title: Accessing the literature: using bibliographic databases to find journal articles. Part 2.
abstract: Research in primary dental care, recertification, continuing professional development, lifelong learning, peer review and quality healthcare are all informed by the published literature. Dental practitioners can find out about reliable and up-to-date information available in the published literature by searching bibliographic databases. This concluding article alerts readers to some of the limitations and pitfalls of data-base-searching.
authors.affiliation: Glasgow University Library. h.s.marlborough@lib.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Marlborough
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D003729:Dental Care; D018865:Dental Research; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016239:MEDLINE / Q000458:organization & administration; D010380:Peer Review; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013358:Subject Headings; D014584:User-Computer Interface