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Electronic Gateways to Prevention Information: Working Quick and Working Smart!

Electronic Gateways to Prevention Information: Working Quick and Working Smart!. Barbie Keiser and Sandi Slappey, National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Information 14 th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect, April 2, 2003. Today’s Objectives.

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Electronic Gateways to Prevention Information: Working Quick and Working Smart!

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  1. Electronic Gateways to Prevention Information: Working Quick and Working Smart! Barbie Keiser and Sandi Slappey, National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Information 14th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect, April 2, 2003

  2. Today’s Objectives • Determine what information concerning prevention is needed • Understand what information is available • Offer strategies for locating “the best”

  3. Cultivating Information Expertise • Developing and implementing a system • An organized, logical approach • Environmental scanning + monitoring • Keeping up with it all • Identifying “new” resources • Changes to known resources • Stream of information • Accessing unique sources • Significant trends • Direct impact • Value added

  4. The Payoff • Delivery of more timely, more accurate, more focused information to those who can make the best use of it • Better decision-making capabilities • Reduced information source redundancy and minimal duplication of effort

  5. How the Internet Helps • Access to information • Information overload • Timeliness of data • Economics • “On the web” vs. “Via the web” • The invisible web • Free vs. Fee-based services: options & trade-offs • Customization & personalization

  6. Accessing Those Important Sites • WWW search engines • Indexed search services • Subject directories • Meta-search engines • Region & country-specific (http://www.arnoldit.com/lists/intlsearch.asp) • Portals & vortals • Linking sites • Web channels & subject-specific servers

  7. Social Science Malls & Gateways • Resource Discovery Network (http://rdn.ac.uk) • RDN virtual training site (http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk) • Social workers (http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/social-worker) • InfoNet (http://www.socservices.com/) • Social Science Information Gateway (http://www.sosig.ac.uk) • Social welfare (http://www.sosig.ac.uk/social_welfare) • Children (http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/child.html)

  8. AltaVista Hotbot Excite WebCrawler Teoma FAST search (http://www.alltheweb.com) ELibrary (http://www.elibrary.com) Inquirus (http://inquirus.nj.nec.com/i2/inq2.pl) Wondir (http://www.wondir.org) Google http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Social_Work/ Searching Online: Search Engines

  9. Searching Online: Directories • Yahoo • http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Social_Work/ • http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Children/Child_Advocacy/ • EINet galaxy • http://galaxy.einet.net/b/d?n=57279 • Dmoz • http://www.dmoz.com/Home/Family/ • http://www.dmoz.com/Kids_and_Teens/Teen_Life/

  10. Caveats • Size isn’t everything • The freshness test • Handling frames • Dynamically-generated page search capability • Relevancy & links

  11. Address unknown Ability to enter search string only once Speed De-duping of results Simple and advanced search capabilities Number of matches reported from each search engine Integration Ranking Interesting design Good response time Wide choice of search engines used “More like this” feature Why Use (and What to Look for In) a Meta-search Engine?

  12. proFusion Beaucoup Search Mamma OneSeek www.go2net.com Starting Point (www.stpt.com) Internet Sleuth (www.isleuth.com) FinderSeeker Debriefing Dogpile Ask Jeeves Highway 61 MetaGopher 1Blink.com MetaBug Metasearchers

  13. ixquick.com Ditto.Com AltaVista, Hotbot, Lycos Image surfer (http://gallery.yahoo.com) Amazing Picture Machine (http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm) Web Places Clip Art Searcher (http://www.webplaces.com/search) Dealing With Images? Try...

  14. Search Engine Colossus Mallpark Best of the Bots (http://www.botspot.com) Search Engine Watch Gregg Notess’ Search Engine Showdown Chris Sherman’s Web Search Guide (about.com) The Spider’s Apprentice (http://www.monash.com/spidap.html) Boolean Searching on the Internet & Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites & Search Techniques (http://library.albany.edu/internet/searchnet.html) CyberSkeptic’s Guide (http://www.infotoday.com) InfoToGo Need Help Choosing a Search Engine?

  15. Internet Scout Report (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu) Freepint (http://www.freepint.com) Internet Resources Newsletter (http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html) Librarians’ Index to the Internet (http://www.lii.org) Society & Social Issues (http://lii.org/search/file/society) Digital Librarian: Librariana (http://www.digital-librarian.com/librariana.html) Argus Clearinghouse (http://www.clearinghouse.net) BUBL (http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/soc.html) Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Social Sciences & Humanities (http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=liberal) Research It! (http://itools.com/research-it) My Virtual Reference Desk (http://www.refdesk.com) Professional Assistance

  16. Alexa WebWhacker & WebSeeker (http://www.bluesquirrel.com) Web Compass (http://www.symantec.com/) Copernic LexiBot FerretSoft Bookmarklets List All Links (http://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/data/index.phtml) LinkScan (http://malch.elsop.com/quick.cgi) Dr. Watson (http://watson.addy.com) Doctor HTML (http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML) U.K. Office for Library and Information Networking WebWatch service (http://ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/services) Add-in Tools

  17. Taking a Journalistic Approach • Who… • What… • Why… • When… • Where… • How… • How much?

  18. Who Is Likely to Be Looking for Information Concerning Prevention?

  19. Community-based institutions Family Support Center staff Nurse Home Visitors Teachers Day care providers Medical professionals Mental health Substance abuse CPS in-home service staff Other local family and child service agency staff Law enforcement community Advocacy groups Researchers Journalists Students Graduate-level Undergraduate High school Primary grades Who Is Likely to Be Looking for Information Concerning Prevention?

  20. What Are They Likely to Need to Know?

  21. What Are They Likely to Need to Know? • “Best practices” • Evaluation assistance • Sources of funding • Program models/designs • Training curricula/guidance • Statistics • “Who is doing what”

  22. Why Do They Need This Type of Information?

  23. Why Do They Need This Type of Information? • Respond to a growing concern/crisis in your community • Learn more about the problem (and potential “solutions” or options for addressing the issue) • Find out what’s happening in the field • Help design a new program/enhance an existing program • Evaluate a program • Fund a new program • Re-evaluate allocation of funding

  24. When Should You Be Collecting Information Concerning Prevention? • Crisis response • Stream of information • 80/20 rule

  25. Why Prevention Is Important • Benefits of stopping child abuse (and neglect) BEFORE it happens • Consequences if we don’t • Child • Family • Community-at-large • Cost

  26. Levels of Prevention • Primary or Universal prevention strengthens communities and families • Secondary or Selective prevention targets those “at-risk” • Tertiary or Indicated prevention forestalls additional maltreatment

  27. Design Services Targeting Risk Factors • Primary or Universal Prevention Activities • Prevent risk factors from developing in the first place • Secondary or Selective Prevention Activities • Address risk factors present • Tertiary or Indicated Prevention Activities • Conduct risk assessments to determine the level of risk for re-abuse or neglect

  28. Prevention Program Models • Public Awareness Activities • Skills-Based Curricula for Children • Parent Programs • Home Visitation Programs • Other

  29. How Do We Know If a Prevention Program Works? • Measurement • Outcomes • Evaluation designs

  30. International agencies & NGOs Government sources: National, state, & local Associations & not-for-profit organizations concerned with child abuse National advocacy organizations Local community groups Universities, research centers, & think tanks Identification Collections Libraries and other collections Public Academic Virtual Where Can You Go to Find This Information?

  31. How Can We Get the Information We Need When We Need It?: Push Vs. Pull • Traditional information sources (print & electronic) • Books/e-books • Journals/e-journals • Alert services (direct mail & e-mail) • Database vendors & content aggregators • Personalized news sources/alerting services • Field-specific sites and searches • Go direct (single sites) • Virtual everything • About.com/parenting

  32. Quality Criteria • Criteria for resources and research • Delivery services • Archived data • Sophisticated search capabilities • Tips for comparing data • The more detailed the publication, the greater the time lag • The more accurate the statistics, the greater the time lag • Appreciate how the Internet changes the equation

  33. Source credibility Organizations and individual authors Pay attention to extensions Who links to them? To which sites do they link? Advocacy in check Purpose Target audience Objectivity Relevance to your work/inquiry Coverage and scope Integration Date of creation Frequency (and timeliness) of updates Quality Reliability Validity Accuracy/Error rate Meaning over time Completeness & Consistency Aesthetics Accessibility/Ease of use Output options Documentation Customer support Value-to-cost ratio Privacy Web Site Evaluation Criteria

  34. United Nations UN System (http://www.unsystem.org) Agencies within the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (http://www.unhchr.ch/) Commissions (http://www.unece.org) Specific publications Convention on the Rights of the Child (http://www.unicef.org/crc/menu.htm) Regional Development Banks Regional Conferences and Cooperatives European Union (http://www.europa.eu.int) Navigating EU Information (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eu.html) Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet (http://shr.aaas.org/dhr/search.php) Human Rights Internet (http://www.hri.ca) Human Rights “Core Collection” Library (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/) International (and Regional) Agencies and NGOs

  35. Government Sources and Sites: Federal (US and Other Nation), State (Provincial), & Local • National Health & Human Services Ministries • Projects, Papers, & Research Methodology • Official Government Servers (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/) • Second and third-tier departments within agencies • Administration of Children and Families • Cross-system issues • Government-funded research • Grant projects and reports

  36. Finding US Government Agencies/Resources • Firstgov.gov • FedWorld.gov • GPO Access – Government Information Locator Service (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/index.html) • For directory & links (http://www.access.gpo.gov) • For searching (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs) • GovSearch (http://nwbuildnet.com/nwbn/govbot.html) • UncleSam (http://www.google.com/unclesam) • FedStats (http://www.fedstats.gov/cgi-bin/A2Z.cgi)

  37. Academic Libraries Help to Identify Government Documents • Government Information on the Web Subject Index (http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/us/subjects/submain.htm) • University of Michigan Documents Center (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/webdirec.html) • InfoMine’s Scholarly Internet Resource Collections (http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?govpub)

  38. State & Local Government Gateways and Locator Services • Library Spot Government Info (http://www.libraryspot.com/government.htm) • State and Local Governments (http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html) • State and Local Government on the Net (http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm) • National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/prevenres/organizations/tollfree.cfm)

  39. Laws & Regulations • Search for legislation or regulations on government Web sites • Legal portals • Law schools (& law school libraries) • Law reviews • Legal Research Network (http://www.ssrn.com/update/lsn/index.html) • Legal Research Network (http://papers.ssrn.com) • Our Clearinghouse • State Statutes (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/statutes/index.cfm) • From the State Capitals Newsletters (http://statecapitals.com)

  40. The ‘Lectric Law Library (http://www.lectlaw.com) Courts.net Legal Engine (http://www.legalengine.com) MoreLaw (http://www.morelaw.com) CataLaw (http://www.catalaw.com/topics/Family.shtml) Hieros Gamos (http://www.hg.org/journals.html) LawSource (http://www.lawsource.com ) and American Law Sources on-Line (http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.htm) FindLaw: Legal Subjects Index (http://www.findlaw.com) American Bar Association (http://www.abanet.org/lawlink/home.html) Child Welfare Court Improvement (http://www.abanet.org/child/courtimp.html) Commercial Law Resources & Links

  41. Academic Law Libraries • WWW Virtual Law Library – Family Law (http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib) • Family & Juvenile Law @ WashU (http://www.washlaw.edu) • Law about Family, Marriage, & Children from the Cornell Legal Information Institute (http://www.law.cornell.edu/lii.table.html) or the Directory of Legal Academia (http://fatty.law.cornell.edu) • Family Lawlinks – UK (http://library.ukc.ac.uk/library/lawlinks/special.htm#fam)

  42. International, regional, and national Topic-specific News Statistical data Online magazines E-newsletters Membership lists Associations and Other Not-for-profit Agencies

  43. Gale’s Encyclopedia of Associations American Society of Association Executives Gateway to Associations Online (http://info.asaenet.org/gateway/OnlineAssocSlist.html) Associations on the Net (http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON) Social Sciences (http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/browse/soc00.00.00/) Social Issues & Social Welfare, including Social Work (http://www.ipl.org/div/aon/browse/soc80.00.00/) Clearinghouse’s new National Organizations database (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/database/orgsrch.cfm) Foundation Center (http://www.fdncenter.org/finder.html) Doris Duke (http://www.fdncenter.org/dorisduke/ns/child/index.html) Charity Channel (http://charitychannel.com/) Progressive Technology Project (http://www.progressivetech.org/Program/Grantmaking.htm) GrassrootsFundraising.org Funding Sources (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/funding/index.cfm) Clearinghouse’s new Grants Management Fact Sheet Subscribe to Children’s Bureau Express (http://www.calib.com/cbexpress) Finding Associations, Foundations, & Not-for-profit Agencies

  44. Government agencies Associations/foundations Annie E. Casey Consulting organizations Other organizations similar to your own (e.g., communities) Center for the Study of Social Policy (http://www.cssp.org/child_protection/index.php) Research organizations and think tanks NIRA’s World Directory of Think Tanks (http://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.html) Sources & Experts: Universities and Think Tanks (http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/experts.html) PolicyFile (http://www.policyfile.com) eScholarship Repository (http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship) Case Studies and Research Reports

  45. Case Studies and Research Reports • Children's Bureau Resource Centers and Technical Assistance Support Systems (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/sites.cfm#cbrc) • National Clearinghouse Syntheses of Current Literature (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/infocus.cfm) • Clearinghouse Documents Database (http://www.calib.com/nccanch/database/index.cfm)

  46. Published Articles Working Papers Course Syllabi Bibliographies Experts ERIC (http://ericae.net/search.htm) Case Studies COLIS/European Case Clearing House database (http://www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk) Dissertations Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations (http://www.ndltd.org/browse.html) Proquest (http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/search) Current Research Proquest (http://wwwlib.umi.com/cresearch/main) What Can You Get From Academic Institutions?

  47. Finding Academic Institutions Granting Degrees in Social Work • WWW Virtual Library: Education (www.csu.edu.au/education/library.html) • EINet Galaxy’s Education Sources database (http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Social-Sciences/Education.html) • Child Welfare Training Resources Online Network (http://www.childwelfaretraining.org/univ/index.cfm)

  48. Where to Find It and Who Can Help • General press (newspapers, magazines, newsletters, & e-newsletters) • Social science literature (scholarly press, peer-reviewed journals, & e-journals) • Libraries, newsgroups, & scholarly discussions (including listserves and bulletin boards) • Experts, consultants, & witnesses • Conferences, events, & exhibitions • Commercial sites with data & links

  49. Understanding How Information Enters the Public Domain • Organization issues a Press Release • Picked up by the Wire Services • Traditional broadcasters & news programs • Newspapers • Magazines (general) • “Trade” journals • Topic-specific newsletters • Scholarly journals • E-zines

  50. Television/radio networks Specific news programs on those networks Joint ventures Transcripts Speech & Transcript Center (http://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htm) & Current Awareness Resources via Streaming Audio (…/crs.htm) NewsIQ TheFeedRoom (http://www.feedroom.com) TotalNews (http://www.totalnews.com) MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet (http://www.radio-locator.com) PublicRadioFan.Com Traditional broadcasters and news programs

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