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Euroethics A Database Network on Biomedical Ethics History First version: Developed in BIOMED II project (1996-1999) and hosted at SPRI Library, Sweden First version was also available via Dimdi New version: Developed in Eurethnet project (2002-2005) and hosted at KI Library (KIB), Sweden

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Euroethics : Euroethics A Database Network on Biomedical Ethics

History : History First version: Developed in BIOMED II project (1996-1999) and hosted at SPRI Library, Sweden First version was also available via Dimdi New version: Developed in Eurethnet project (2002-2005) and hosted at KI Library (KIB), Sweden

Funding : Funding EU (European Commission) Programme: Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources

Co-ordination : Co-ordination Many collaboration partners, so co-ordination is required BIOMED II and Eurethnet were co-ordinated by Göttingen University, Department for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Information- and Documentation Centre (IDEM), Germany

User Needs : User Needs Information on literature on medical ethics is scattered in many places (databases, catalogues etc) Focus on North American literature User need: Information on European literature, in one place

European Bioethical Literature : European Bioethical Literature Fangerau H: Finding European bioethical literature: an evaluation of the leading abstracting and indexing services J Med Ethics. 2004 Jun;30(3):299-303 Full text link available in PubMed

PubMed Reference : PubMed Reference

Euroethics : Euroethics A bibliographic database on biomedical ethics Information on European literature compiled in one place

Size : Size 30 000 records from 7 Western European indexing centres (April 2005) Data from New Member States (NMS) will follow soon

Scope : Scope Coverage: Ethics in Nursing, Ethics in Health Professions, Ethics in Health Care, Biomedical Ethics National literature Bibliographic records of document types such as journal articles, books, bills, court decisions, decrees, governmental publications, guidelines, law, parliamentary publications, statements, academic dissertations, abstracts, case studies, comparative studies, evalutation studies, proceedings, surveys and questionnaires

Endebit : Endebit The European Network of Documentation for Ethics of Biotechnology “Sister database” of Euroethics Developed in Eurethnet project

Indexing : Indexing Each database record is supplemented with indexing terms describing what the document is about Indexing terms are picked from a controlled vocabulary (thesaurus)

Thesauri : Thesauri Two thesauri with concordances Thesaurus Ethics in the Life Sciences (TELS) = Core thesaurus (mandatory field in the database) Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

TELS : TELS

MeSH : MeSH Medical Subject Headings Thesaurus of PubMed/Medline Translations exist in many languages

Common Hierarchic Structure : Common Hierarchic Structure TELS and MeSH are hierarchic thesauri (thesauri with BT/NT tree structures) TELS has concordances (mappings to equivalent concepts) with the MeSH Some features of Euroethics are based on the (partially overlapping) tree structures

Networking : Networking Original versions of the bibliographic records are entered into local databases NMS partners have an intermediary database for data upload/entry Data from the local databases are exported to the central database running at KI

Database Partners : Database Partners

Documentary Standards : Documentary Standards Each indexing centre has its own software for data entry Compliance is achieved via standards, not software The Documentary Standards specify the database structure (in terms of fields, valid contents of the fields) The standards are supplemented by an indexing manual

Documentary Standards Document : Documentary Standards Document

Field Definitions : Field Definitions

Field Tags : Field Tags

Guidelines : Guidelines Guidelines for indexing and cataloguing (Indexing Manual) Supplements the Documentary Standards More detailed information about database policies, usage of certain fields etc

Indexing Manual : Indexing Manual

Amendments : Amendments Sometimes the Documentary Standards may need to be changed The Amendment Procedures describe how to do that The Amendment Procedure document is available as an appendix to the Indexing Manual

Import of Data : Import of Data Each indexing centre sends its data to KIB for import into central database Different export formats (depending on software for data entry) Data is converted to a common import format before being uploaded into the database

Import of NMS Data : Import of NMS Data New Member States (NMS) joined Eurethnet after the project had started Data is gathered in an intermediary database (developed by IBMI) before being sent to KIB The NMS database supports data import as well as direct data entry

National Characters : National Characters Original titles of documents may contain national characters (Eastern or Western European) Problem: Not all computer environments can handle many character sets at the same time Solution: UniCode

Common Import Format : Common Import Format

Document Ordering : Document Ordering The bibliographic records represent documents owned by the indexing centres An individual indexing centre cannot undertake document delivery to end users all over the world Instructions for obtaining documents via interlibrary loan are available via the Euroethics home page Some records contain full text links

Future : Future Eurethnet project ends June 30th, 2005 Further maintenance on an unofficial basis Sustainability? ETHICSWEB proposal has been submitted

Development Staff : Development Staff Database model, search interface and import solution have been developed by staff at KIB (Per-Olov Andersson and Ylva Gavel) Most graphical elements were initially developed within other contexts of the project (Eurethnet portal, Euroethics home page, Endebit interface)

Technology : Technology Database Manager: Microsoft SQL Server Converters: Perl and Borland Delphi Search Engine: Borland Delphi

Database Tables : Database Tables Database model based on the data fields listed in the documentary standards Complex relational model where data is represented by several tables Separate thesaurus database is needed in order to support some search features

Eurethnet Home : Eurethnet Home http://www.eureth.net

Eurethnet Home : Eurethnet Home

Euroethics Home : Euroethics Home

Euroethics Main Search Page : Euroethics Main Search Page

Hit List : Hit List

Record Display : Record Display

Euroethics Field Search Page : Euroethics Field Search Page

Context Sensitive Help : Context Sensitive Help

Manual Text : Manual Text

Euroethics Subject Search Page : Euroethics Subject Search Page

Thesaurus Search Results : Thesaurus Search Results

Tree View : Tree View