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Approximately 2.5 million new scientific papers are published each year, according to recent estimates. To keep up with the literature in a field such as cancer, for example, a person would have to read 17 papers every waking hour all 365 days a year. But journalists work on deadline, and they need to efficiently search for and identify relevant scientific evidence to inform their reporting.
In this session presented on Oct. 26, 2017 in San Francisco, CA, by the Association of Health Care Journalists as part of the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists, stewards of leading health and science databases shared their best practices for mining databases. The offered handy shortcuts for uncovering everything from key research studies to epidemiological data, and revealed forthcoming tools that put more power in the hands of journalists who want access to the raw information produced by health studies.
Approximately 2.5 million new scientific papers are published each year, according to recent estimates. To keep up with the literature in a field such as cancer, for example, a person would have to read 17 papers every waking hour all 365 days a year. But journalists work on deadline, and they need to efficiently search for and identify relevant scientific evidence to inform their reporting.
In this session presented on Oct. 26, 2017 in San Francisco, CA, by the Association of Health Care Journalists as part of the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists, stewards of leading health and science databases shared their best practices for mining databases. The offered handy shortcuts for uncovering everything from key research studies to epidemiological data, and revealed forthcoming tools that put more power in the hands of journalists who want access to the raw information produced by health studies.
