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Five large Chinese biomedical bibliographic databases: accessibility and coverage.

Jun Xia1, Judith Wright, Clive E Adams

  • 1Cochrane Schizophrenia Group, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. Jun.Xia@leedspft.nhs.uk

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Chinese biomedical databases offer access to 2500 journals, with varying utility and accessibility. Simplified Chinese is recommended for searches, and most provide full-text links.

Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Research
  • Bibliometrics
  • Information Science

Background:

  • Increasing volume of biomedical research conducted in China.
  • Need to identify and evaluate Chinese biomedical databases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe five major Chinese biomedical databases.
  • To investigate their utility and accessibility for researchers.

Main Methods:

  • Description of five Chinese biomedical databases: CBM, CMCC, CNKI, VIP, and WANFANG.
  • Evaluation of their search features, access policies, and full-text linking capabilities.

Main Results:

  • These databases index 2500 journals, many unfamiliar to MEDLINE users.
  • Significant variation exists in free access, search functionality, download ease, and subscription costs.

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  • Less than 6% of indexed journals are covered by MEDLINE.

    • Conclusions:

    • Simplified Chinese enhances search effectiveness across all evaluated databases.
    • All databases provide links to full-text articles.
    • These resources are crucial for comprehensive biomedical literature searches originating from China.