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Wikipedia includes many pages containing biomedical content. Information about identifying reliable sources for such content can be found at Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine). This page provides some methods and resources for using medical database collections in order to find and evaluate reliable sources for biomedical information.

Background

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The Wikipedia guideline on Identifying reliable sources on bio medical content supports the general sourcing policy with specific attention to what is appropriate for medical content in any Wikipedia article. This

Ideal sources for biomedical information include: review articles (especially systematic reviews) published in reputable medical journals; academic and professional books written by experts in the relevant fields and from respected publishers; and guidelines or position statements from national or international expert bodies. Primary sources should generally not be used for medical content – as such sources often include unreliable or preliminary information, for example early lab results which don't hold in later clinical trials.

Besides general search engines like Google and Bing, there are many specialized search engines available which have searchable collections of scholarly journals or other content. Google scholar is perhaps the best known of these, but there are many others, and some may be suitable for searching for reliable sources for biomedical content. However like Google, all search engines return algorithmic results based on published documents, and they are not curated for adherence to Wikipedia's guidelines on biomedical content. Individual collections have their strong and weak points, and indiviual documents returned by search need to be vetted like any other source for compliance.

Searchable collections with biomedical content

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This section lists database collections which may contain reliable sources for certain queries. They are all searchable, and each has their own algorithm for returning results deemed most relevant for the user query. Most will return a mix of results from primary and other sources; as noted above, primary sources are generally not usable for verifying biomedical content. The fact that a collection is included below is not an endorsement, and not every search result for even the best collections is usable; in each case, a resource returned by a search should be evaluated against the criteria of the reliable sources for biomedical content.

abbr Name Ex Scope Remarks
Cochrane Cochrane Library[a] Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Lit surveys and systematic reviews Long_remarks_here_Cochrane
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Directory of Open Access Journals Long_remarks_here_DOAJ
Gale Gale Academic OneFile Freely accessible[b] giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Academic publisher portal Long_remarks_here_Gale
scholar Google scholar Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 academic papers and other scholarly research Long_remarks_here_scholar
books Google books Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 published books Long_remarks_here_books
JSTOR JSTOR Free registration required[b] Influenza
Influenza vaccine		 academic journals Long_remarks_here_JSTOR
OpenMD OpenMD Freely accessible
giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 medical documents from government, global health organizations, medical journals, and reference sites Long_remarks_here_OpenMD
PubMed PubMed Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 National Center for Biotechnology Information from the NIH Long_remarks_here_PubMed
ScienceDirect ScienceDirect Access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required Paid subscription required giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Elsevier's scientific, technical, and medical research portal Long_remarks_here_ScienceDirect
Springer Springer Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Nature's portal for journals, books, and reference works Long_remarks_here_Springer
Trip Trip Database Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 clinical research evidence Long_remarks_here_Trip
Wiley Wiley Online Library Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Wiley's portal for academic articles, books, and collections. Long_remarks_here_Wiley
GIN Guidelines International Network Freely accessible giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Content from the library and registry of guidelines in development. Long_remarks_here_GIN
WP Library Wikipedia Library Free registration required giardiasis
Influenza vaccine		 Academic content from dozens of partners of Wikipedia. Long_remarks_here_WP_Library

Evaluating and comparing collections

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This section contains tips and advice on how to decide which database collections are likely to have the best results for the article or topic you are researching.

Evaluating sources from search results

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Further information: Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)

This section explains how to evaluate sources returned in the search results for a given collection to identify if it is WP:MEDRS-compliant.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Cochrane Library: including the Cochrane database of systematic reviews
  2. ^ a b Subscription required for full-text access; better access available via Wikipedia Library (please log in first).

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