PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ibrahim Mansoor
TI  - Searching web based medical information
DP  - 2001 Sep 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 749--756
VI  - 22
IP  - 9
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/22/9/749.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/22/9/749.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2001 Sep 01; 22
AB  - Searching for references is part of everyday life in medicine. Since the arrival of the Internet, it has provided great promise for clinicians because of it's ability to access and consolidate large amounts of knowledge and information quickly and easily. But because of the overload of the huge amounts of information, searching for particular information has now become a tedious task, which is a lso very time-consuming and frustrating. This article describes effective ways, tips, tools, detailed search techniques and strategies for searching medical information. It also lists some useful resource and database sites that can provide a lot of help for seeking accurate information.