Table 5.
Data analysis of the preprofessional students’ use of e-information sources.
| E-information sources | Before No. (%) |
After No. (%) |
||
| Medline (PubMed or Ovid) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 (Never) | 117 (68.4) | 53 (34.4) | |
|
|
1 (Rarely: 1-7 times/semester) | 37 (21.6) | 64 (41.6) | |
|
|
2 (Quiet often: 2-7 times/month) | 7 (4.1) | 27 (17.5) | |
|
|
3 (very often ≥2 times/week) | 1 (0.6) | 6 (3.9) | |
| Google Scholar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 (Never) | 58 (33.9) | 37 (24) | |
|
|
1 (Rarely: 1-7 times/semester) | 35 (20.5) | 61 (39.6) | |
|
|
2 (Quiet often: 2-7 times/month) | 25 (14.6) | 29 (18.8) | |
|
|
3 (very often ≥2 times/week) | 44 (25.7) | 22 (14.3) | |
| Cochrane Library |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 (Never) | 123 (71.9) | 75 (48.7) | |
|
|
1 (Rarely: 1-7 times/semester) | 28 (16.4) | 51 (33.1) | |
|
|
2 (Quiet often: 2-7 times/month) | 9 (5.3) | 18 (11.7) | |
|
|
3 (very often ≥2 times/week) | 0 (0) | 4 (2.6) | |