Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences (Jan 2015)

How to use medical search engines?

  • Saurav Khatiwada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/2395-5414.166332
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 195 – 197

Abstract

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In this era of Google search, it is easy for beginners to fancy literature review limited to this popular search engine. Unfortunately, this will miss a vast index of articles which exist within our reach. Some specialized search portals leading to their corresponding databases deal with the tremendous medical literature that has been generated over decades. This article deals with the “what?” and “how to?” of these available databases of the medical articles. This will make your literature review efficient and the confidence in collected evidence - accurate.

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