Infrmation Resources: Seondary Lit

Question 0

A.) ABSTRACT

Answer 0

Summary of information contained in a specific published literature source

Question 1

Secondary literature…

Answer 1

A group of heterogeneous information sources that serves as a guide to information that has been published in the primary literature

Question 2

2 types of abstract?

Answer 2

1. Biological abstracts: published by the union american biological societies ; comprehensive abstracting and indexing journal on biology
2. Chemical abstracts: published by the american chemical society ; most comprehensive of all the abstracting and indexing covering pamphlets and books and periodicals

Question 3

B.) INDEXING SERVICE

Answer 3

List or bibliography of primary articles, usually by group of subject or author

Question 4

Types of Indexing services

Answer 4

1. Pubmed: free database accessing primarily the medline database
2. Embase: medical database provided by Elsevier
3. Iowa drug information system (IDIS): handy self contained product that allows user to search for drug therapy articles

Question 5

C.) SPECIALIZED MICROFICHE SYSTEMS

Answer 5

Means of archiving data in reduced size

Ez: drugdex - comprehensive evaluation of drugs