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Reference resources in the health sciences

Reference resources in the health sciences. Objectives. Develop an overview of health sciences reference sources Practice using reference resources Engage in a brief tour of the historical resources collection at DUMCL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kklly88V1g&feature=related. Prizes.

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Reference resources in the health sciences

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  1. Reference resources in the health sciences

  2. Objectives • Develop an overview of health sciences reference sources • Practice using reference resources • Engage in a brief tour of the historical resources collection at DUMCL

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kklly88V1g&feature=related

  4. Prizes

  5. Rules

  6. Types of resources • Bibliographic resources for monographs • Bibliographic resources for periodicals • Primary research database • Secondary research database • Clinical reference and EBM databases • Textbooks • Consumer health • US government documents and technical reports • Conferences and conference proceedings • Terminology resources • Handbooks and manuals • Resources on personal digital assistants • Drug information • Medical and health statistics • Directories, biographical and historical resources • Grant sources • Complementary and alternative medicine

  7. Bibliographic sources for monographs http://www.doody.com/dct/

  8. Bibliographic sources for periodicals http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=journals

  9. Q Bibliographic sources for periodicals From the Journals database in NCBI Entrez, what are the full titles for the following journal abbreviations? Acta Chir Belg J Magn Reson Soc Sci Med 1

  10. Primary research database /MEDLINE Biomedical subjects Nursing and allied health IPA Pharmacy and pharmacology International Pharmaceutical Abstracts PsycINFO Behavioral science and mental health

  11. Q Primary research database • Through UNC HSL access, conduct a visual search in IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts). • Search for articles about “acetylsalicylic acid”. • Then filter to retrieve articles about: • Clinical outcomes AND • Toxicity • How many results do you get? 2

  12. Secondary research database

  13. Q Secondary research database • Search ClinicalTrials.gov • Currently at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, how many clinical trials are recruiting participants for schizophrenia research? 3

  14. Clinical reference and EBM databases

  15. Q Clinical reference and EBM databases • Start UpToDate • Find information on the treatment of early prostate cancer • Name 2 types of radiation therapies 4

  16. Textbooks Electronic book collections AccessMedicine Books@Ovid MD Consult STAT!Ref

  17. Consumer Health

  18. Consumer health databases http://medlineplus.gov http://www.noah-health.org/

  19. Q Consumer health databases • Search the MedlinePlus medical encyclopedia • Find a “slide image” of a brain section with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 5

  20. Q Consumer health databases • Go Local on Medlineplus.gov • Find an acupuncturist in Forsyth County, NC 6

  21. US Government Documents

  22. US Government technical reports

  23. Conferences and conference proceedings

  24. Terminology resources

  25. Handbooks and manuals • Reference guides • They provide: • factual data for basic sciences • Information for clinical diagnosis and treatment • Categories: • Scientific data books and compendia • Disease classification and nomenclature • Laboratory methods and laboratory diagnosis • Clinical diagnosis and treatment

  26. Resources on personal digital assistants The ABX Guide – Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases Screenshots: http://tiny.cc/a1vs2

  27. Drug information, 1

  28. Drug information, 2

  29. Drug information, 3

  30. Q Drug information • Use Micromedex (the drug database) • 2 part question: • Search under INTERACTIONS, can you take Januvia while breastfeeding? • What is Januvia used for? 7

  31. Medical and health statistics, 1

  32. Medical and health statistics, 2

  33. Directories, biographical and historical sources

  34. Grant Sources

  35. Complementary and Alternative Medicine

  36. Q NCAAM question • http://nccam.nih.gov/ • In the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine database, identify some mind-body medicine therapies for anxiety. 8

  37. Further reading 2008

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