Haaland A
Rowland Medical Library, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505, USA.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1999 Jul;87(3):283-6.
Despite the long history of the dental hygiene profession, little research has been conducted on the characteristics of its literature. In this study, the bibliometric method was used to identify the core journals in the discipline and the extent of indexing of these journals. The study was a part of the Medical Library Association (MLA) Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section's project to map the allied health literature. Five journals were found to provide one-third of all references studied. Forty-two journals yielded an additional one-third of the references. MEDLINE had the best indexing coverage with 87% of the journals receiving indexing for at least one-half of the articles included. Limited coverage was provided by EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (11%) and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (9%). The findings identified titles that should be added by indexing services as well as those that should have more complete coverage.
尽管口腔卫生专业历史悠久,但对其文献特征的研究却很少。在本研究中,采用文献计量法来确定该学科的核心期刊以及这些期刊的索引收录范围。该研究是医学图书馆协会(MLA)护理与联合健康资源部门绘制联合健康文献项目的一部分。发现有5种期刊提供了所有研究参考文献的三分之一。另外42种期刊提供了另外三分之一的参考文献。MEDLINE的索引覆盖范围最佳,87%的期刊至少有一半的文章被索引收录。EMBASE/医学文摘(11%)和护理与联合健康文献累积索引(9%)的覆盖范围有限。研究结果确定了索引服务应添加的期刊标题以及那些应有更全面覆盖的期刊。