WELCOME TO ARROWSMITH 3.0

ALTERNATE ARROWSMITH SITE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - CHICAGO:
http://arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu
(Integrated with Medline, so file upload is automatic).

NOTICE TO ALL KIWI USERS:
THIS SITE SUPPORTS MEDLINE ONLY, and only in 2 formats; Ovid's "Complete -- Reprint/Medlars" OR PubMed's MEDLINE format); see format and download instructions below.

WHAT IS ARROWSMITH AND HOW IS IT USED?
(-- includes definitions of File A, File C, and the B-list).

If you are ready to use ARROWSMITH-on-kiwi:

ENTER THE SYSTEM VIA STAGES 1-5

Questions? Contact d-swanson@uchicago.edu

RANKING OF B-TERMS USING SUBJECT HEADINGS
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) have been integrated into the matching process and the title display. They are used to rank the title B-list, putting at the top terms that have stronger A-C connections (because they have subject headings in common in addition to title words and phrases.) All terms having rank 0 are automatically eliminated from B-lists, thus reducing the need for manual editing. MeSH terms that occur in both File A and File C are included in the title display, and are marked "MHB".

The PubMed MEDLINE display format, or the Ovid "Complete Reference plus Reprint/Medlars" format, is required for subject heading processing.

Further information about Arrowsmith: JASIST 57(11):1427-39, Sep 2006
(Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology). Ranking indirect connections in literature-based discovery: the role of medical subject headings.
See also recent article in Medical Hypotheses 66:1085-92, 2006 Full text

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING FILES FROM PUBMED MEDLINE

After performing a PubMed search, then, to the right of the display field, click on "SUMMARY" to see a list of formats, then choose "MEDLINE". To the right of the "Send to" button, click on "Text" to see several other options -- choose "File", then press "Send to". This will download a field-tagged text file to the directory you specify. Always check your file visually before transmitting it to Arrowsmith. Make sure the displayed format is in plain text, and resembles the above PubMed MEDLINE example.

Highlighting Note

PubMed SUMMARY format

message for OVID users
message for MAC users

Note to DIALOG users: The system is not currently adapted to DIALOG.

EMAIL ADDRESS PRIVACY NOTE
A and C FILE SIZE SUGGESTIONS
A SEARCH-STRATEGY SUGGESTION

If you are ready to use ARROWSMITH:

ENTER THE SYSTEM VIA STAGES 1-5


For a bibliography of published Arrowsmith-related papers, References
For a brief biographical outline of Swanson, Swanson.bio

This site is maintained by Don R. Swanson, The University of Chicago.
Questions? Contact d-swanson@uchicago.edu
Acknowledgment and Copyright notice

Related external site:
PubMed (Medline).