Background: Most electronic search efforts directed at identifying primary studies for inclusion ... more Background: Most electronic search efforts directed at identifying primary studies for inclusion in systematic reviews rely on the optimal Boolean search features of search interfaces such as DIALOG ® and Ovid™. Our objective is to test the ability of an Ultraseek ® search engine to rank MEDLINE ® records of the included studies of Cochrane reviews within the top half of all the records retrieved by the Boolean MEDLINE search used by the reviewers.
Background: Most electronic search efforts directed at identifying primary studies for inclusion ... more Background: Most electronic search efforts directed at identifying primary studies for inclusion in systematic reviews rely on the optimal Boolean search features of search interfaces such as DIALOG ® and Ovid™. Our objective is to test the ability of an Ultraseek ® search engine to rank MEDLINE ® records of the included studies of Cochrane reviews within the top half of all the records retrieved by the Boolean MEDLINE search used by the reviewers.
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