title: Preliminary comparison of three search engines for point of care access to MEDLINE citations.
abstract: Medical resident physicians used MD on Tap in real time to search for MEDLINE citations relevant to clinical questions using three search engines: Essie, Entrez and Google, in order of performance.
authors.affiliation: National Library of Medicine, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demner-Fushman
authors.forename: Glenn M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Joshua L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thoma
mesh_terms: D034201:Computers, Handheld; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D016239:MEDLINE; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems