Discovery Tool vs. PubMed: A Health Sciences Literature Comparison Analysis

The East Carolina University libraries, though administratively separate, jointly subscribe to and collaborate on enhancements for a shared instance of the Summon Discovery Service. Based on usage, enhancements to the discovery tool over the past few years, and the perceived ease of searching in Sum...

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Published inJournal of electronic resources in medical libraries Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 115 - 123
Main Authors Ketterman, Elizabeth, Inman, Megan E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Academic libraries
Citation analysis
Collaboration
comparison analysis
Comparisons
discovery
Discovery tools
Health sciences
health sciences libraries
Information sources
Online data bases
PubMed
Summon
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ISSN1542-4065
1542-4073
1542-4073
DOI10.1080/15424065.2014.938999

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Summary:The East Carolina University libraries, though administratively separate, jointly subscribe to and collaborate on enhancements for a shared instance of the Summon Discovery Service. Based on usage, enhancements to the discovery tool over the past few years, and the perceived ease of searching in Summon, health sciences librarians have questioned whether Summon could now be considered a legitimate competitor to PubMed. This article includes results of a citation comparison between the two databases and the conclusion that Summon produces quality results, but should not be considered an adequate replacement information source for a subject-specific database like PubMed.
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ISSN:1542-4065
1542-4073
1542-4073
DOI:10.1080/15424065.2014.938999