Once again, gold is in our midst in Region 7! Congratulations to Sally Kilby of the California Hospital Medical Center Library in Los Angeles, for the winning search strategy she submitted to NLM in response to the "Gold Standard Search" article in the January-February 1997 issue of the NLM Technical Bulletin. There were two "wins" and an honorable mention given for this search.
Because the subject of this search is purely clinical, the MEDLINE file offers the most comprehensive coverage of this search topic. However, the most recent citation and the oldest electronic citation on this subject can be found in PREMEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE. Only Sally's submission included these files in her search strategy. More information about this search can be found in the May-June 1997 issue (No. 296) of the NLM Technical Bulletin.
This is Sally's second submission for a "Gold Standard Search" and she states that it was easier the second time around; she had already received search requests for this topic from her own library users. Look for the results of the next "Gold Standard Search" in the September-October 1997 issue of the Technical Bulletin. By the way, does zinc "cure" the common cold?