XplorMed: a tool for exploring MEDLINE abstracts

Authors
Perez-Iratxeta, C Bork, P Andrade, MA
Citation
C. Perez-iratxeta et al., XplorMed: a tool for exploring MEDLINE abstracts, TRENDS BIOC, 26(9), 2001, pp. 573-575
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES
ISSN journal
09680004 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
573 - 575
Database
ISI
SICI code
0968-0004(200109)26:9<573:XATFEM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The most frequent access to the MEDLINE database of scientific abstracts is by keyword search. However, this is often not sufficient because although the user might find all the useful abstracts,these are buried in hundreds t hat are irrelevant. The exploratory tool XplorMed has been developed to ana lyse the result of any MEDLINE query. It suggests main groups of related to pics and documents, sparing the user the need of reading all abstracts.