Tanya
I wondered if not we quoting people out of context here, may that professor
meant to advise student to use google which will take them to pubmed. Not
that they will be searching literature through google but they will use
google to access legitimate specialized literature databases.
Kindness
Andile
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From: Feddern, Tanya [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 08 September 2004 19:30
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Subject: Google better than MEDLINE?!
***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
http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/EBMbib.html
http://www.geocities.com/nqiya/index.html
Evidence-Based Medicine Assistant Professor; Reference & Education Services
Librarian University of Miami School of Medicine, Louis Calder Memorial
Library
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