Transcript Virtual Information on Health

Virtual Information on Health:
Roles of Librarians
and Information Professionals
Presented by
Arglenda Friday
Brasilia, Brazil
March 2007
Primary Roles of Librarians
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Collection development/management
Knowledge and resource sharing
Provide access and dissemination of information
Education and literacy promotion
Participate in medical informatics & research
Improve services through better licensing
agreements
Advocacy and outreach
Evaluate virtual resources
Coordinate global cooperatives
Key Issues for Consideration
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Target audiences
• Types, needs, wants, and literacy levels
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Information-cost, access
Resources by provider type
Virtual resources
• Databases and search engines
• Evaluation and reliability
Target Audiences
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Health care professionals
• Doctors, nurses, lay workers
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Researchers and statisticians
Health agencies and organizations
• Governmental, public, private
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Teaching hospitals, clinics, educators &
educational institutions
Commercial vendors and producers
Consumers and patients
Producers & Providers of
Resources & Information
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International organizations
Governmental organizations and agencies
Educational institutions
Hospitals and clinics
Commercial producers
Content providers-consumer health info
Others—databases, search engines
Types of information
• Instructional, educational, statistical
International Organizations
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World Health Organizations
• Weekly epidemiological record
• Global health statistics
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United Nations
• UNESCO-HIV/AIDS Education Clearinghouse
• Infonation
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International Society for Infectious
Diseases (ProMEDmail.org)
Pan American Health Organization
• Virtual health library
Governmental Resources
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U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Medline Plus, PubMED
• Toxnet (toxicology literature)
• FreeShare (Docline-document delivery)
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U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
• National Institutes of Health
• National Guideline Clearinghousewww.guideline.gov
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Special Units-Cancer.gov
Educational Resources
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Virtual Education-Berkeley
• http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/r
eleases/2006/09/26_google.shtml
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University of Michigan Health System
• http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/pa
_index.htm; govdocs-statistics
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Competencies, Continuing Ed-PAHO
Health Info Translations
Videos-healthyroadsmedia.org
Hospital Resources
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St. Jude’s Research Hospital-(stjudes.org)
• disease summary fact sheets
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Planetree.org (nonprofit)
Cleveland Clinic (healthshare)
Kaiser Permanente (health advice)
Clarion North Hospital (IN)-Krames Online
• http://www.clarian.kramesonline.com/
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Lowell General
• http://www.lowellgeneral.org/library/weblib/pe
riodicals.htm
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Mayo Clinic-MayoClinic.com
Commercial Resources: Vendors
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Organizations/producers
• WebMD & WebMD-eMedicine.com
• Elsevier-Mosby’s Nursing products
• MD Consult with First Consult
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Videos
• New Media
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http://www.newmediamedicine.com/videos/
• Instructional and educational
• YouTube, Google Video
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Special groups-Teens (Rosen Publishing)
• http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/
Commercial Resources:
Content Providers
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Greystone.net-Internet services
A.D.A.M. (adam.com)
Health Advisor
• http://www.parknicollet.com/healthadvi
sor/
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HealthVision.com
Healthwise.org (knowledgbase)
Lexi.com(www.diseasesexplained.com)
Commercial Resources:
Database Providers
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Full-text database producers
• Elsevier
• EBSCO
• OVID
• Thomson Gale
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Free Internet article sources
• WebMD
Commercial Resources: Internet
Search Tools
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Search Engines—Google, Yahoo, Ask.com
• http://searchenginewatch.com
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Metasearch engine & directory list
• http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=21
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Metacrawlers & metasearch engines-Vivisimo,
Dogpile
• http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=21
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All-in-one search pages (multisearch)
• http://www.biorgul.com
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Deep Web-Google Scholar, Complete Planet, etc.
• http://turbo10.com
Commercial Resources: Internet
Useful Subject Directories
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Librarians’ Internet Index (lii.org)
WWW Virtual Library (http://vlib.org)
Webmasterworld.com (Brazil, S.A.)
Google (directory.google.com)
Yahoo (dir.yahoo.com)
Infomine (infomine.ucr.edu)
Academic-Info (academicinfo.net)
Source: Infopeople Project
Evaluation Criteria of
Virtual Health Information
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Sponsorship-gov, edu, org, com
Authorship-credentials
Currency-Update frequency, clearly visible
Purpose-”about us” section
Coverage-depth, scope, content
Navigability-ease of use, user friendly
Factual information and accuracy
Certification Code (Health on the Net-HON)
Accreditation-URAC (Utilization Review)
Audience-consumer or professional
Literacy level-consumer or professional
Organizations & Communities
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Professional organizations
• Pan American Health Organization-virtual library
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Consumer groups
• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organizations/all_o
rganizations.html
• HealthWise.net
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Professional associations
• Physicians-http://www.familydoctor.org
• Librarians-MLA, MLA-AHIP, AAHSL, CAPHIS, ALA
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Listservs and discussion groups
• MedLIB
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Associations
• Sites for doctors, students, librarians
Other Resources
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Medical blogs-google, bloglines
Podcasts-Posdcasting News
Foundations-Health on the Net (HON), AIDS, etc.
Metasites-statistics
Groups• Yahoo-Health and wellness, Net-Gold
• Google
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Personal digital assistant (PDA) reference
resources
Chatrooms
Individuals-”mediconline” by Rekhraj
Free Resources-Articles
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PubMed Central
• http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov
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Biomed Central (open access)
• http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journal
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DOAJ-Directory of Open Access Journals
• http://www.doaj.org
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FindArticles
• http://highwire.stanford.edu