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It is a daunting task to try and explain the value of Embase and all its features in only 10 minutes, but our Product Manager, Daan De Jong, rose to the challenge and in case you missed any of his sessions, we’d like to share them with you. This one dives in to look at content and indexing.
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BLITS: Getting the Best fromEMBASE.com
Embase: ‘UNDER THE HOOD’
Key insights in (less) than 10 minutes...
Before we start...our history, heritage and future
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Embase has been around for a while, but still evolving...
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More international focus? YES, but not at the cost of our N-American coverage...!
Step 1: Gathering resources...from different locations
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...and from different disciplines and topic areas
Other topics 28%
Where’s the difference with Medline? It’s in Pharmacology & Toxicology (+400
journals) & General Clinical Medicine (+300
journals)
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Step 2: Adding a taxonomy (Emtree) to the mix...
We update emtree 3x a year: & hierarchy improvements, etc.
Step 3: Processing and indexing our records...
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Articles in Press (AiPs)
In process records (IPs)
Fully indexed records
Conference abstracts
single step
<1 week
<1 week
(300K records)
260K records 420K records
(160K records)
Deduplication+ conversion(>700K records)
<2 weeks
Articles (pre-pub)
Journal issue (published)
Journal (supp.) (published)
MEDLINE articles
1m records
<1 week
250K records
update update
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We track Embase performance in terms of quality and speed...
Step 4: Tracking our quality and currency...
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Step 5: Shipping Embase...
Other topics 28%
Access Embase through any vendor, Embase.com, or our API...
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