Managing searches for medical information using specialized search engines

Managing searches for medical information using specialized search engines
Dr. Ahmed Ismail Baghdadi
Lecturer of Library and Information
Faculty of Arabic Language - Al-Azhar University
ahmdalbghdady202@gmail.com
Abstract
The study deals with the use of search engines specialized in medical sciences, on the grounds that they are a reliable information tool in obtaining medical informational content, and in light of the diversity of search engines, the study focused on addressing search engines available online, and search engines available through smart phone applications, to detect Indicators of doctors’ use of specialized engines in the medical field, the statement of the qualitative and informational trends of medical engines, the identification of the methods of informational benefit from specialized search engines, and the statement of the characteristics of the structure of the information content available in the medical search engines used, the study also reached several results, the most prominent of which were: Notable among the search engines available through smart device applications, and search engines available via online with regard to usage and update rates, and information architecture, which showed the superiority of smart phone application engines over search engines available via online, while the study recommended the need to review and evaluate the content of applications engines. Medical research according to the standards of specialized medical fields.
Keywords: specialized search engines - medical search engines - search engines.