PubMed vs. HighWire Press: A head-to-head comparison of two medical literature search engines

Abstract PubMed and HighWire Press are both useful medical literature search engines available for free to anyone on the internet. We measured retrieval accuracy, number of results generated, retrieval speed, features and search tools on HighWire Press and PubMed using the quick search features of e...

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Published in:Computers in biology and medicine 2007-09, Vol.37 (9), p.1252-1258
Main Authors: Vanhecke, Thomas E, Barnes, Michael A, Zimmerman, Janet, Shoichet, Sandor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Databases, Bibliographic
HighWire Press
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Internal Medicine
Internet
Medical Informatics
Medical literature
Online Systems
Other
PubMed
Reproducibility of Results
Search engine
Software
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Summary:Abstract PubMed and HighWire Press are both useful medical literature search engines available for free to anyone on the internet. We measured retrieval accuracy, number of results generated, retrieval speed, features and search tools on HighWire Press and PubMed using the quick search features of each. We found that using HighWire Press resulted in a higher likelihood of retrieving the desired article and higher number of search results than the same search on PubMed. PubMed was faster than HighWire Press in delivering search results regardless of search settings. There are considerable differences in search features between these two search engines.
ISSN:0010-4825
1879-0534
DOI:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.11.012