matherion,
@matherion@mastodon.nl avatar

Dear fellow #SystematicReview enthusiasts, #Bibliometrics experts, #librarians, and other people who work regularly with bibliographic databases (e.g. PsycINFO, EmBase, PubMed, etc) and interfaces (e.g. by Ovid, Ebsco, etc) 👋

Our library recently decided to discontinue licenses for EmBase, Cinahl, and Cochrane.

What I missed when deciding is an overview of overlap between these databases and others (e.g. PubMed).

Does this exist?

I can't imagine nobody has built this yet? 🤔

[please boost!🙏]

MartinVuilleme,
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@matherion It might be among work by @nealhaddaway @mjpages or in BMC Systematic Reviews and I know there are comparisons of database coverage of samples of articles included in health systematic reviews. Cochrane should also transition to OA which would help. (I'll try to find coverage sources when on a laptop)

Otherwise a question for #medlibs @medlibs #SysRev

uellis,

@MartinVuilleme @matherion @medlibs Maybe this paper would be helpful: https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1378 - also, this website: https://www.searchsmart.org
My understanding is no coverage comparison is perfect, but these are the best resources I know of.

matherion,
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@uellis @MartinVuilleme @medlibs These are great recommendations! Thank you very much!!! 🙏👍

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