Comparing Web search engine performance in searching consumer health information: Evaluation and recommendations

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 456-461

  Wu, Gang ^a   Li, Jie ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNET; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET;

EID: 0032721961     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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