[HTML][HTML] BabelMeSH: development of a cross-language tool for MEDLINE/PubMed
F Liu, P Fontelo, M Ackerman - AMIA Annual Symposium …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
F Liu, P Fontelo, M Ackerman
AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2006•ncbi.nlm.nih.govBabelMeSH is a cross-language tool for searching MEDLINE/PubMed. Queries can be
submitted as single terms or complex phrases in French, Spanish and Portuguese. Citations
will be sent to the user in English. It uses a smart parser interface with a medical terms
database in MySQL. Preliminary evaluation using compound key words in foreign language
medical journals showed an accuracy of 68%, 60% and 51% for French, Spanish and
Portuguese, respectively. Development is continuing. Background When searching the …
submitted as single terms or complex phrases in French, Spanish and Portuguese. Citations
will be sent to the user in English. It uses a smart parser interface with a medical terms
database in MySQL. Preliminary evaluation using compound key words in foreign language
medical journals showed an accuracy of 68%, 60% and 51% for French, Spanish and
Portuguese, respectively. Development is continuing. Background When searching the …
Abstract
BabelMeSH is a cross-language tool for searching MEDLINE/PubMed. Queries can be submitted as single terms or complex phrases in French, Spanish and Portuguese. Citations will be sent to the user in English. It uses a smart parser interface with a medical terms database in MySQL. Preliminary evaluation using compound key words in foreign language medical journals showed an accuracy of 68%, 60% and 51% for French, Spanish and Portuguese, respectively. Development is continuing.
Background
When searching the medical literature, it is often easier to use the language in which one is most accustomed to. 1 MeSH translations could be helpful to healthcare providers who are not too comfortable with English, in locating journal articles in MEDLINE/PubMed. Although foreign language journals are indexed in MEDLINE, citations are in English only. Using their own native language could help find certain concepts that are difficult to translate into English.
Methods
BabelMeSH (http://babelmesh. nlm. nih. gov) is designed as a transparent cross-language interface. Users can submit medical terms in their native language (Spanish, French, or Portuguese). A parser translates the query into English using a multi-language MySQL database. BabelMeSH then sends the query to PubMed through E-Utilities and returns English citations to the user.
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