Some users prefer a single-form Boolean query interface to the original Entrez interface¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · design r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1994 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 2 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Some users stated they prefer the WWW Entrez FORMS-based query interface, which allows Boolean composition of several terms on one form, to the Entrez/Network Entrez interface. → Epstein 1994

Evidence¶

Epstein 1994¶

Epstein, Jonathan A., Kans, Jonathan A., & Schuler, Gregory D. (1994). WWW Entrez: A Hypertext Retrieval Tool for Molecular Biology. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED462262

q2 · i? · design · r2

In the WWW Entrez discussion section, the authors report informal user feedback: "some users have stated that they prefer this query interface" built on a single FORM allowing union, intersection, and set subtraction of terms. No systematic evaluation or effect size is reported.

"Because of this unified approach, some users have stated that they prefer this query interface to that provided by Entrez/Network Entrez."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Internet-based Entrez use grew dramatically in 1994 while CD-ROM subscriptions plateaued — related
• Browsing term lists (selection mode) helps searchers who do not know the exact query term — related