2022 Embase Classic (EMCL) Reload News
The Embase Classic (EMCL) database has been reloaded to implement the new 2022 Thesaurus Tool.
Changes in the new thesaurus:
Emtree terms improvement:
- 1588 new terms (including 86 replacement terms and promoted synonyms) have been added to Emtree as preferred terms in version January 2022 (compared to September 2021):
- 304 drug terms (terms assigned to the Chemicals and Drugs facet).
- 1284 non-drug terms (terms not assigned as Chemicals and Drugs).
Emtree Terms Changed in January 2022:
- 86 terms (43 drug terms and 43 non-drug terms) from Emtree September 2020 have been replaced by 84 different terms in January 2022 (43 drug terms and 41 non-drug terms).
- Of these, 75 terms (38 drug terms and 37 non-drug terms) are new (e.g. new generic names for drug chemical names) and have been assigned creation date 2022; the remaining 9 replacement terms (5 drug terms and 4 non-drug terms) were already present in Emtree.
- No drug term was replaced by a non-drug term, no non-drug term was replaced by a drug term. No preferred terms were deleted.
Complete details on changes of the new thesaurus are available here:
In addition, Ovid has made the following changes:
Changed Fields |
| Label |
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Field Name |
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What's New |
| DM |
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Device Manufacturer |
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Can be used for search, display, and export - only contains Device Manufacturers
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| DV |
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Device Trade Name |
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Can be used for search, display, and export - only contains Device Trade Names |
| MF |
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Drug Manufacturer |
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Can be used for search, display, and export - only contains Drug Manufacturers |
| TN |
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Drug Trade Name |
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Can be used for search, display and export - only contains Drug Trade Names |
If you have any questions, contact your Ovid Support Representative at [email protected].
Reload News last updated
July 11, 2022.