GoPubMed Sorts Searching
March 31, 2016
Do you search the US government’s PubMed.gov content? If you use the PubMed.gov system, you may want to come at the information in different or more useful ways.
The German company Transinsight makes available its search system, GoPubMed.org.
You can use the semantic search system to explore the knowledgebase.
Features of the system include:
- A sidebar which allows one click access to concepts, authors, journals, etc.
- A search box which accepts keyword queries and offers suggestions for the query
- A results list.
The layout is clear. A bit of hunting around is necessary, but that is a common experience when trying to figure out if there is a way to narrow a broad search based on a lousy query.
There have been many search systems built to make the PubMed information findable. My favorite, though long gone, was Grateful Med. Like patent searching, queries of medical information are tricky. Some day I will write about the Information Health Reference Center, circa 1989. That was exciting.
Stephen E Arnold, March 31, 2016
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