Searching the veterinary literature: A comparison of the coverage of veterinary journals by nine bibliographic databases

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 404-412

  Grindlay, Douglas J C ^a   Brennan, Marnie L ^a   Dean, Rachel S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

databases; evidence based veterinary medicine; searching; systematic reviews; veterinary literature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84866154454     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.1111.109R     Document Type: Article

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