Boeker 2013

Appraisal of: "Boeker M., Vach W, Motschall E. Time-dependent migration of citations through PubMed and OvidSP subsets: a study on a series of simultaneous PubMed and OvidSP searches. Studies in Health Technology & Informatics. 2013;192:1196."

Reviewer(s):

Ingvild Kirkehei
Su Golder

Full Reference:

Boeker M., Vach W, Motschall E. Time-dependent migration of citations through PubMed and OvidSP subsets: a study on a series of simultaneous PubMed and OvidSP searches. Studies in Health Technology & Informatics. 2013;192:1196.

Short description:

The aim of this study was to compare PubMed and OvidSP in terms of the timeliness of the different interfaces. The authors conclude OvidSP is updated within a period of two days.

Limitations stated by the author(s):

No limits were discussed by the authors.

Limitations stated by the reviewer(s):

This is a conference abstract so not enough detail is presented to ascertain the limitations.

Study Type:

Single study

Related Chapters:

Service providers and search interfaces

Tags:

• Databases

• PubMed

• MEDLINE

• OvidSP