Ways of searching for scientific information

Monteiro, Rosângela; Jatene, Fábio Biscegli; Bernardo, Wanderley Marques; Oliveira, Sérgio Almeida de

doi:10.1590/s0102-76382003000200002

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“…Publications are available describing MED-LINE structure, relevance, and coverage [1,3,[5][6][7][8][9][10]18]; detailing PubMed searching [1,4,11]; explaining Boolean logic [1,4,7,8,11,12]; explaining how to formulate a well-built clinical question [1,4,5,12,13]; and describing general searching strategies [1, 3-5, 7-12, 19] in contrast to searching by data elements as, for example, MeSH terms [1,[3][4][5][6][7][8]10], author [11], or publication type [4,7,8,11]. Some publications mention the PubMed Loansome Doc service for ordering copies [1,11]; others give advice on local institutions and libraries for finding medical publications [11] or list resources on the Web where full-text articles may be found [5,12,17,19].…”

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“…Knowing that access to online resources for relevant medical publications may be expensive or difficult, we suggested alternative paths and reminded searchers of important initiatives in their institutions, countries, or continents. The publications of Coimbra [20] and Monteiro and colleagues [19] are particularly interesting for Brazilian oncologists, while individuals from African, Asian, and some European countries may benefit from a recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine [17]. The "How to Search" section is structured according to common Web search techniques.…”

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Making PubMed Searching Simple: Learning to Retrieve Medical Literature Through Interactive Problem Solving

Vincent

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2006

The Oncologist

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Searching the literature has a direct, beneficial influence on patient care. The amount of medical scientific information has increased to a great extent, while the development of networking technologies has broadened access to online databases. Successful searches depend upon understanding technical librarianship concepts and the skills for mastering searching interfaces. From a problem-oriented approach, concepts like MEDLINE coverage, PubMed resources, Boolean logic, search strategies, and Web sources for full-text articles are introduced along seven online situations: locating a specific publication, answering a complex clinical question, finding information on a general subject, finding publications by a particular author, finding publications in a particular language, finding a specific publication type, and locating the full-text document. Oncologists should face the challenge of performing their own searches. Specific knowledge is mandatory to avoid frustrating, timeconsuming work. The objective of this work is to present concepts, strategies, and skills required for medical literature retrieval, easing the incorporation of new and welcomed practices. The Oncologist 2006;11:243-251

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Making PubMed Searching Simple: Learning to Retrieve Medical Literature Through Interactive Problem Solving

Vincent

Ferreira

2006

The Oncologist

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“…Indeed, proper attention is not devoted "to the seriousness of bibliographic research and to respect for previous authors. "With the democratization of knowledge, especially over the last ten years, it has become easy for the reader to judge the quality of a scientific paper by analyzing in an extremely rapid manner the quality of cited papers, the pertinence of the citation, the originality of the investigation and the importance of its insertion in the world scientific scene, and also to note the papers that were not cited 3,4 . As a consequence, we become more critical and more demanding regarding the citation topic.…”

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Indexation of Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira in the Institute for Scientific Information: what now?

Silva

2008

Acta Cir. Bras.

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Consulting editor, Scientific Committee of Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira.After the initial euphoria about the recent inclusion of Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira in the Thomson Reuters (Former Institute for Scientific Information-ISI) it is necessary to reflect about the future of the Acta regarding the citation of the papers published in it, especially by Brazilian investigators. A further increase of the impact factor of the journal will come from the citation of its papers, and this should be the future goal of the editor and the editorial board. Thus, it is necessary to change the attitude of Brazilian scientists about the need to cite the work of their fellow countrymen, both for the good of Brazilian science in general and of Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira in particular. It will be up to the authors to judge the necessity and the opportunity for the citations.It has long been known that Brazilian scientists do not feel at ease in citing papers of their Brazilian colleagues or peers published either in international or, and especially, in Brazilian journals. The old story that "Brazilians don't cite Brazilians" continues to be true in the literature 1,2 . I definitely feel that this omission is not simply due to lack of information. When somebody publishes a paper in his area of expertise it is his duty to be aware of what is being studied in his country, obviously, as long as the topic in question has been published. Thus, the topic is expected to be referred to, discussed and compared, showing transparency in the concepts presented. This shows detachment on the part of the author, who submits his truth to discussion in a comparison with similar Brazilian or international studies.Although they are indexed in Medline, original Brazilian contributions disappear from the Brazilian literature. This is the case for various papers that I had the opportunity to analyze in various Brazilian journals as well as in Acta, in which no reference was made to important contributions by Brazilian authors. For example, several times I read statements of this type by authors: "Such and such sign.....of such and such disease... has not been previously described in Brazil...", where previous reports did exist, but were "hidden in the Brazilian literature". I recently saw a published article in which the authors stated: "We did not identify in the national literature surgical recommendations for patients with…". However, a paper on this topic had been previously published in the same journal. Thus, several Brazilian articles are simply not cited. And in the Acta itself, not infrequently authors do not cite other authors who deal with the same topic. Before the availability of search sites, it was difficult or even impossible to note these omissions, which were not detected or, in most case, were only detected by the overlooked author. We may state that there is a "congenital malformation" among Brazilian authors. Postgraduation programs would have the opportunity to correct this defect in order to train properly their investigators. Indeed, ...

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