Brahmi F A
Med Ref Serv Q. 1988;7(1):41-8. doi: 10.1300/j115v07n01_04.
Searching by subject for monographic information online in the medical literature is a challenging task. The NLM database of choice is CATLINE. Other NLM databases of interest are BIOTHICSLINE, CANCERLIT, HEALTH, POPLINE, and TOXLINE. Ten BRS databases are also discussed. Of these, Books in Print, Bookinfo, and OCLC are explored further. The databases are compared as to number of total records and number and percentage of monographs. Three topics were searched on CROSS to compare hits on BBIP, BOOK, and OCLC. The same searches were run on CATLINE. The parameters of time coverage and language were equalized and the resulting citations were compared and analyzed for duplication and uniqueness. With the input of CATLINE tapes into OCLC, OCLC has become the database of choice for searching by subject for medical monographs.
在医学文献中通过主题在线搜索专题信息是一项具有挑战性的任务。首选的美国国立医学图书馆（NLM）数据库是CATLINE。其他相关的NLM数据库有BIOTHICSLINE、CANCERLIT、HEALTH、POPLINE和TOXLINE。还讨论了10个BRS数据库。其中，对《在版图书》《图书信息》和联机计算机图书馆中心（OCLC）进行了进一步探讨。对这些数据库的总记录数以及专题著作的数量和百分比进行了比较。在CROSS上搜索了三个主题，以比较在BBIP、BOOK和OCLC上的命中结果。在CATLINE上运行了相同的搜索。对时间覆盖范围和语言参数进行了均衡处理，并对所得的文献进行了比较和分析，以确定其重复性和独特性。随着CATLINE磁带输入到OCLC中，OCLC已成为按主题搜索医学专题著作的首选数据库。
