TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Google Blogs and Discussions to Recommend Biomedical Resources
T2 - A Case Study
AU - Reed, Robyn B.
AU - Chattopadhyay, Ansuman
AU - Iwema, Carrie L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this study was supported by National Library of Medicine (NIH) grant 5-T15-LM007059-23S1. The authors would like to thank Michelle Burda, MLS, and Andrea Ketchum, MLS, from the Health Sciences Library System at the University of Pittsburgh for serving as the consumer health experts. Also, thank you to Nancy Tannery, MLS, and Rebecca Crowley, MD, MS, for help at various stages of this project.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - This case study investigated whether data gathered from discussions within the social media provide a reliable basis for a biomedical resources recommendation system. Using a search query to mine text from Google Blogs and Discussions, a ranking of biomedical resources was determined based on those most frequently mentioned. To establish quality, these results were compared with rankings by subject experts. An overall agreement between the frequency of social media discussions and subject expert recommendations was observed when identifying key bioinformatics and consumer health resources. Testing the method in more than one biomedical area implies this procedure could be employed across different subjects.
AB - This case study investigated whether data gathered from discussions within the social media provide a reliable basis for a biomedical resources recommendation system. Using a search query to mine text from Google Blogs and Discussions, a ranking of biomedical resources was determined based on those most frequently mentioned. To establish quality, these results were compared with rankings by subject experts. An overall agreement between the frequency of social media discussions and subject expert recommendations was observed when identifying key bioinformatics and consumer health resources. Testing the method in more than one biomedical area implies this procedure could be employed across different subjects.
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U2 - 10.1080/02763869.2013.837726
DO - 10.1080/02763869.2013.837726
M3 - Article
C2 - 24180648
AN - SCOPUS:84887975647
SN - 0276-3869
VL - 32
SP - 396
EP - 411
JO - Medical Reference Services Quarterly
JF - Medical Reference Services Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -