In this series, we’re looking at popular databases and strategies for how to use them effectively, including Clinicialtrials.gov, Pubmed and more.

Many information managers are changing focus from supporting Boolean searching of a data collections to enabling text mining and increasing discoverability.

The goal of aggregated search is to provide integrated search across multiple, heterogeneous sources. There are broadly two technology approaches that have been used to achieve this; federated search and web-scale indexing, but those aren’t the only options.

It behooves information specialists to semantically search patent information in addition to scientific literature review. Jill Shuman shares why.