A Comparison Between MD Consult, PubMed and Ovid Web
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Features
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MD Consult
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PubMed
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Ovid
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Access method
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Jefferson Campus Key
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Free or Jefferson Campus Key via proxy server
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Jefferson Campus Key
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Tutorials/help available
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Resources
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MD Consult
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PubMed
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Ovid
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Weekly summaries of journals
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(Mediated)
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Full-text reference books
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(40 books)
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(24 books)
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(3 books)
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Practice guidelines
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Drug information
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What patients are reading in general literature
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Drug updates
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Daily medical news
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Customizable patient handouts
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(also in Spanish)
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Case of the week practice modules
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Clinical topic tours
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Full-text evidence-based medicine resources
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Databases
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MD Consult
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PubMed
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Ovid
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BLAST, OMIM, Structure, Taxonomy, Genome databases
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MEDLINE
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(Mid 60s-present)
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(Mid 60s-present)
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(1966-present)
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MEDLINE In Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations
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(Automatic)
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ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
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(1966-present)
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HaPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments)
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(1985-present) |
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HealthSTAR/Ovid HealthSTAR
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(1975-present)
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| PsycINFO |
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(1872-present) |
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SPORTDiscus
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(1830-present)
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EBM Reviews: ACP Journal Club
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(1991-present)
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EBM Reviews: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
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EBM Reviews: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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EBM Reviews: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
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Medline
Search Features
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MD Consult
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PubMed
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Ovid Medline
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Field searching
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Related article searching
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Research methodology filters
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(Filters)
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Thesaurus option when searching
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Simultaneous multi-file search feature
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(Auto default)
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(Auto default)
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(Not default)
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Citation matcher
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Medline
Limiting Features
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MD Consult
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PubMed
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Ovid Medline
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Limit to major subject heading (focus)
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([MAJR] for MeSH limiter)
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(Focus)
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Publication type limits
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Date limits
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Citation
Management
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MD Consult
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PubMed
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Ovid Medline
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Save search strategies
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(Cubby)*
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(Temp)
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Export citations to bibliographic management software
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Email citations
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Run bookmarked searches
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(Temp)
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Current awareness (SDI)
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(Cubby)*
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(Mediated)
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Searching
MEDLINE
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MD Consult
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PubMED
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Ovid
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Full-text articles
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(Link-out)^
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(JLS@Ovid, Your JLS@Ovid and OpenLinks)
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Store marked records
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(Clipboard, max. 500 citations)
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(Search display box)
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Explode subject headings
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(Not default)
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Automatic
(Most comprehensive)
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(Not default)
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MeSH mapping or lookup
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^ Use the following codes to access full-text articles:
- loprovtjusmlib[filter]
- loprovtjusmlib[sb]
Mediated: Contact Reference Desk 215-503-8150 or
AskaLibrarian@jefferson.edu to request
mediated searches
