Google scholar versus pubMed in locating primary literature to answer drug-related questions

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-484

  Freeman, Maisha Kelly ^a   Lauderdale, Stacy A ^a   Kendrach, Michael G ^a   Woolley, Thomas W ^a  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Google scholar; Information storage and retrieval; Pubmed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG INFORMATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; INTERNET; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PUBMED;

EID: 62949112564     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1L223     Document Type: Article

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