Counterpoint on Google Scholar (July 19, 2005, Evidence, Searching). Category: Information searching

A recently published article:

• Google Scholar: A source for clinicians? Henderson J. Cmaj 2005: 172(12); 1549-50. [Medline] [Full text] [PDF]

casts some doubt on the utility of Google Scholar as a resource for searching for medical information and describes some competing resources, such as:

• TRIP www.tripdatabase.org

• Scirus www.scirus.com

• OAIster http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu 

A Rapid Response letter added some additional comments and noted a valuable paper on optimizing your Medline search:

• Optimal search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of treatment from Medline: analytical survey. Haynes RB, McKibbon KA, Wilczynski NL, Walter SD, Werre SR. Bmj 2005: 330(7501); 1179. [Medline] [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

07/08/2008.