How do scientists select articles in the PubMed database? An empirical study of criteria and strategies

Revue Europeene de Psychologie Appliquee

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-72

  MacEdo Rouet, M ^a   Rouet, J F ^a   Ros, C ^a   Vibert, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Information seeking; Neurosciences; Online bibliographic database; PubMed; Search strategies; Search tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861189509     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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