Evidence-based Medicine Search: a customizable federated search engine.

Full Abstract

PURPOSE:
This paper reports on the development of a tool by the Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL) for searching clinical evidence that can be customized for different user groups.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
The AHSL provides services to the University of Arizona's (UA's) health sciences programs and to the University Medical Center. Librarians at AHSL collaborated with UA College of Medicine faculty to create an innovative search engine, Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) Search, that provides users with a simple search interface to EBM resources and presents results organized according to an evidence pyramid. EBM Search was developed with a web-based configuration component that allows the tool to be customized for different specialties.

OUTCOMES/CONCLUSION:
Informal and anecdotal feedback from physicians indicates that EBM Search is a useful tool with potential in teaching evidence-based decision making. While formal evaluation is still being planned, a tool such as EBM Search, which can be configured for specific user populations, may help lower barriers to information resources in an academic health sciences center.

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Author information

Author/s: Bracke, Paul J (PJ); Howse, David K (DK); Keim, Samuel M (SM);

Affiliation: Purdue University Libraries, 504 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058, USA. pbracke(-atsign-)purdue.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA (J Med Libr Assoc), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Apr; vol 96 (issue 2) : pp 108-13

Dates: Created 2008/04/01; Completed 2008/04/11;

PMID: 18379665, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Abstracting and Indexing as Topic - methods
Benchmarking
Bibliometrics
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans

Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Terminology as Topic
United States
Vocabulary, Controlled

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