WWW Entrez¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (3 for, 1 mixed) · 2 studies (2 design),q2· 0 of 2 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
WWW Entrez is an NCBI-developed World Wide Web interface for searching and linking MEDLINE and public nucleotide and protein sequence databases.
Components¶
Claims¶
- Some users prefer a single-form Boolean query interface to the original Entrez interface [+W]
- Browsing term lists (selection mode) helps searchers who do not know the exact query term [+W]
- Internet-based Entrez use grew dramatically in 1994 while CD-ROM subscriptions plateaued [+W]
- Post-deployment diagnostics attributed many remaining retrieval misses to query formulation, with bounded expansion recovering eleven of 24 original queries without lowering the relevance floor [~W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- 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
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www-entrez |
title |
WWW Entrez |
description |
WWW Entrez is an NCBI-developed World Wide Web interface for searching and linking MEDLINE and public nucleotide and protein sequence databases. |
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review |
moved_from |
element/www-entrez-hypertext-retrieval-server, principle/complementary-delivery-modes-for-retrieval-tools, principle/easy-accurate-complete-access-motivates-retrieval-design |
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software |
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by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
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1 — epstein-1994 |
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