Orthopaedic Web Links (OWL): a way to find professional orthopaedic information on the internet.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Finding useful high-grade professional orthopaedic information on the Internet is often difficult. Orthopaedic Web Links (OWL) is a searchable database of vetted online orthopaedic resources. OWL uses a subject directory (OWL Directory) and a custom search engine (OWL Web) to provide a list of resources. The most effective way to find readily accessible, full text on-subject material suitable for education of an orthopaedic surgeon or trainee has not been defined.

Questions/purposes

We therefore (1) proposed a method for selecting topics and evaluating searches and (2) compared the search results from an orthopaedic-specific directory (OWL Directory), a custom search engine (OWL Web), and standard Google searches.

Methods

A scoring system for evaluation of

SUBMITTER: Clough JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3111805 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature