Selecting a Database for Drug Literature Retrieval: A Comparison of MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science

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dc.contributor.authorBaykoucheva, Svetla
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-30T16:19:57Z
dc.date.available2011-06-30T16:19:57Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionTaylor & Francis holds the copyright of this article for all situations other than single use copies made for scholarly purposes.en_US
dc.description.abstractThree widely used databases—MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science—were compared for their relative ability to retrieve the largest number of articles within the drug literature, using three search terms: two for specific drugs (atorvastatin and olanzapine) and one for a major class of drugs (statins). These drugs and the class of drugs were chosen for their longevity and continued high clinical and scientific interest, as indicated by the many articles concerning them published in scholarly and professional journals over the last two decades. Significant differences were observed in the journal coverage and the number of documents each database retrieved, with Scopus significantly outperforming the other two databases in these respects. Based on the results from this limited but by no means atypical study of comparative strengths and degree of coverage, the best option for retrieving the largest numbers of articles on a particular drug in the literature would be to use both Scopus and Web of Science, as these two databases complement each other with respect to the journal coverage. MEDLINE retrieved much smaller numbers of documents in all searches and should be used only when the other two databases are not available.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSvetla Baykoucheva (2010): Selecting a Database for Drug Literature Retrieval: A Comparison of MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science, Science & Technology Libraries, 29:4, 276-288en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.1080/0194262X.2010.522946
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2010.522946
dc.identifier.otherhttp://tandfprod.literatumonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0194262X.2010.522946
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11411
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland Librariesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectBaykoushevaen_US
dc.subjectMEDLINEen_US
dc.subjectPubMeden_US
dc.subjectScopusen_US
dc.subjectWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.subjectdatabasesen_US
dc.subjectdrug informationen_US
dc.subjectdrug literatureen_US
dc.subjectinformation retrievalen_US
dc.subjectscientific journalsen_US
dc.subjectElsevieren_US
dc.subjectChemical Abstracts Serviceen_US
dc.subjectLipitoren_US
dc.subjectOlanzapineen_US
dc.subjectstatinsen_US
dc.subjectAtorvastatinen_US
dc.subjectcholesterol-lowering drugsen_US
dc.subjectjournal coverageen_US
dc.subjectcholesterolen_US
dc.subjectannual outputen_US
dc.subjectWoSen_US
dc.subjectCASen_US
dc.subjectCAPLUSen_US
dc.subjectSciFinderen_US
dc.subjectThomson Reutersen_US
dc.subjectISIen_US
dc.subjectSciFinder Scholaren_US
dc.titleSelecting a Database for Drug Literature Retrieval: A Comparison of MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Scienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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