From: The application of foraging theory to the information searching behaviour of general practitioners
Type of information source | 1st source (n = 71) | 2nd source (n = 26) | 3rd source (n = 12) | All sources (n = 109) |
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Colleague | 36.6% | 42.3% | 33.3% | 37.6% |
Book | 26.8% | 15.4% | 8.3% | 22% |
Website | 12.7% | 15.4% | 33.3% | 15.6% |
Search engine | 12.7% | 7.7% | 8.3% | 11% |
Database | 2.8% | 11.5% | 8.3% | 5.5% |
Journal | 2.8% | 3.8% | 0% | 2.7% |
Other | 5.6% | 3.8% | 8.3% | 5.5% |