Specialist Bibliographic Databases.
10.3346/jkms.2016.31.5.660
- Author:
Armen Yuri GASPARYAN
1
;
Marlen YESSIRKEPOV
;
Alexander A VORONOV
;
Vladimir I TRUKHACHEV
;
Elena I KOSTYUKOVA
;
Alexey N GERASIMOV
;
George D KITAS
Author Information
1. Departments of Rheumatology and Research and Development, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (Teaching Trust of the University of Birmingham, UK), Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, UK. a.gasparyan@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic;
Editorial Policies;
Periodicals as Topic;
Publishing;
Information Retrieval;
Bibliographic Databases;
Systematic Reviews
- MeSH:
*Databases, Bibliographic;
Databases, Factual;
Editorial Policies;
Humans;
Information Storage and Retrieval;
Periodicals as Topic;
Publishing
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2016;31(5):660-673
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Specialist bibliographic databases offer essential online tools for researchers and authors who work on specific subjects and perform comprehensive and systematic syntheses of evidence. This article presents examples of the established specialist databases, which may be of interest to those engaged in multidisciplinary science communication. Access to most specialist databases is through subscription schemes and membership in professional associations. Several aggregators of information and database vendors, such as EBSCOhost and ProQuest, facilitate advanced searches supported by specialist keyword thesauri. Searches of items through specialist databases are complementary to those through multidisciplinary research platforms, such as PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Familiarizing with the functional characteristics of biomedical and nonbiomedical bibliographic search tools is mandatory for researchers, authors, editors, and publishers. The database users are offered updates of the indexed journal lists, abstracts, author profiles, and links to other metadata. Editors and publishers may find particularly useful source selection criteria and apply for coverage of their peer-reviewed journals and grey literature sources. These criteria are aimed at accepting relevant sources with established editorial policies and quality controls.
