Yonker V A, Young K P, Beecham S K, Horwitz S, Cousin K
College of Information Studies Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1990 Jan;78(1):49-56.
This study was designed to make a comparative evaluation of the performance of MEDLINE in covering serial literature. Forensic medicine was chosen because it is an interdisciplinary subject area that would test MEDLARS at the periphery of the system. The evaluation of database coverage was based upon articles included in the bibliographies of scholars in the field of forensic medicine. This method was considered appropriate for characterizing work used by researchers in this field. The results of comparing MEDLINE to other databases evoked some concerns about the selective indexing policy of MEDLINE in serving the interests of those working in forensic medicine.
本研究旨在对医学文献数据库（MEDLINE）收录连续出版物的表现进行比较评估。之所以选择法医学，是因为它是一个跨学科领域，能够在系统边缘对医学文献分析与检索系统（MEDLARS）进行测试。数据库收录情况的评估基于法医学领域学者参考文献目录中包含的文章。该方法被认为适合描述该领域研究人员所使用的文献。将MEDLINE与其他数据库进行比较的结果引发了一些关于MEDLINE的选择性索引政策是否符合法医学领域工作人员利益的担忧。
