1. Public Health 621 Anne Turhollow Library & Information Access

2. Help! Marilyn Hall, Health Sciences Librarian mehall@mail.sdsu.edu 594-5864 Anne Turhollow, Life Sciences Librarian c.turhollow@sdsu.edu 594-4921

3. InfoDome http://infodome.sdsu.edu Library’s website Main links Research Services – Borrowing Information for Students

4. InfoDome Research Research Guides by Class Research Help Finding Books The PAC Finding Journal Articles Citation Linker Article Databases

5. The PAC Finding reference books Subject or Word search Limit location to Reference Why use a reference book or textbook? Summary of topic Variation of terms Lists of specific books and journal articles for more information

6. The PAC / Citation Linker Finding known items Kapikian, A.Z., and R.M. Chanock. 1990. Norwalk group viruses, p. 671-693. In B.N. Fields, et al. (ed.), Virology, 2 nd ed. Raven Press, New York, N.Y. Kaplan, J.E., G.W. Gary, R.C. Baron, N. Singh, L.B. Schonberger, R. Feldman, and H.B. Greenberg. 1982. Epidemiology of Norwalk virus in outbreaks of acute non- bacterial gastroenteritis. Ann. Intern. Med. 96:756-761.

7. Finding Articles by Subject Article Databases By Subject Medline / PubMed / MedlinePlus MedlinePlus “Vetted” consumer health information Not a journal article index Links into PubMed using “canned searches” on specific topics

8. Journal Articles Medline Limited number of users Linked to SDSU electronic and print journals plus ILL Look for the button PubMed Available to all Links to some online content Will only work on campus and if SDSU licensed

9. Computer Searching It’s Great! Fast, efficient, and remote Problems Too much information Variations in terminology How to deal with?

10. Information Overload? Try Boolean Logic Necessary to narrow down searches or to carry out complex ones AND, OR, NOT AND - narrows search OR - broadens search Example Blue eyes and Brown hair Brown hair or Black hair

11. Boolean Logic A Primer on Boolean Logic A Primer on Boolean Logic

12. Other Ways to Narrow Most databases offer standard LIMITS Age Sex Publication type Language

13. Term Variation? Try Controlled Vocabulary Keyword vs. Subject Problem: information seeker, database provider, and authors may use different terminology Insulin dependent diabetes, Diabetes Type 1, IDDM, Juvenile diabetes, Rapid onset diabetes Solution - use all synonyms or use a thesaurus MeSH - Diabetes mellitus, type I MeSH = Medical Subject Headings

14. Let’s try a Medline search Norwalk virus infections on cruise ships

15. Internet Sources CDC http://www.cdc.gov NIH http://www.nih.gov Images Microbiology guide on InfoDome Google Image search http://www.google.com

16. Questions?