I used PubMed,Endnote, and Google to retrieve information about my clinical problem. Of the sites above I liked the ease of use with the retrieval of information with EndNote but the all over ease of use of Google. Who does not like Google? I Google everything!!! Anything that I do not know an answer to I will first Google! Thought a draw back with Google is that you have to sift through so much information. You also have to determine if that information is from a reputable site.
For some reason EndNote had trouble connecting to PubMed which was hard because a lot of my references were found on PubMed. But where would we be if everything worked perfectly? Not screaming at my computer and turning it off and on again and downloading the program at least twice and then finding it to delete it again!! Oh how I love technology.
I really liked using NGC website. It was easy to use and very straight forward. I was able to put my syndrome in and find quite a few relevant searches within a few minutes! I have never used this searching site before and I have come to really like it and will probably use it in the future. It also allowed you to use MeSH just like PubMed, this allowed you to do a more detailed search.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
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Hi Jennifer:
ReplyDeleteI also experimented with using PubMed and EndNote and had the same experience. I am assuming that maybe it is because I am still unfamiliar with EndNote, but I agree with you - where would we be if everything worked perfectly??
-Justin