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Bibliographic databases in psychiatry: an overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alexander J. Mitchell ,
Clare Martin  and
Ian Preston
Alexander J. Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge; alex mitchell@dial.pipex.com
Clare Martin
Affiliation:
Fulbourn Library, Cambridge CB1 5EF
Ian Preston
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence
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Literature searching has been revolutionised by the desktop computer. Today it is almost inconceivable to be without the tools to efficiently and comprehensively examine the medical literature. However, as this biomedical literature grows ever more vast, researchers and clinicians need to know which of the many biomedical and psychiatric databases will best cover their particular area of interest. No databases can cover everything. It is necessary to select the most appropriate source of information for the task at hand and for a literature review this will usually entail the use of multiple methods of data collection. In this brief review databases of particular interest to psychiatrists are discussed.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 9 , September 1997 , pp. 578 - 580
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Products not supplied for review: Embase CD Neurosciences (Elsevier), Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM (Elsevier), and Geriatric Psychiatry CD (American Psychiatric Press).

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