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.
2. Before we start...our history, heritage and future
Embase has been around for a while, but still evolving...
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3. Step 1: Gathering resources...from different locations
More international focus?
YES, but not at the cost of our N-American coverage...!
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4. ...and from different disciplines and topic areas
Where’s the difference with Medline?
It’s in Pharmacology & Toxicology (+400
journals) &
General Clinical Medicine (+300
journals)
Other topics 28%
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6. Step 3: Processing and indexing our records...
Articles Journal issue
(pre-pub) (published)
(160K records) (300K records)
<1 week <2 weeks
update update
Articles in In process Fully indexed
Press (AiPs) records (IPs) <1 week records
1m records
260K records 420K records
Deduplication
MEDLINE + conversion
(>700K records)
articles <1 week
single step 250K records
Journal (supp.) Conference
(published) abstracts
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7. Step 4: Tracking our quality and currency...
We track Embase performance
in terms of quality and speed...
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8. Step 5: Shipping Embase...
Access Embase through any vendor, Embase.com,
or our API... topics 28%
Other
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Notas do Editor
Embase has been around for a while; Technically Embase started roughly 60 years ago, as the ExcerptaMedica Abstract Journals in 1947. - With 50 abstract journals, that contained Emtree (taxonomy) indexing; The first major milestone was back in 1974, when the database of those abstract journals was made available digitally through, what was at the time: Lockheed Dialog. Over the years many platforms that provide access to Embase have come an gone, and currently it’s available on OvidSP, Proquest Dialog, STN, Ebsco, amongst others. Roughly 11 years ago Elsevier developed it’s own platform: embase.com, which has an interface specifically tailored for the embase dbase, indexing and taxonomy, with special attention to subheadings, deduplication at the source and conferences. New developments? Increased taxonomy and Embase API; existing customers can get access to that API for free. This presentation is meant for both Embase.com users as well as vendor customers!
Our more international coverage is true; yes we have more European, Asian and Latin American content, but not at a cost of our North American coverage; Roughly 2700 N-American journals in Embase; 2500 in Medline.
Our coverage is pretty similar to Medline, percentage wise, but clearly deviates on two topic areas; Pharmacology & Toxicology and General Clinical Medicine;
We track our currency for a selection of journals, just to make sure that we stay ahead of the game.