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Comparisons: Selected Search Engine Issues
Site Name |
Available |
Retrieval* |
Boolean** |
Wildcards/ Truncation |
Help |
Achoo |
 |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
Biosites |
 |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
Cliniweb |
 |
2 |
 |
 |
 |
Einet Galaxy |
 |
1 |
 |
 |
 |
GHN |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Health on the Net |
 |
1 |
 |
 |
 |
HealthAtoZ |
 |
1 |
 |
 |
 |
healthfinder |
 |
1 |
 |
 |
 |
HealthLinks |
 |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
HealthWeb |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
HSLS, U. Pittsburgh |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Martindale's |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Magellan/McKinley |
 |
3 |
 |
 |
 |
MedExplorer |
 |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
MedFinder |
 |
5 |
 |
 |
 |
Medical Matrix |
 |
2 |
 |
 |
 |
Medical World Search |
 |
1 |
 |
 |
 |
MedWeb |
 |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
MMRL |
 |
2 |
 |
 |
 |
NOAH |
 |
2 |
 |
 |
 |
OMNI |
 |
3 |
 |
 |
 |
Virtual Hospital |
 |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
WebDoctor |
 |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
WWWVL: Medicine |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Yahoo! |
 |
1 |
 |
 |
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* NOTE: Retrieval is measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being highest, giving
the most accurate and relevant results. "5" was also used if the search engine was
frequently down during repeated efforts to test the search engine.
** NOTE: Boolean operators other than "and" which is assumed as a default.
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