CANSEARCH: An Expert Systems Approach to Document Retrieval.

Pollitt, Steven

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ERIC Number: EJ351272

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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CANSEARCH: An Expert Systems Approach to Document Retrieval.

Pollitt, Steven

Information Processing and Management, v23 n2 p119-38 1987

Describes CANSEARCH, an intermediary computer system incorporating fundamental features of the expert systems approach. Designed to provide access to information on cancer therapy in the MEDLINE database for doctors with no experience in document retrieval, search strategies are explained and menu selection from a touch terminal is illustrated. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Cancer, Databases, Documentation, Expert Systems, Information Retrieval, Menu Driven Software, Physicians, Search Strategies, Therapy, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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