Are embase and MEDLINE the same?

Embase is a completely separate database to PubMed and MEDLINE, but it does contain all of the articles that can be found in MEDLINE. It also contains over 7 million records that cannot be accessed via MEDLINE/PubMed.

What is the difference between Embase and PubMed?

Embase expands on MEDLINE (which is 92% of PubMed) with an additional 7 million articles from 2900+ journals that PubMed does not contain. PubMed has some newer information that Embase does not have (yet). PubMed is freely available to the world.

How do I translate MEDLINE search into Embase?

Are PubMed and MEDLINE the same database?

MEDLINE is the largest subset of PubMed. You may limit your PubMed search retrieval to MEDLINE citations by restricting your search to the MeSH controlled vocabulary or by using the Journal Categories filter called MEDLINE.

How do I search MEDLINE and Embase in Ovid?

Top tips to make your search of Ovid databases more efficient. The best way to access all databases is to go via the Medical Library website: https://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk/research-support/databases/ and then select what you want – either Medline or Embase.

How to search Medline and EMBASE using Ovid

Do I need to search both PubMed and MEDLINE?

Pubmed is an interface used to search Medline, as well as additional biomedical content. Ovid Medline is an interface for searching only Medline content. Pubmed is more user-friendly and allows you to search through more content than Ovid Medline. However, Ovid Medline allows you to perform a more focused search.

Is Ovid MEDLINE the same as PubMed?

PubMed is a huge database that includes the entire Medline database. Medline is available through PubMed and through other companies. At MCPHS, we access Medline through PubMed and through Ovid. The content is the same, but you will notice some differences.

Should I use Embase or MEDLINE?

Embase is a completely separate database to PubMed and MEDLINE, but it does contain all of the articles that can be found in MEDLINE. It also contains over 7 million records that cannot be accessed via MEDLINE/PubMed.

Is Embase better than MEDLINE?

Embase includes all of MEDLINE's citations plus many more. However, if you have already searched MEDLINE, it is easy to see only the citations that are exclusive to Embase.

What is the difference between Ovid and Embase?

There is no notable difference between Ovid and Embase.com in terms of search results when searching Embase and Medline. However, Embase.com was rated as easier to use in several domains compared to Ovid.

What databases does Embase search?

Embase is provided by Elsevier and includes literature in the MEDLINE database from the National Library of Medicine, in addition to almost 3,000 other journals and over 11,500 conferences. It contains journal articles, conference papers and abstracts and reports in biomedicine dating back to 1947.

Does Ovid include Embase?

Ovid, the worlds' leading aggregated solution of bibliographic and fulltext content in medicine and science, offers users easy, fully integrated access to four distinct Embase products: current, daily updated Embase; the Embase Classic archive; Embase Daily Alerts, and Embase Weekly Alerts.

Are all MEDLINE articles in PubMed?

Although PubMed is essentially a way of accessing the MEDLINE database, it actually contains some additional content, including references to some books and chapters, in-process and ahead of print citations, and some articles which lie slightly outside of the subject scope of MEDLINE, such as those on astrophysics.

Does Embase include MEDLINE?

You can use Embase.com to search 8,500 journals from over 95 countries: this includes MEDLINE content. There are approximately 3000 indexed journals unique to Embase. It also contains about 2.3 million conference abstracts indexed from more than 7,000 conferences dating from 2009.

Why should I use Embase?

Use Embase:

For easy keyword searching (automatically maps to MeSH). For clinical queries. For genetics topics. To be offered related citations and links to systematic reviews citing a study.

Is ScienceDirect and Embase the same?

Embase and ScienceDirect are both reputable databases in the field of scientific literature, but they have some key differences in terms of content and focus. Content Coverage: Embase is known for its strong coverage of pharmaceutical, biomedical, and drug-related literature.

Why would you use MEDLINE?

Nearly 5,000 journals are read and their individual articles indexed and added to the MEDLINE database, which contains information about over 12 million journal articles. MEDLINE is a great resource for medical research because it is authoritative, peer-reviewed, and complete (as much as possible, anyway).

What is the disadvantage of MEDLINE?

Medline cons: not as easy to use as Google Scholar. includes predominately journal literature; doesn't index the "gray" literature, book chapters, or many conference proceedings.

Is MEDLINE the same as CINAHL?

Because the CINAHL database was developed especially for the nursing literature, the subject headings used by CINAHL are more focused on nursing topics than MEDLINE, and CINAHL is more responsive to adding new nursing concepts.

Why use MEDLINE over PubMed?

Tip: PubMed is a great interface for carrying out a basic scoping search, or if you wish to identify a limited number of key references. MEDLINE via Ovid is recommended if you wish to carry out a comprehensive, structured or systematic search.

Is CINAHL better than MEDLINE?

Medline and CINAHL are bibliographic databases for searching the journal literature, and are just two of the many databases available. We recommend CINAHL as a good starting point for nursing, midwifery and allied health searches, and Medline for medical topic searches.

Has Embase replaced MEDLINE since coverage expansion?

The results of our study suggest that researchers still view Embase and MEDLINE as separate resources to be searched individually, despite the Embase coverage expansion. Indeed, the Cochrane Collaboration did not call for a change to its recommendation for authors after the Embase expansion in 2010 [10].

Why choose Ovid MEDLINE?

Ovid MEDLINE® is 100% equivalent in content to PubMed.

Ovid MEDLINE® is updated daily with a 1-day delay, and 2 days on Monday compared to PubMed. Ovid MEDLINE® supports links to free and subscribed full text.

Is MEDLINE free on PubMed?

Availability: Searching MEDLINE via PubMed results in a list of citations (including authors, title, source, and often an abstract) to journal articles and an indication of free electronic full-text availability. Searching is free of charge and does not require registration.

Is Ovid MEDLINE the same as MEDLINE?

Ovid MEDLINE covers 1996-present and only includes citations fully indexed for MEDLINE. Includes in one file: MEDLINE, citations in process, pre-1966 citations, and non-MEDLINE citations from journals selectively indexed.