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EMBASE
The EBM database is a subset of Elsevier Science’s EMBASE, a comprehensive
pharmacological and biomedical database renowned for extensive indexing
of drug information. The new EBM product is designed to meet the needs
of those requiring access to proven clinical information. EMBASE Evidence
Based Medicine will allow researchers and clinicians to formulate a clear
clinical question from a patient’s problem; search the literature or relevant
clinical articles; evaluate the evidence for its validity and usefulness;
and implement useful findings in clinical practice.
According to the announcement, the database is available only from SilverPlatter. It will be updated quarterly and includes more than 400,000 records from journals, papers, presentations, and conference proceedings from around the world.
“Clinical researchers will appreciate the EMBASE Evidence Based Medicine data in SilverPlatter’s easy-to-use SPIRS interface,” said Kristen Burch, Elsevier product manager.
The EMBASE EBM database will also be SilverLinker-enabled, which means
that users will be able to link from the bibliographic citation to the
article if the institution subscribes to that publication, or link to document
delivery services or interlibrary loan (ILL). The product will also make
use of the EMTREE Thesaurus, which makes searching the database for relevant
material easier.
Applied Science & Technology
The Wilson Applied Science & Technology Full Text database, which
will soon be available from SilverPlatter, contains full text from more
than 90 periodicals dating from January 1997.
Applied Science & Technology indexes English-language periodicals published in the U.S. and around the world, as well as non-English-language periodicals if English abstracts are provided. The database covers 485 periodicals, including trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals as well as special issues such as buyers’ guides, directories, and conference proceedings. The database provides indexing from October 1983 and abstracting of periodicals from March 1993.
Subjects covered range from acoustics, aeronautics, artificial intelligence, chemistry, engineering, geology, marine technology, mathematics, oceanography, optical computing, physics, robotics, textile industry and fabrics, transportation, waste management, and more.
The database will be updated monthly on both CD-ROM and the Internet.
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text
Wilson Library Literature & Information Science Full Text covers
the full text of more than 80 journals from 1996 to the present. The database
indexes and abstracts nearly 300 key library and information science periodicals
as well as 6,000 individual books published in the U.S. and around the
world.
Materials indexed include conference proceedings, selected state journals, library school theses (with topics such as censorship, public relations, preservation, copyright legislation, automation, and more), obituaries, interviews, regularly appearing columns, special theme issues, and reviews of books in library and information science.
Subjects covered are automation, cataloging, children’s literature,
circulation procedures, government funding, information brokers, library
association and conferences, and personnel administration. The database
is updated monthly.
Wilson Art Full Text
Wilson Art Full Text contains complete coverage from peer-selected
journals, indexing and abstracting more than 370 periodicals published
worldwide. Art Full Text contains full text from more than 90 journals
dating back to 1997, and is updated weekly on the Internet and monthly
on CD-ROM.
The Art Full Text database indexes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, and periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish.
Subjects covered include advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture and architectural history, art history, computers in arts, crafts, decorative arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, motion pictures, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, television, textiles, and video.
The bibliographic database indexes feature articles; interviews; reviews of films, books, and articles; bibliographies; exhibition listings; reproductions of works of art; notices of competitions and awards; and editorials and letters to the editor of reference value.
Special features of this database include title enhancements for articles with ambiguous titles, indexes of reproductions of works of art even if they are not accompanied by text, and indexes of illustrations of up to 10 works of art accompanying each article.
Founded in 1898, the H.W. Wilson Co. offers more than 40 digital databases, as well as a wide range of reference monographs. For more information on the H.W. Wilson Co., visit the Web site at http://www.hwwilson.com.
Source: SilverPlatter Information, Inc., Norwood, MA, 781/769-2599; Fax: 781/769-8763; http://www.silverplatter.com.
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