Five large Chinese biomedical bibliographic databases: Accessibility and coverage

Jun Xia; Judith Wright; Clive E. Adams

doi:10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00734.x

Five large Chinese biomedical bibliographic databases: Accessibility and coverage

Jun Xia, Judith Wright, Clive E. Adams

Nottingham China Health Institute

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Abstract

Background: Much biomedical research is now undertaken in China. Methods: Five large biomedical databases originating from China (cbm, cmcc, cnki, vip and wanfang) are described and their utility and accessibility investigated. Results: These databases index 2500 journals largely not familiar to medline users. Free access, search features, record selection, ease of downloading and cost of subscription varies considerably between databases. Conclusion: Searches in all databases benefit from the use of simplified Chinese and all provide links to full text articles. Less than 6% of the 2500 journals in the five databases were listed as being indexed for MEDLINE.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-61
Number of pages	7
Journal	Health Information and Libraries Journal
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00734.x
Publication status	Published - Mar 2008

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Health Informatics
Library and Information Sciences
Health Information Management

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