Expediency-based practice? Medical students' reliance on Google and Wikipedia for biomedical inquiries

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-360

  Judd, Terry ^a   Kennedy, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL RESOURCE; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET USAGE; MEDICAL STUDENTS; ON-LINE INFORMATION; ONLINE JOURNALS; ONLINE RESOURCES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; SEARCH TOOLS; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SKILLS TRAINING; WIKIPEDIA;

TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77956265103     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01019.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Alexa (2009). Alexa Top Sites: The top 500 sites on the web. Retrieved April 15, 2009, from
2. Barrows, H. S., &, Tamblyn, R. M., (1995). Problem-based learning: an approach to medical education. New York: Springer.
3. Bronander, K. A., Goodman, P. H., Inman, T. R., &, Veach, T. L., (2004). Boolean search experience and abilities of medical students and practicing physicians. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 16, 284-289. (Pubitemid 39330810)
4. Caravello, P. S., Borah, E. G., Herschmann, J., &, Mitchell, E., (2001). Assessing the information literacy of undergraduates: reports for the UCLA library's information competencies survey project. In, H. A. Thompson, (Ed.), Tenth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries (pp. 193-202). Chicago: American Library Association.
5. De Rosa, C., Cantrell, J., Cellentari, D., Hawk, J., Jenkins, L., &, Wilson, A., (2005). Perceptions of librarians and information resources: a report to the OCLC membership. In OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.: Dublin, OH.
6. Dodd, L., (2007). The impact of problem-based learning on the information behavior and literacy of veterinary medicine students at University College Dublin. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 33, 206-216.
7. Eskola, E. L., (2005). Information literacy of medical students studying in the problem-based and traditional curriculum. Information Research, 10, 2, paper 221. Retrieved April 15, 2009, from
8. Gibbons, S., (2007). Redefining the roles of information professionals in higher education to engage the net generation. Keynote paper presented at Educause Australasia 2007. Retrieved April 15, 2009, from.
9. Greer, A., Weston, L., &, Alm, M., (1991). Assessment of learning outcomes a measure of progress in library literacy. College & Research Libraries, 52, 549-557.
10. Griffiths, J. R., &, Brophy, P., (2005). Student searching behavior and the web: use of academic resources and Google. Library Trends, 53, 539-554. (Pubitemid 40937876)
11. Jacobs, S. K., Rosenfeld, P., &, Haber, J., (2003). Information literacy as the foundation for evidence-based practice in graduate nursing education: a curriculum-integrated approach. Journal of Professional Nursing, 19, 320-328. (Pubitemid 37483734)
12. Judd, T. S., &, Kennedy, G. E., (2005). Software and Internet usage in a shared computing environment. In, H. Goss, (Ed.), Balance, fidelity, mobility. Maintaining the momentum (pp. 313-322). Proceedings of the 22nd Annual conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Brisbane: Teaching and Learning Support Services, Queensland University of Technology.
13. Lorenzo, G., Oblinger, D., &, Dzuiban, C., (2007). How choice, co-creation, and culture are changing what it means to be net savvy. Educause Quarterly, 30, 6-12.
14. Macklin, A. S., (2001). Integrating information literacy using problem-based learning. Reference Services Review, 29, 306-313.
15. Marchionini, G., (1995). Information seeking in electronic environments. New York: Cambridge University Press.
16. Maudsley, G., &, Strivens, J., (2000). Promoting professional knowledge, experiential learning and critical thinking for medical students. Medical Education, 34, 535-544. (Pubitemid 30433281)
17. Maughan, P. D., (2001). Assessing information literacy among undergraduates: a discussion of the literature and the University of California-Berkeley assessment experience. College & Research Libraries, 62, 71-85. (Pubitemid 33591275)
18. Nielsen, J., (1993). Usability engineering. London: Academic Press.
19. Oblinger, D., (2003). Boomers, gen-xers & millennials. Understanding the new students. Educause Review Magazine, 38, 37-47.
20. Prensky, M., (2001a). Digital natives, digital immigrants. Part 2. On the Horizon, 9, 1-6.
21. Prensky, M., (2001b). Digital natives, digital immigrants. Part 2. On the Horizon, 9, 1-6.
22. Regalado, M., (2007). Research authority in the age of Google: equilibrium sought. Library Philosophy and Practice 2007. LPP Special Issue on Libraries and Google (pp. 1-6).
23. Sandars, J., &, Morrison, C., (2007). What is the Net Generation? The challenge for future medical education. Medical Teacher, 29, 85-88. (Pubitemid 47272712)
24. Schilling, K., Ginn, D. S., Mickelson, P., &, Roth, L. H., (1995). Integration of information-seeking skills and activities into a problem-based curriculum. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 83, 176-183.
25. Schmidt, H. G., (2000). Assumptions underlying self-directed learning may be false. Medical Education, 34, 243-245. (Pubitemid 30186615)
26. Scott, C. S., Schaad, D. C., Mandel, L. S., Brock, D. M., &, Kim, S., (2000). Information and informatics literacy: skills, timing, and estimates of competence. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 12, 85-90.
27. The Royal Children's Hospital (2008). Retrieved April 15, 2009, from
28. Ward, J. P., Gordon, J., Field, M. J., &, Lehmann, H. P., (2001). Communication and information technology in medical education. The Lancet, 357, 792-796. (Pubitemid 32217694)
29. Williams, G., (2007). Unclear on the context: refocussing on information literacy's evaluative component in the age of Google. Library philosophoy and practice. LPP special issue on libraries and Google (pp. 1-8).
30. Windham, C., (2006). Getting past Google: perspectives on information literacy from the millennial mind. EDUCAUSE ELI paper 3, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2009, from