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LILACS database: eighteenyears indexing Latin American
and Caribbean health sciences
journals
Regina C. Figueiredo Castro
BIREME/PAHO/WHO
10th International Conference of Science Editors,
Rio de Janeiro, August 2000
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BIREME
Latin American and Caribbean HealthSciences Information Center
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Regional
Center for health sciences information
Coordinates a network of libraries and documentation
centers comprising 37 countries of Latin America and the
Caribbean
Develops computer applications, methodologies,
information products and services to improve scientific
communication and dissemination of information in
countries of the Region
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Bibliographic control of literature
Since 1974 BIREME is a MEDLARS International
Center:
- indexing LA&C health journals for MEDLINE
database;
- translating MESH (Medical Subject Headings)
to Spanish and Portuguese
One of the main objectives of BIREME is the
bibliographic control of health scientific and technical
literature produced in the Region
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Health TerminologySince 1982, BIREME produces a controlled vocabulary -
DeCS (Health Science Descriptors), which includes
translated MeSH terms and new subject categories inPublic Health and Homeopathy fields, in three languages:
Spanish, Portuguese and English
DeCS terms in Spanish and Portuguese are
included in UMLS (Unified Medical Language
System)
DeCS is used for indexing LA&C journals for
MEDLINE and LILACS
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Database production
In 1982, IMLA database expanded its thematic scope
(from Medicine to Health Sciences, including PublicHealth) and indexed more journal titles and other types
of documents, generating LILACS database
In 1978, BIREME started the Index Medicus
Latinoamericano (IMLA) as a complement to U.S. NLM
MEDLINE database. 150 Latin American healthscientific journals were selected to initiate IMLA
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LILACS
Latin American and CaribbeanHealth Sciences Literature
LILACS indexes: scientific journal articles, books, book
chapters, thesis, conference papers, scientific
and technical reports and nonconventional
literature produced by Latin American and Caribbean
authors and published in countries of the
Region
from 1982 on
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Why LILACS?
Because Latin American and Caribbean health
scientific production was almost absent from
international databases
Due to the need to include other types ofdocuments such us: governmental publications,
books, conference proceedings, reports and
nonconventional literature, mainly for the Public
Health field
To improve bibliographic control of scientific
production in the health sciences field generated in
Latin American and Caribbean countries
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Indexing of LA&C health scientific
journals
Journals
LILACS 699
SciELO* 42
MEDLINE 43
EMBASE 49
JCR/ISI 21
* Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba and Public Health
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CostaRica
Uruguay
Bolivia
Peru
Colombia
Cuba
Equador
Chile
Mexico
Venezuela
Argentina
Brazil
Other
LILACS journals by country of
publication
Dominican Rep.,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Jamaica,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Puerto Rico,
USA (PAHO)
Total: 699 journals
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Decentralized input to LILACS
More than 400 Cooperating Centers from 37 countries
of the Region input records to LILACS
250,816 records by July 2000
Annual average input in the last 3 years: 23,000
records
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Scientific production in LILACS
by country of publication
Brazil
40%
Chile10%
Argentina
10%Mexico
9%
Other
10%
Venezuela
5%
Cuba
4%Colombia
4%USA
(PAHO)
5%
Peru
3%
Total:250,816 records
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