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What is ACHE Discovery Search?
ACHE Discovery Search is a search tool that helps you find research materials easily. It searches through our databases, catalogs, and digital collections, including those not in our collection. This way, you can discover materials beyond our holdings and request them via interlibrary loan (ILL).
This search box exclusively locates eBooks and eJournals. For print books, utilize ACHE Discovery Search instead.
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Explore your library's journals with Browzine.
What is Browzine Journals?
BrowZine is a simple tool that can help you quickly access scholarly journal articles from 2005 to the present. It can also connect with our publication holdings in Publication Finder, even if the title is not available. BrowZine has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to read articles on any device. If you are unsure what you are looking for or want to find scholarly journals related to your interests, you can browse for journals using BrowZine. You can select any of the subjects to view a complete list of all available scholarly journals on that subject.
What is a Digital Object Identifier (DOI)?
A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique identifier assigned to articles on publisher websites. Its purpose is to ensure that the content can be easily found and accessed, even if web addresses change. It acts as a reliable and consistent tag that facilitates the location and referencing of online resources. DOIs are widely used in academic and professional settings as they provide a stable link to scholarly articles and other digital content..
Example:
- 10.1186/s12898-019-0263-7 or https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-019-0263-7
What is a PubMed Identifier (PMID)?
A PubMed Identifier, also known as a PMID, is a unique number assigned to an article in the PubMed database, a popular resource for biomedical and life sciences literature. This number acts like a digital fingerprint, making it easy for researchers, students, and healthcare professionals to identify and locate a particular article. The PMID is a useful tool for quickly referencing a specific study or paper in the vast amount of medical literature available on PubMed.
Examples:
- PMID: 25435309
- PMID: 30302018
Advantages of searching Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a powerful search engine that provides researchers and students with access to scientific literature. It is useful for finding known publications or conducting fast searches on specific topics. However, its effectiveness is limited when attempting to comprehensively understand the literature on a particular subject, such as during thesis or literature review projects. This limitation is due to Google Scholar's restricted ability to combine multiple search terms using Boolean operators like AND, OR, and NOT.
Disadvantages of searching Google Scholar
While Google Scholar is a valuable research tool, it has limitations. One disadvantage of using Google Scholar is that it may not always provide the most comprehensive results. Google Scholar's coverage of scholarly literature is not as extensive as other databases, and it may not include all the relevant articles on a particular topic. Additionally, the quality of the results can vary, and some articles may not be peer-reviewed or may not be from reputable sources. Predatory publishers dwell within Google Scholar. It is important to carefully evaluate the sources of information found on Google Scholar to ensure their quality and reliability.
PubMed is a comprehensive online database that contains a vast amount of health-related information and research papers. It is a colossal library of knowledge on various medical topics, including health, diseases, treatments, and more. PubMed is an essential resource for doctors, researchers, and anyone interested in keeping abreast of the latest medical findings. PubMed offers a dependable source of information that provides current and reliable health and medical research data. It's important to note that PubMed and MEDLINE are two distinct databases.