J Korean Soc Menopause.  2011 Apr;17(1):1-5.

Current Status of Medical Databases in Writing Research Papers

• Jung EA
• Kim TH

Abstract

Recently, there have been rapid changes in the use of information. In the pursuit or use of medical information, the behavior of medical researchers is changing to electronic resources from existing print resources. Accordingly, this study was conducted to determine the characteristics and range comprehensively by dividing main medical database useful to the research paper writing into three types like abstract database, citation index database and evidence-based medicine (EBM) database among a lot of electronic resources that is on the rise day by day. It is expected that the findings of this study will be useful in the utilization of medical databases by establishing a systematic search strategy and choosing the medical database suitable to the subject of interest to save time and effort, and to obtain necessary information in a timely fashion for researchers.

Keyword

Cochrane Library; Medical database; PubMed; Web of Science

MeSH Terms

Electronics
Electrons
Evidence-Based Medicine
Writing