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LHNCBC-2005-047
Preliminary comparison of the SEER and PubMed search engines for answering clinical questions using PubMed on Tap, a PDA-based program for accessing biomedical literature
Sutton VR, Hauser SE
Proceedings of AMIA Annual Symposium, October 22-26, 2005, Washington, D.C.
PubMed on Tap, a PDA application that searches and retrieves biomedical literature, is specifically designed for use by mobile healthcare professionals. With the goal of improving the usability of the application, a preliminary comparison was made of two search engines (PubMed and SEER) to determine which provided most efficient path to the desired clinically-relevant information.
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