Mind the gap: identifying what is missed when searching only the broad scope with clinical queries

Mind the gap: identifying what is missed when searching only the broad scope with clinical queries

Objective: The PubMed Clinical Study Category filters are subdivided into “Broad” and “Narrow” versions that are designed to maximize either sensitivity or specificity by using two different sets of keywords and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). A searcher might assume that all items retrieved by Nar...

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Main Author: Edwin Vincent Sperr Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of the Medical Library Association
Subjects:
MEDLINE
PubMed
Bibliographic searching
Hedges
Filters
Online Access:http://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/589

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