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What is SmartSearch?

 

SmartSearch is a query enhancement system developed by the Lane Medical Library & Knowledge Management Center. It returns a select set of high-value clinical resources.

What is it for?

Every time you search LaneConnex, we metasearch or "deep search" for your term in hundreds of external databases like PubMed, UpToDate, and specialty textbooks. You can always review a comprehensive result list by searching the Clinical Portal directly, but SmartSearch saves you time by returning highly relevant clinical resources within the LaneConnex result list.

What kinds of resources does it return?

SmartSearch returns electronic resources such as PubMed papers, Clin-eguide, and specialty electronic textbooks from Ovid, AccessMedicine and MDConsult. These resources have been carefully selected by Lane medical librarians for their authoritativeness and high relevance to disease diagnosis and treatment. A comprehensive list can be reviewed here.

How does it work?

Every time you search LaneConnex, SmartSearch takes the following steps to return metasearch resources relevant to your term:

  1. LaneConnex query terms are sent to PubMed, from which a subset of articles associated with the query are retrieved.
  2. SmartSearch extracts MeSH headings associated with each article in the set.
  3. The frequency of headings is computed to map the query term to the most frequently used MeSH heading.
  4. Because resources in Lane's collection have been associated with MeSH headings in advance, SmartSearch can quickly retrieve those related to your query. When it can't make an exact match, SmartSearch traverses up the hierarchy of MeSH terms to find the next best match.

SmartSearch Process

Why don't I always see SmartSearch results?

SmartSearch doesn't try to match your search term against the entirety of our electronic collection. We've limited it to a select list of clinical resources we can "deep search" using Lane's metasearch tool.

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