MEDLINE citation tool accuracy: an analysis in two platforms

MEDLINE citation tool accuracy: an analysis in two platforms

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Background: Libraries provide access to databases with auto-cite features embedded into the services; however, the accuracy of these auto-cite buttons is not very high in humanities and social sciences databases.Case Presentation: This case compares two biomedical databases, Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed, to see if either is reliable enough Aromatherapy to confidently recommend to students for use when writing papers.A total of 60 citations were assessed, 30 citations from each citation generator, based on the top 30 articles in PubMed from 2010 to 2020.Conclusions: Error rates were higher in Ovid MEDLINE than PubMed but neither database platform provided error free references.The auto-cite tools were not reliable.

Zero of the sixty citations examined were 100% correct.Librarians should continue to advise students not to ELM rely solely upon citation generators in these biomedical databases.