Drugs on the Internet, Part IV: Google's Ngram Viewer Analytic Tool Applied to Drug Literature
Michael Montagne, Melissa Johnson Morgan · Substance Use & Misuse · 2013
Google Inc.'s digitized book library can be searched based on key words and phrases over a five-century time frame. Application of the Ngram Viewer to drug literature was assessed for its utility as a research tool. The results appear promising as a method for noting changes in the popularity of specific drugs over time, historical epidemiology of drug use and misuse, and adoption and regulation of drug technologies.