NC LIVE Medical & Health Resources Consumer Health Christie Silbajoris UNC-CH Health Sciences Library March 2010

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

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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)

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.

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)

7 Guidelines for Providing Health Information guidelines.html Founded on standard reference practices Take into account privacy, specialized nature of medical information

8 Guidelines (#1-#3) 1. Determine why the person needs the information 2. Be aware of the person asking the question 3. Get as much information as possible

9 Guidelines (#4-#7) 4. Always check terms in a medical dictionary 5. Do not provide a diagnosis 6. Do not interpret medical information 7. Do not give medical advice, opinion, or make recommendations

10 Guidelines (#8-#10) 8. Understand that the specific information the person wants may not be available in the medical literature 9. Provide the most complete information needed to answer the person’s specific request 10. Provide referrals

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?

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)

13 Getting Started (or however you link to NC LIVE)

14 Getting Started

15 NC Health Resources NC Health Info

16 NC Health Resources Public Health Division of NC DHHS

17 NC Health Resources NC State Center for Health Statistics

18 Federal Government Resources Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

19 Federal Government Resources HealthFinder

20 MedlinePlus Federal Government Resources

21 Federal Government Resources National Women’s Health Information Center

22 Non-Governmental Resources HIV InSite

23 Non-Governmental Resources Mayo Clinic

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

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?

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)

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 results (including full-text) Can cross-search with other EBSCO databases

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

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

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

31 Saving to Folder

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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.

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)

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

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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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

39 Cross-searching EBSCO Databases

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.

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)

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

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 /save/print Can cross-search with other EBSCO databases

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!

45 Thank You! Please fill out the online State Library of NC course evaluation – ed 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: