Transcript WeldCo. Area Agency on Aging presentation 2.7.07

New Paths to Information
for a New Year:
Information Resources at the WLD for Seniors
February 7, 2007
Four pathways of information we’ll
explore today:
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WLD’s website: www.mylibrary.us
WLD’s online catalog: HIP (Horizon
Information Portal)
Online Databases such as Novelist
Senior Resources on the Medline
Plus/National Library of Medicine website
Our website: www.mylibrary.us
Using the online catalog is not that different from the old card
catalogs, now you click and type instead of “thumb.”
Feeling overwhelmed? Then remember:
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The video overview is a tutorial you can use
over and over.
We offer free computer classes to help you
feel more comfortable using computers.
Our Outreach staff can come to your site and
provide more training on using the catalog.
Just explore! The more you use the site, the
easier it gets.
Now let’s look at some fun and useful sites—all
accessible from www.mylibrary.us .
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Book club kits
NoveList—an easy
way to find
information on all sorts
of authors and titles
Senior Resources
available from the
National Library of
Medicine family of
websites
We make it easy to organize and run a book club at your
senior center with our Book Club Kits:
We have kits that contain 12 copies of a book, a list of
questions and background information for popular titles
such as:
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Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
Plain Song (Kent Haruf)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café (Fannie
Flagg)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
Over 50 titles to choose from!
Other Resources for Readers:
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Ever found an author you
enjoyed so much that you
want to read everything
he/she has ever written?
How can you obtain a
complete list of that
author’s publications?
Try one of our online
databases such as
NoveList!
NoveList: What is it?
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An online database that provides readers’ advisory.
It allows you to search more than 135,00 titles by author, title
or series.
Use it to find “read-alikes” by author or plot description in
your favorite genres.
Consult it for lists of “Best Books,” book discussion guides,
feature articles and author interviews.
Once you find a title or author you want to read, with one
click you can easily check the WLD catalog to see if the book
is available.
To get to NoveList, click on the “eResearch Tools”
button on www.mylibrary.us .
Look for the “Arts, Literature and Entertainment” subject heading
(top of the list). To the right, look for and click on the
“Researching Literature, Authors, Books and More subheading.
Scroll down until you see NoveList. Be sure to
click on the “Remote Access Button.”
This is what you’ll see when you scroll down to find
NoveList.
After you click on the Remote Access Button for NoveList, this is what you’ll
see. Enter your library card number in the box and click on “Login.”
When you get to this screen, scroll down until you find
NoveList and click on it again.
This is what the “Home” page to NoveList looks like. One click
will get you help or suggestions on how to use the database.
From the “For Readers” tab we can find authors whose
books are similar to those of Janette Oke, for example.
Scroll down to find the name of the author you want, Oke in this
case, and click on it.
Here’s an example of the results you’ll get:
You’ll also want to use www.mylibrary.us to find
information that helps you in your daily life.
We have gathered online databases and links to
“external” sites about:
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Community and local organizations
Government entities
Finances
Genealogy
Computers
Travel
Health and Wellness
We’ll finish today by highlighting two of the many health
resources available at www.mylibrary.us .
After you click on the “Consumer Health Information” link,
scroll down to see these choices:
Medline Plus, a part of the larger family of National Library of
Medicine websites and databases, provides many paths to
explore. You can even get the information in Spanish.
Why use Medline Plus?
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Medline Plus indexes the web for information and weeds out
the “junk” unlike Google and other search engines.
1st NLM resource to target consumers
October 1998 – 22 health topics
September 2006 – 700+ health topics
Interactive health tutorials – 165+
Drugs, Supplements and Herbal Information
Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
Medical Dictionary
News articles from the past 30 days
Directories
Surgical Videos
Spanish Version
Let’s look closer at senior health resources on Medline
Plus because:
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The site offers clear explanations of many health
issues affecting senior populations;
It is a reader friendly site:
 Allows modification of contrast (white on black
or black on white) on screen
 Allows increase or decrease of print size
 “Speech option” on pages so user can hear the
information read aloud
You can get here by following the links from Medline Plus or
using www.nihseniorhealth.gov . Select your settings, then, just
click to begin!
Spend some time exploring this site to see all the topics
discussed. It is well worth your time!
Scroll
down
to see
the list
of all
31
topics.
There is even information on the Medicare Prescription
Drug Coverage and plans.
That’s all folks! Remember that with www.mylibrary.us
the library is “open” day or night. Or, come see us at:
BRANCH LIBRARIES
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Bookmobile Services
2227 23rd Ave., Greeley 80634-6632
(970) 506-8640
Carbon Valley Branch
320 Maple St., #B Frederick 80530-7003
(303) 833-3510
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MEMBER LIBRARIES
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Eaton Public Library
132 Maple Ave., Eaton 80615-3441
(970) 454-2189
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Centennial Park Branch
2227 23rd Ave., Greeley 80634-6632
(970) 506-8600
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Farr Branch
1939 61st Ave., Greeley 80634-7940
(970) 506-8500
Lincoln Park Branch
919 7th St., Suite A. Greeley 80631-3909
(970) 350-9210
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Fort Lupton Public and School Library
425 S. Denver Ave., Ft. Lupton 80621-7190
(303) 857-7180
Glenn A. Jones, M.D.
Memorial Library
Idaho and Jay Streets, Johnstown 80534-0457
(970) 587-2459
Hudson Public Library
555 Min St., Hudson 80642-0188
(303) 536-4550
Northern Plains Public Library
216 2nd St., Ault 80610-0147
(970) 834-1259
Platteville Public Library
504 Marion Ave., Platteville 80651-0567
(970) 785-2231
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Affiliated Library
Wellspring Library at NCMC
1801 16th St., Greeley 80631-5154
(970) 350-6074