Has Embase replaced MEDLINE since coverage expansion?
Objectives: The research tested the authors' hypothesis that more researchers from the academic medicine community in the United States and Canada with institutional access to Embase had started using Embase to replace MEDLINE since Embase was expanded in 2010 to cover all MEDLINE records. Methods:...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 106; no. 2; pp. 228 - 236 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Apr2018
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