When is a search not a search? A comparison of searching the amed complementary health database via EBSCOhost, OVID and DIALOG

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-135

  Younger, Paula ^a   Boddy, Kate ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DENTISTRY; DYSMENORRHEA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EFFICIENCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUBJECT HEADINGS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67649947143     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2008.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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