Lin On PubGet and 3rd Party PubMed Tools
Since I don’t have the option of implementing PubGet (previously mentioned) at my place of work, getting to read about the experiences that others have had with it is a treat.
Over at Up to the Waves, Lin shares her observations.
Lin also writes, however:
Pubget is only one of the 3rd party life science search engines that tries to create shortcut to search PubMed. If you are a serious researcher, my advise is using the 3rd party search engines with caution or as a pre-search. Getting comfortable and familiar using PubMed itself is your goal. If you need assistance using PubMed, contact your medical librarians.
I can’t wholly agree with this. Not all 3rd-Party PubMed/Medline tools are meant to replace PubMed, and some can simply do things that PubMed itself cannot. If you are a serious researcher, my advice is to make yourself aware of all the tools at your disposal, and use the best ones for the purpose at hand.
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September 7th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Since I don’t have the option of implementing PubGet (previously mentioned) at my place of work, getting to read about the experiences that others have had with it is a treat. Over at Up to the Waves, Lin shares her observations. Lin also writes, however: Pubget is only one of the 3rd party life science search engines that [...]
September 7th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Since I don’t have the option of implementing PubGet (previously mentioned) at my place of work, getting to read about the experiences that others have had with it is a treat. Over at Up to the Waves, Lin shares her observations. Lin also writes, however: Pubget is only one of the 3rd party life science search engines that [...]
September 11th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
David,
Thanks for the post and the comment. I like different ideas!
Lin