Public Health 621 Anne Turhollow Library & Information Access

Help! Marilyn Hall, Health Sciences Librarian Anne Turhollow, Life Sciences Librarian

InfoDome Library’s website Main links Research Services – Borrowing Information for Students

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

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

The PAC / Citation Linker Finding known items Kapikian, A.Z., and R.M. Chanock Norwalk group viruses, p 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 Epidemiology of Norwalk virus in outbreaks of acute non- bacterial gastroenteritis. Ann. Intern. Med. 96:

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

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

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

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

Boolean Logic A Primer on Boolean Logic A Primer on Boolean Logic

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

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

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

Internet Sources CDC NIH Images Microbiology guide on InfoDome Google Image search

Questions?