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NC LIVE Medical Health Resources

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NC LIVE Medical Health Resources

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    Slide 1:NC LIVE Medical & Health Resources Consumer Health

    Christie Silbajoris UNC-CH Health Sciences Library March 2010

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    Slide 2:Welcome!

    Instructor: Christie Silbajoris Logistics 90 minute class Please use the chat – courteously Please log in to NC LIVE in a separate window Chat-based discussion follows each section Archived for public use

    Slide 3:Screen Resolution Settings

    3 Right click on desktop Choose Properties Last tab: Settings Adjust screen resolution bar

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    Slide 4:Class Outline

    Introduction (10 mins) Guidelines for providing health information (15 mins) Overview of NC LIVE consumer health resources (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Basic Searching (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Advanced Searching (15 mins) Wrap-up (10 mins)

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    Slide 5:Introductions

    Please use the chat to introduce yourself briefly: Name Institution Your most memorable health reference question Christie will respond orally to questions, etc.

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    Slide 6:Class Outline

    Introduction (10 mins) Guidelines for providing health information (15 mins) Overview of NC LIVE consumer health resources (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Basic Searching (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Advanced Searching (15 mins) Wrap-up (10 mins)

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    Slide 7:Guidelines for Providing Health Information

    http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/ guidelines.html Founded on standard reference practices Take into account privacy, specialized nature of medical information

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    Slide 8:Guidelines (#1-#3)

    Determine why the person needs the information Be aware of the person asking the question Get as much information as possible

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    Slide 9:Guidelines (#4-#7)

    Always check terms in a medical dictionary Do not provide a diagnosis Do not interpret medical information Do not give medical advice, opinion, or make recommendations

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    Slide 10:Guidelines (#8-#10)

    Understand that the specific information the person wants may not be available in the medical literature Provide the most complete information needed to answer the person’s specific request Provide referrals

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    Slide 11:What do you think?

    Let’s talk about these guidelines via the chat: How do you feel about providing health info? Where is the line between advice and information? When do you send a person to his/her doctor vs. when do you find information for the person?

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    Slide 12:Class Outline

    Introduction Guidelines for providing health information (15 mins) Overview of NC LIVE consumer health resources (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Basic Searching (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Advanced Searching (15 mins) Wrap-up (10 mins)

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    Slide 13:Getting Started

    http://www.nclive.org (or however you link to NC LIVE)

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    Slide 14:Getting Started

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    Slide 15:NC Health Resources

    NC Health Info www.nchealthinfo.org

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    Slide 16:NC Health Resources

    Public Health Division of NC DHHS

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    Slide 17:NC Health Resources

    NC State Center for Health Statistics

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    Slide 18:Federal Government Resources

    Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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    Slide 19:Federal Government Resources

    HealthFinder

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    Slide 20:MedlinePlus

    Federal Government Resources

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    Slide 21:Federal Government Resources

    National Women’s Health Information Center

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    Slide 22:Non-Governmental Resources

    HIV InSite

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    Slide 23:Non-Governmental Resources

    Mayo Clinic

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    Slide 24:Literature Databases

    Health Source: Consumer Edition Other literature databases are available Tend to be more scholarly Not all contain full-text

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    Slide 25:What do you think?

    Let’s take a minute to play with some of these resources. Open a “new to you” resource in NC LIVE and practice in it for a few minutes. We’ll discuss the following in chat: What did you like about this resource? What didn’t you like as much? Would you use this in the future?

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    Slide 26:Class Outline

    Introduction (10 mins) Guidelines for providing health information (15 mins) Overview of NC LIVE consumer health resources (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Basic Searching (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Advanced Searching (15 mins) Wrap-up (10 mins)

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    Slide 27:Health Source: Consumer Edition

    Subject is health, focus is nonprofessionals Mixture of scholarly journals, trade magazines, and popular magazines Lots of full-text Can email results (including full-text) Can cross-search with other EBSCO databases

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    Slide 28:Why Health Source: Consumer Edition? Why Not Google?

    Articles are from published sources Can limit to scholarly articles Can limit to full text articles Ability to cross-search other databases Regularly updated

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    Slide 29:Basic Searching

    “Advanced search” Allows Boolean, stemming/wildcards Search by field No true controlled vocabulary Results list Limit by type of publication Limit by subjects View brief record, HTML/PDF if available

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    Slide 30:Basic Record

    Citation information (hyperlinked!) Subject terms (hyperlinked! Not controlled!) Abstract Easily switch between citation & full text

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    Slide 31:Saving to Folder

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    Slide 33:Let’s Practice

    You have a patron who is concerned that vaccinating her son will increase his risk for autism and wants more information before making any decisions. Do a basic search in Health Source: Consumer Edition to find some resources that would be helpful for her, and report your findings back to the class.

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    Slide 34:Class Outline

    Introduction Guidelines for providing health information (15 mins) Overview of NC LIVE consumer health resources (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Basic Searching (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Advanced Searching (15 mins) Wrap-up (10 mins)

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    Slide 35:Limiting Results

    “Advanced Search” tab Limits are very basic: Full text Scholarly journals Publication type Publication Dates

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    Slide 36:Combining Searches

    Standard EBSCO set searching Each search run shows as an entry Includes search terms, limits (if applicable), database used, results, etc. Combine to current search using AND, OR, Also narrow results by column on left

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    Slide 38:Publications

    Top-level “button” on blue navigation bar Browse by first word in title (alpha), subject/description, or any word in title Results hyperlink to further info about publication, holdings, full text availability

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    Slide 39:Cross-searching EBSCO Databases

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    Slide 40:Let’s Practice

    A patron has come to you with this question: I want to have my teeth bleached. What are the different procedures for this, how much do they cost, and are they effective? Are there side effects? Do an advanced search in Health Source: Consumer Edition to find articles that will help your patron. Report your findings via chat.

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    Slide 41:Class Outline

    Introduction Guidelines for providing health information (15 mins) Overview of NC LIVE consumer health resources (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Basic Searching (15 mins) Health Source: Consumer Edition Advanced Searching (15 mins) Wrap-up (10 mins)

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    Slide 42:What Have We Learned?

    Medical/health reference is similar to “regular” reference Be aware of your limitations & the person’s privacy NC LIVE has a mix of consumer health resources, including full-text articles Health Source: Consumer Edition is a good literature database for consumer health

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    Slide 43:What Else Did We Learn?

    Health Source: Consumer Edition is a basic EBSCO database Limits include date, publication, format Can combine and revisit searches Can store articles in a folder temporarily and to email/save/print Can cross-search with other EBSCO databases

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    Slide 44:Further Questions

    What didn’t we talk about? What do you want to know more about? Where do you see these resources as useful? Please use the chat to discuss!

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    Slide 45:Thank You!

    Please fill out the online State Library of NC course evaluation – emailed to you Archived recordings of this class and handouts will be available at the State Library of North Carolina’s web site on the following page: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ce/ncliverecordings.htm

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