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A quantitative method for measuring clinical user journal needs: a pilot study using CD Plus MEDLINE usage statistics.

K Dunn·C Chisnell·D F Sittig
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OBJECTIVE: To develop a quantitative method for measuring clinical user journal needs based on an analysis of bibliographic search results. DESIGN: Retrospective bibliometric comparison of citation selections generated by clinical users on shared workstations throughout the Medical Center. MEASURES: Number of times each journal was identified by clinical users during multiple bibliographic search sessions. RESULTS: Clinical users identified 2,078 journal articles. The top 200 journal titles accounted for 55% of the clinical users' journal needs. Of the 901 unique journal titles identified, 489 (54%) were identified only once. CONCLUSION: Our pilot study demonstrates that analysis of bibliographic search results can be used to identify clinical user journal needs. Such a method could also be used to estimate user requirements for on-line, full-text medical journals.

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K Dunn, C Chisnell, D F Sittig. 1995. A quantitative method for measuring clinical user journal needs: a pilot study using CD Plus MEDLINE usage statistics.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8591468/

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