Going backwards (as I sometimes do...principles of deduction), I think that doing a general "Google" search is sometimes easiest if I am looking for a broad definition of some particular piece of information, but I find myself wading through a number of links that may not be particularly related to what I'm looking for. Google doesn't allow for specific details as readily as the medical databases that we used for this assignment. There are some quick benefits to a Google search however. One can find common authors or frequent links to certain sites that might help in whittling down a topic idea. It's a good preliminary search.
A guideline index (NCG, even Medline) is great for identifying category searching and then drilling down to a specific topic, helpful if one has some idea about specifics but needs to get a little more about the issue and would like several medical links related to the topic.
For an actual literature search, the electoric index databases seem to fit the needs of the DNP student the best and allow for specific definitions, MeSH use and limits. I prefer PubMed because of this, but there is definitely a learning curve that takes some time to get past as opposed to a guideline index search or web-search.
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