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When researching new terms/correct spelling, etc. - anon

Posted: Jan 27, 2010

Do you prefer reference books or online searches? Dorlands/Stedman's/websites? I currently use (have forever) Stedman's word books but was curous about other's thoughts on this. TIA.

I prefer online - J Neutron

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It is faster, there are tons more resources than I could ever procure for a physical library, and I have not found anything in a book that I could not find online.

You do have to possess the knowledge and ability to discern legit sites and accurate information from the equal (or more) amounts of crap that are available at a click.

I, too, prefer online research because it's much faster, although -- - SM

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--yes, you do have to be careful from which sites you take your information. More than that, though, you need to know how to search, which is an art in itself.

Personally, I generally get everything I need from Google, a good drug site, a good doc name look-up site, and a couple of others. I know some people "collect" URLs of sites with medical information of all sorts, but then you just end up with hundreds (if not thousands) of bookmarks that are hard to search through and just time-wasting. Better to use just a few online sources and learn to use the heck out of them the right way. :-)

99% online, I know where to look for best info - nm

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nm

same here, online, only, and electronic books, Stedman's - nm

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nm

Well, know what you mean.. - jf

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I did pretty much the same. Collected bookmarks to the point that I had hundreds of them and really lost track of whom I should be referring to, until I found my best bookmark. Its a search engine that searches most of the bookmarks I had, medical and MT sites. Makes things much easier, don't have to look up each website to find the words I need to refer to. Just punch in my query and voila! I end up getting my answer about 9/10 times. If you wanna try this out, the link is below, where it says "URL/Link"

for sure online, how can you research a "new" term in an old book? - sm

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what do yu mean by "new?"

One that is unknown to you or a newly invented term or med?

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