Database choices in endocrine systematic reviews

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 189-191

  Vassar, Matt ^a,b   Carr, Branden ^b   Kash Holley, Melissa ^b   DeWitt, Elizabeth ^b   Koller, Chelsea ^b   Day, Joshua ^b   Day, Kimberly ^b   Herrmann, David ^b   Holzmann, Matt ^b  

^a Office of Institutional Research and Analytics   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Databases, bibliographic; Information services; MEDLINE; Meta analysis; PubMed; Review

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); UTILIZATION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PUBMED; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84945970968     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.103.4.005     Document Type: Article

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