Tip #44 : Using LitSense for Sentence Retrieval from PubMed and PMC
Many thanks to Erica Lake (Outreach Coordinator, NNLM Region 6 ) for this week's tip! LitSense is a free, web-based tool from NLM that enables simultaneous semantic searching of PubMed and PMC content. LitSense searches at the sentence-level rather than the article-level, allowing for direct retrieval of specific statements. And it searches by best-match and by meaning, retrieving articles containing sentences with an exact match of keywords as well as those with semantic similarity. Popular uses of this product Discover similar findings across different studies to compare and contrast. Locate and validate publications for evidence attribution. Identify MeSH terms and keyword variations for a PubMed search by reviewing the semantically similar results. Retrieve citations containing a phrase used by requestors when discussing their search topic or completing a search request form. Non-experts can type in a question as a sentence and retrieve relevant information without having to...