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- Title
Differences in Search Strategies Across Various Scientific Databases: A Case Study on Hormonal and Cancer Therapy with Red Clover Extracts.
- Authors
COSTIN, Alexandru D.; MUNTEAN, Leon; ONA, Andreea D.; BERINDEAN, Ioana V.
- Abstract
Introduction: Finding complex and relevant information in the specialty literature is a very important aspect for researchers, this representing the first step in designing and starting a new research. Aim: This study aimed to test four different search strategies within three databases to get a higher number of valid and reliable articles able to reflect the state of the art. Methods: We performed a literature search in PubMed, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect scientific databases. We used four Boolean search strings (one sort and one long with quotation mark and one short and one long with parentheses) that combined relevant keywords related to hormonal therapy, cancer treatment, and red clover. The article types targeted were open and non-open access articles and also review and research articles. Filters as publishing year, text availability, article type and additionally subject area - for Science Direct, were applied. Results: The 1st Boolean search strategy identified 2286 and the 2nd identified 567 potentially relevant articles. Most of the determined articles (2166) from 1st search strategy and (557) from 2nd were excluded after filtering process, since they did not present related characteristics to the subject of interest. The researchers found a significant association between article type and the 2 strategies for ScienceDirect. Conclusion: The short search strategy with parentheses returned a higher number of articles than the short strategy with quotation marks and the long strategies with quotes and parentheses. ScienceDirect returned the largest number of articles, but upon verification, the most irrelevant articles were also observed within this database. Regarding open access and review articles type, the short strategy with parentheses returned the highest number for PubMed and ScienceDirect, and for WoS, the highest number of such articles was obtained following the use of the short strategy with quotation marks.
- Subjects
CANCER hormone therapy; SCIENCE databases; RED clover; BOOLEAN searching; CANCER case studies
- Publication
Applied Medical Informatics, 2024, Vol 46, Issue 2, p46
- ISSN
1224-5593
- Publication type
Article