Search Strategies and Specific Sites
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1) A SEARCH STRATEGY   a) Searching for High-Grade Sources of Integrative Literature Broad Range of Topics The Cochrane Collaboration DARE HSTAT National Guidelines Clearinghouse Cardiology Cancer Infectious Disease AHA CancerNet CDC   b) Searching MEDLINE PubMed via the National Library of Medicine   c) Performing Specific Medical Internet Searches CMDT Hardin Meta Directory MedHunt Medscape   d) Broadening the Search with General Search and Metasearch Engines General Search Engines Alta Vista Excite Google HotBot Lycos WebCrawler Yahoo! Metasearch Engines AskJeeves iSleuth Mamma MetaGopher   2) AN APPROACH FOR KEEPING UP-TO-DATE   a) Scanning Online Journals Annals Int Med BMJ     JAMA   The Lancet NEJM (These journals focus on General Internal Medicine. See e.journal for a broader list)   b) Reviewing Summaries of Key Articles Excerpted from Many Journals ACP Journal Club         EBM Journal Watch   c) Reading Medical News Updates Doctor's Guide to the Internet Health On the Net Foundation InteliHealth Medscape (Also see "Health News" in homepages of online journals or general search engines)   d) Read High-Grade Sources of Up-To-Date Integrative Literature See 1a above