> Ben,
>
> This remains a vital question. Google also leads to several articles/ chapters, leading authorities and web sources which are not indexed in Medline. One could argue that in many ways PubMed is better than MEDLINE because of the additional resources that are available(references, links, cubby, etc.)
> Google is by far a much more powerful search engine , though it's sensitivity/ specificity of search is unclear. One could argue that by just having an article available full text online of the web( FUTON) one could increase its visibility. Google could provide both background and foreground information and a knowledge of critical appraisal would be most useful. However, an excellent commentary published in QJM makes us think that probably critical thinking is more important than the possessing the mere ability of critical appraisal.
> (F. Kee and I. Bickle Critical thinking and critical appraisal: the chicken and the egg? QJM 2004 97: 609-614)
> In our efforts to make EBM more transparent and available, one could debate on the sequence of search strategies which one should adopt especially if they dont have access to full text articles in MEDLINE from their home computers? Why not use Google if it provides the answer? Should this be used while teaching EBM curriculum?
>
> Regards,
> Amit Ghosh
>
>
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> Tanya, as strange as it seems to be, but some of my students have been using Google and anecdotally they were able to locate certain types of the studies sooner than using MEDLINE (PubMed). I actually wonder if anyone compared Google with MEDLINE?
> thanks for this timely message
> best
> ben
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> ***cross-posted***
> Hello, everyone. I'd like your thoughts on this. I learned that supposedly a Missouri occupational therapy professor, who's also an author and journal editor, advocated using Google and Dogpile (instead of MEDLINE) to find article citations for evidence-based practice. Obviously, she doesn't know about the powerful features of specialized literature databases such as the PubMed or Ovid software for searching MEDLINE. If she did, she wouldn't be using Google to find evidence for patient care (nor suggesting this in an invited lecture). Unfortunately, this idea is probably being picked up by others.
>
> Have any of you heard of other respected faculty telling students and healthcare professionals to use Google instead of MEDLINE? How did you address that? Please feel free to forward this. I will summarize to the list(s).
>
> Take care,
>
> Tanya
>
> Tanya Feddern, MLIS, AHIP, MOT, OTR/L
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