Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 3 EBP 0335 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Search Engine Is Not a Source of Evidence
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The idea
General search engines are search engines, not sources of evidence. What they cover is not stated and cannot be checked.
In practice
A web search returning a five-year-old case study and no recent reviews.
Where people slip
Finding nothing on a search engine says nothing about the literature. This is the single most common route to "there is no evidence."
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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