A listing of journals with hypertext links to journal Web pages was created. Duplicate records resulting from the use of multiple databases were removed from the downloaded citations. The resulting file was run through the in-house database software to retain only citations from peer reviewed journals for the Peer Reviewed Journal database and attach abstracts to journal citations where permission had been granted. The Complete Database is a combination of peer reviewed and non peer reviewed literature. The Peer Reviewed Journal Database contains only peer reviewed literature.
Users are able to choose either database to search.
A synonym list to ensure that all related dietary supplement terms could be searched simultaneously was developed. The downloaded citations were integrated with the search engine software to utilize all functions of the software. The reviewer's comments were used to revise the database and to provide direction for future development. Software must have a World Wide Web interface as a front end. The user interface must be intuitive, and yet flexible for more complex searching.