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Searching a biomedical bibliographic database from Bulgaria: the ABS database
Author(s) -
Abhijnhan Akhil,
Surcheva Zhenya,
Wright Judy,
Adams Clive E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00723.x
Subject(s) - medline , bibliographic database , online database , bulgarian , medicine , database , information retrieval , computer science , political science , linguistics , philosophy , law
Background: The University of Sofia, Bulgaria, disseminates local biomedical literature (1994 to present) through a free online database, ABS. Objectives: Our objectives were to systematically search ABS, identify citations to controlled trials and discover what proportion of these studies are to be found on medline . Methods: We searched using Bulgarian and English phrases; manually selected citations of controlled trials and sought these citations on medline . Results: Using the two languages, we found a total of 628 unique citations, 47 of which seem to be relevant controlled trials (precision 7.48%, 13% of ABS citations were found on medline ). The trials in ABS commonly focused on evaluation of care for people with cardiovascular or urological problems. Discussion: ABS is another source of easily accessed trials not readily available elsewhere.