Suarez H H, Hao X, Chang I F
Polytechnic University, Hawthorne, NY, USA.
Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp. 1997:824-8.
Medical World Search is a search engine for medical information on the Internet that distinguishes itself from other search engines by its built-in knowledge of medical terminology through its use of the National Library of Medicine's UMLS and its carefully selected but large database of medical sites. After discussing some of the previous uses of the UMLS for medical information retrieval, we describe the Medical World Search system. In October 1996, Medical World Search became operational on the World Wide Web at http:@www.mwsearch.poly.edu. It has been operating uninterrupted since then. We review our experiences with creating a search engine for medical information on the Internet and using the UMLS in this application. The UMLS has some clear advantages in this application. Some aspects of the UMLS also decrease its usefulness in information retrieval. Medical World Search's usage by medical information seekers is summarized. future directions for research are outlined.
医学世界搜索是一款用于在互联网上搜索医学信息的搜索引擎，它通过使用美国国立医学图书馆的统一医学语言系统（UMLS）以及精心挑选的大型医学网站数据库，凭借其内置的医学术语知识，区别于其他搜索引擎。在讨论了UMLS先前在医学信息检索中的一些用途之后，我们描述了医学世界搜索系统。1996年10月，医学世界搜索在万维网上以http:@www.mwsearch.poly.edu上线运行。从那时起它一直不间断地运行。我们回顾了创建一个用于互联网医学信息的搜索引擎以及在此应用中使用UMLS的经验。UMLS在该应用中有一些明显的优势。UMLS的某些方面也降低了其在信息检索中的有用性。总结了医学信息寻求者对医学世界搜索的使用情况。概述了未来的研究方向。
