User talk:Madelynne Dudas/sandbox

Feedback from SandyGeorgia

I cannot locate:

Hogervorst, T.(2012)."Osteoarthritis: a consequence of evolution?" Bone & Joint 360(1): 2-6.

either in Google Scholar or indexed at PubMed, so it doesn't appear that you have a secondary source compliant with WP:MEDRS. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:27, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.bj360.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/1/1/2.full This is the link to the article. I originally found it using Google Scholar. I am now investigating why it no long shows up when it is searched for. Madelynne Dudas (talk • contribs) 00:56, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Madelynne ... I found it very strange that I couldn't find the article in either PubMed or Google scholar, which would indicate something about the journal's credibility. I found similar on some of your classmates sources, and was mystified. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:08, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Curiously, the same author (Hogervost) has several other secondary reviews indexed on PubMed, for example PMID 19919389, so it's even stranger that the one you used is not indexed.

If you search PubMed (and click on "Reviews" on the left-hand side of the page, you can access sources that are compliant with WP:MEDRS by confining your search to "Reviews". Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-06-30/Dispatches helps explain how to apply MEDRS and how to find secondary reviews at PubMed. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:16, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]