Medical Info e-Resources from A to Z
Jacqueline D Doyle, MSUA College of Medicine Library, Phoenix
February 3, 2010Room 2208
A – (the) AHSL, one of your libraries N – Net ID, NLM, NIH
B – many BOOKS are also electronic, Biomedical Communications, aka Media Services in Phx
O – OVID Medline, Office of Learning Resources
C – Cat Card P – PubMed Medline; Primal Pictures
D – Delicious, DynaMed, DocOrder Q – (All) Questions Welcome!
E – E-versions of >3,000 journals; EBM Search Engine
R – RefWorks
F – Full text of many articles S – Single Citation Matcher in PubMed, SunCat, the AHSL-Phx Blog
G – Google - just one search engine T – Tox Town and TOXNET(databases)
H – Health Business Database + many others
U – UA Libraries, UA WorldCat
I – ICD-9-M (in Stat!Ref) V – Virtual Tour of the AHSL-T, VideoStreaming
J – Journals by title W – Web of Knowledge/Science (databases), WiFi
K - X -
L – LexisNexis Academic (database) U - UITS
M – My NCBI Z - Zotero
A to Z
Are you:1. A super user of library e-resources?2. Novice user?3. Use a library, either online or in person, once a year,
daily, weekly, or ??4. Use Google only or primarily?5. Successful always or sometimes?6. Frustrated because of wasted time searching?7. Lucky enough to have a great assistant, researcher
or librarian?8. An instructor who has your students or residents
research for you?
Tell me about you…
Learning Objectives
1. Access and use the resources in Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL) and your home medical library or AZHIN for clinical care, education and research
2. Find/download specific articles in Phoenix area libraries and the AHSL
3. Maximize your effective use of PubMed Medline4. Name at least 5 other quality online health
information resources5. Take advantage of RefWorks to create and maintain
reference lists and bibliographies
Save you time and frustration
http://www.azhin.org
Our teaching hospital libraries
What you can do at the library site• Locate books (electronic and print)• Search and find articles• Search databases, e. g., Medline, Web of Science, etc.• Access MD Consult and other clinical reference tools• Order items from Tucson and other libraries• Use RefWorks to download and manage your
references and create bibliographies• Use AZHIN-based resources (if your hospital is a
member)• Ask a question of the librarian-on-duty• Request an item from another library• Search databases other than medical, e.g., business…• Find information to give to patients and staff• And more…
2. Find a specific article in Phoenix area libraries or the AHSL (PubMed as example)
Single Citation Matcher
3. Take full advantage of PubMed
• Identify articles (or a certain article) on your topic• Personalize settings (MyNCBI) • Present search results in the format you create• Enable you to download results for importing into
RefWorks• Run auto searches on a schedule you identify• Enable you to request articles for libraries you select• Search > 5,200 journals in many languages, published
since 1948• Provide quick tutorials in case you forget how to do
something• Enable you to set up a personalized MyNCBI Account• Enable you to retrieve the actual article—sometimes…
What PubMed can do for you
PubMed Tutorials
Set Filters and Icons
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Select Preferences
Use your MyNCBI Account
Health Care Reform, 2009, English, Full Text
4. Name at least 5 other quality online health information resources
DynaMed
Online health and medical Sites
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• www.pubmed.gov• www.medlineplus.go
v• www.azgolocal.org• www.azhealthinfo.or
g• www.webmd.com• www.nia.nih.gov• www.aarp.org• http://cdc.gov/
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• http://www.ama-assn.org
• http//familydoctor.org• www.Healthfinder.gov• http://www.mayoclinic.
com• www.KidsHeath.org• http://www.4woman.g
ov• http://www.noah-healt
h.org• http://caphis.mlanet.or
g
Guidelines for determining website authority
Who is the sponsor? Provides insight on the credibility of information
published on the site.
How current is it? Should be updated frequently; as health information
changes constantly.
Opinion? Or facts? If facts, can be verified from a primary information
source.
Target audience? Should clearly state whether the information is intended
for the consumer or the health professional
Official site of an organization? A personal blog?
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html
5. Use RefWorks
PubMed-Change Display Settings to Send to RefWorks
PubMed Medline Display
Managing References
Import refs from PubMed
Copied/pasted from PubMed Medline Display
End Result
•AMA Style•Number Order•Choose font, etc.
• AHSL Phoenix550 East Van Buren Street(Bldg 1, Room 1256)(602) 827-2062 (Lindsey Greene)(602) 827-2013 (Jacque Doyle)
• AHSL Tucson1501 N. Campbell Ave. PO Box 245079Tucson, AZ 85724(520) 626-6125 – Front Desk
AHSL-Phx Librarians
UA Clinical Education Librarians
Learning Objectives
1. Access and use the resources in Arizona Health Sciences Library (AHSL) and your home medical library or AZHIN for clinical care, education and research
2. Find/download specific articles in Phoenix area libraries and the AHSL
3. Maximize your effective use of PubMed Medline4. Name at least 5 other quality online health
information resources5. Take advantage of RefWorks to create and maintain
reference lists and bibliographies
Questions?
Jacque [email protected]
602-827-2031 Office602-678-5976 Mobile
In the 550 Bldg, aka Bldg 1, corner of Van Buren and 5th St.
Many thanks