Table 2 |
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Results of Needs Assessment |
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Preferred Database or Search Engine |
Cohort (C1) n = 84 |
Cohort (C2) n = 76 |
Total (C1+C2) n = 160 |
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n = 40 (47.6%) |
n = 28 (36.8%) |
n = 68 (42.5%) |
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PubMed |
n = 25 (29.7%) |
n = 20 (26.3%) |
n = 45 (28.1%) |
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Wikipedia |
n = 11 (13.1%) |
n = 16 (21.1%) |
n = 27 (16.9%) |
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Google Scholar |
n = 4 (4.8%) |
n = 9 (11.8%) |
n = 13 (8.1%) |
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Medline |
n = 2 (2.4%) |
n = 1 (1.3%) |
n = 3 (1.9%) |
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Medscape |
n = 0 (0.0%) |
n = 2 (2.6%) |
n = 2 (1.3%) |
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CINAHL |
n = 2 (2.4%) |
n = 0 (0.0%) |
n = 2 (1.3%) |
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Additional or Not Listed Databases/Search Engines |
Frequency of responses: |
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C1 n = 84 |
C2 n = 76 |
Total n = 160 |
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Yahoo |
15 |
4 |
19 (11.9%) |
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SciVerse Scopus |
9 |
5 |
14 (8.8%) |
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Library website |
8 |
2 |
10 (6.3%) |
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Facebook, YouTube, etc. |
8 |
2 |
10 (6.3%) |
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EBSCO |
0 |
0 |
0 (0%) |
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Academic Search Premier |
0 |
5 |
5 (3.1%) |
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ScienceDirect, WebMD |
0 |
3 |
3 (1.9%) |
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None/Not Listed |
44 |
56 |
100 (62.5%) |
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Most Helpful or Useful |
C1 |
C2 |
Total |
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44 |
22 |
66 (41.3%) |
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Wikipedia |
17 |
21 |
38 (23.8%) |
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PubMed |
11 |
15 |
26 (16.3%) |
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Other (Medline, Scopus) |
10 |
14 |
24 (15.0%) |
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Not Listed |
2 |
4 |
6 (3.8%) |
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Most Difficult or Least Helpful |
C1 |
C2 |
Total |
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PubMed |
43 |
26 |
69 (43.1%) |
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None/Not Listed |
21 |
24 |
45 (28.1%) |
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Other (MSN, Yahoo) |
12 |
8 |
20 (12.5%) |
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Other (Medline, Medscape) |
7 |
9 |
16 (10.0%) |
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Library website |
1 |
9 |
10 (6.3%) |
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Kingsley et al. BMC Medical Education 2011 11:17 doi:10.1186/1472-6920-11-17 |
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