Scientific Research Skills

Can you recognize what is the name of this empty box ?

 International Standard Serial Numbers. A unique code used for identifying serial publications, such as periodicals, newspapers, annuals, journals and monographic series : IS

MeSH word stands for what ?

 A term used with a MeSH heading to help focus on a specific aspect of the subject :

ATM stand for :

 The unique identifier assigned to a record when it enters PubMed.

What in the picture describe an important search strategy which is :

Entrez Date is

• The date that a record is entered into MEDLINE

• The date that a record is entered into PubMed

• The date that a record is entered into Index Medicus

Index Medicus is

• A free interface that provides access to the MEDLINE database

• Non - free interface that provides access to the MEDLINE database

• MEDLINE's print counterpart.

• All of the above

• Non of the above

Publication Type can be represented as

• Review

• Clinical Trial,

• Case report

• A &,B

• All of the above

The selection criteria for Medline indexing includes/include :

• International diversity of authors

• Quality of scientific content, including validity, importance, originality and contribution to the coverage of the field.

• Publishing standards, including a steady flow of articles over several months, fully descriptive article titles and abstracts, full biographical information and transparent peer-review process.

• All of the above

 Parameters (publication date, publication type, language etc.) used to narrow a database search called

• Limit

• MeSH Term

• Keywords

• A & B

 Records that have not yet been assigned MeSH indexing terms called

• Pubmed not published

• PubMed in Process

• PubMed only without PMID

• All of the above

The difference between magazine and journal is :

• Journal has Longer articles, providing in-depth analysis of topics while magazine has Shorter articles, providing broader overviews of topics

• In journal the author is usually an expert or specialist in the field, name and credentials always provided

• In magazine the articles do not necessarily follow a specific format or structure

• In magazine a bibliography is usually not provided, although names of reports or references may be mentioned in the text

• All of the above