(4): 527-534.