User:Mathglot/sandbox/Drafts/Using medical database collections

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Wikipedia includes many pages containing biomedical content. Information about identifying reliable sources for such content can be found at Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine). This page provides some methods and resources for using medical database collections in order to find and evaluate reliable sources for biomedical information.

Background

The Wikipedia guideline on Identifying reliable sources on bio medical content supports the general sourcing policy with specific attention to what is appropriate for medical content in any Wikipedia article. This

Ideal sources for biomedical information include: review articles (especially systematic reviews) published in reputable medical journals; academic and professional books written by experts in the relevant fields and from respected publishers; and guidelines or position statements from national or international expert bodies. Primary sources should generally not be used for medical content – as such sources often include unreliable or preliminary information, for example early lab results which don't hold in later clinical trials.

Besides general search engines like

guidelines on biomedical content
. Individual collections have their strong and weak points, and indiviual documents returned by search need to be vetted like any other source for compliance.

Searchable collections with biomedical content

This section lists database collections which may contain reliable sources for certain queries. They are all searchable, and each has their own algorithm for returning results deemed most relevant for the user query. Most will return a mix of results from

reliable sources for biomedical content
.

abbr Name Ex Scope Remarks
Cochrane Cochrane Library[a] Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Lit surveys and systematic reviews Long_remarks_here_Cochrane
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Directory of Open Access Journals Long_remarks_here_DOAJ
Gale Gale Academic OneFile Freely accessible[b] giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Academic publisher portal Long_remarks_here_Gale
scholar
Google scholar Freely accessible
 giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 academic papers and other scholarly research Long_remarks_here_scholar
books
Google books Freely accessible
 giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 published books Long_remarks_here_books
JSTOR JSTOR Free registration required[b] Influenza
Influenza vaccine		 academic journals Long_remarks_here_JSTOR
OpenMD OpenMD Freely accessible
giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 medical documents from government, global health organizations, medical journals, and reference sites Long_remarks_here_OpenMD
PubMed PubMed Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine
NIH
 Long_remarks_here_PubMed
ScienceDirect ScienceDirect Access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required Paid subscription required giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Elsevier's scientific, technical, and medical research portal Long_remarks_here_ScienceDirect
Springer Springer Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine
Nature
's portal for journals, books, and reference works		 Long_remarks_here_Springer
Trip Trip Database Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 clinical research evidence Long_remarks_here_Trip
Wiley
Wiley Online Library Freely accessible
 giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Wiley's portal for academic articles, books, and collections. Long_remarks_here_Wiley
GIN Guidelines International Network Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Content from the library and registry of guidelines in development. Long_remarks_here_GIN
WP Library
Wikipedia Library Free registration required
 giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Academic content from dozens of partners of Wikipedia. Long_remarks_here_WP_Library

Evaluating and comparing collections

This section contains tips and advice on how to decide which database collections are likely to have the best results for the article or topic you are researching.

Evaluating sources from search results

Further information: Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)

This section explains how to evaluate sources returned in the search results for a given collection to identify if it is

WP:MEDRS
-compliant.

See also

Notes

  1. Cochrane database of systematic reviews
  2. ^ a b Subscription required for full-text access; better access available via Wikipedia Library (please log in first).

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