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The race of the millennium: CD-ROM versus the textbook
Table 2: Mean time taken to find answers using the electronic and printed versions of 2 common resources
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Mean time, s
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| Resource |
CD-ROM |
Textbook |
Difference |
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Harrison's Principles
of Internal Medicine |
648 |
468 |
180 |
| The Merck Manual |
351 |
317 |
34 |
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| Total |
999 |
785 |
214 |
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