Table 2
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Mainland Chinese bibliographic databases (adapted from [23] with some additions and updates). |
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| Database |
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| English name |
Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) |
Chinese Medical Current Content (CMCC) |
China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI-CAJ) |
VIP information/ Chinese Scientific Journals Database |
Wan Fang database |
iLib |
Google Scholar |
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| Chinese name |
 |
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- |
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| Chinese interface |
[12] |
[13] |
[14] |
[16] |
[17] |
[19] |
[22] |
| English interface |
- |
- |
[15] |
- |
[18] |
Same as Chinese interface |
[21] |
| Developer |
IMICAMS |
Medical Library, Chinese PLA† |
Tsinghua University |
cqvip.com Inc. |
Wanfang Data Inc. |
Wanfang Data Inc. |
Google |
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| Coverage |
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| Journals |
1600+ |
1400+ |
1000+ * |
1818* |
1024+ * |
(sharing the same database as Wan Fang database) |
Unclear (as supplied by VIP, Wan Fang and iLib) |
| Articles |
3,000,000 (including proceedings and theses) |
2,700,000 |
3,308,164 |
2,900,000+ |
8,896,299 (as of 4 Jan 2008) |
Unclear |
Unclear (as supplied by VIP, Wan Fang and iLib) |
| Proceedings |
- |
300,000 |
145,457** |
N/A |
124,646 |
N/A |
Unclear |
| Theses |
- |
N/A |
47,030*** |
N/A |
144,318 |
N/A |
Unclear |
| Start Date |
1978 |
1993 |
1979 |
1989 |
1997 |
2006 (articles available from 1997) |
2004 |
| Update |
Unclear |
Fortnightly |
Daily – satellite; Monthly – disc |
Unclear |
Weekly |
Weekly |
Unclear |
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| Access and Output |
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| Citation |
Subscription only |
Free access online |
Free access online |
Free access online |
Free access online |
Free access online |
Free access online |
| Chinese abstract |
Subscription only |
Free access online |
Free access online |
Free access online |
Free access online |
Free access online |
Redirected to citation supplier websites |
| English abstract |
Available in the full text PDF file |
Available in the full text PDF file |
Available in the full text PDF file |
Available in the full text PDF file |
Available in the full text PDF file |
Available in the full text PDF file |
Redirected to citation supplier websites |
| Full text PDF |
Subscription only |
Subscription only |
Subscription only |
Subscription only |
Subscription only |
Subscription only |
Redirected to citation supplier websites |
| Record selection |
All search results |
All search results |
Search results displayed per page (Max 10/page) |
Search results displayed per page (Max 50/page) |
Search results displayed per page (Max 20/page) |
Search results displayed per page (Max 11/page) |
Search results displayed per page (Default: 10/page; choices available: 20, 30, 50, 100/page) |
| Download format |
Tagged text (500/file) |
Tagged text (300/file) |
Tagged text (unlimited/file) |
Tagged text (50/file) |
Copy and paste (unlimited/file) |
Copy and paste (unlimited/file) |
Copy and paste (unlimited/file) |
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*Medicine & Hygiene subset **China Proceedings of Conference Database (CPCD) subset *** Doctor/Master Dissertations Database (CDMD) subset. †Department of Research & Development, Medical Library of Chinese People's Liberation Army. IMICAMS: Institute of Medical Informatics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. | |||||||
Fung Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:20 doi:10.1186/1742-7622-5-20 |
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