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The Place of Literature-Based Discovery in Contemporary Scientific Practice

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Literature-based Discovery

Part of the book series: Information Science and Knowledge Management ((ISKM,volume 15))

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In this brief essay, we consider some of the lessons that we learned from our experience working with the Arrowsmith consortium that may have implications for the field of literature-based discovery (LBD) as a whole.

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  1. UIC Psychiatric Institute MC912, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Neil R. Smalheiser & Vetle I. Torvik

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Smalheiser, N.R., Torvik, V.I. (2008). The Place of Literature-Based Discovery in Contemporary Scientific Practice. In: Bruza, P., Weeber, M. (eds) Literature-based Discovery. Information Science and Knowledge Management, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68690-3_2

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