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Summon & PubMed : an update

" In a recent demo of Summon at the University of Groningen Library we tested some medical search terms, users would likely to be entering when they are discovering what a tool that promises "One Search Box, Your library discovered" or "One search engine, one search, no stress" The rather stupid search " heart attack " (but is to be expected by starting new med students expecting a google-like framework and no serious search experience for scientific information) does give you really terrible results, especially when you forget to choose to: Limit to articles from scholarly publications, including peer-review or Exclude Newspaper Articles (thank you Wichor Bramer for the search tip, and @Dympie  about Scopus still using "heart attack" as example search) Bad results from the perspective of the medical librarian in a academic setting who expects students and staff to turn up with Pubmed records. Having seen a Ebsco Discovery Servi...