1. BY OBAJE, ALFRED MICHAEL (DBA., B.SC., M.L.S.) MEDICAL SCIENCES LIBRARIAN 1 Library E-resources Sensitization and Demonstrations for 400 Level Medical Students

2. MAIN POINTS 2  INTRODUCTION  SUBSCRIBED ONLINE DATABASES  FEDERAL HEALTHCARE REFERENCE SITES  OTHER USEFUL DATABASES IN MEDICAL SCIENCES  DATAD  INTRANET/ E-GRANARY  QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

3. INTRODUCTION 3 University of Jos library holds many e-resources that are very useful for your study and research. There are many online databases with Journals articles that you can download full texts, print and use for your assignments. Online textbooks are also available in Medical Sciences. We shall look at these shortly.

4. SUBSCRIBED ONLINE DATABASES 4 HINARI (Health Inter Network Access to Research Initiative) The HINARI Programme, set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Over 6200 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 108 countries, benefiting thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improved world health. Website Address: http://www.healthinternetwork.org User ID = NIE014 Password = 9592W PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION.

5. NIGERIAN VIRTUAL LIBRARY 5 Organized by National University Commission (N.U.C.) and supported by Education Trust fund (ETF) The resources of NVL collection includes Electronic books, journals, films, videos and maps. The goal is to ensure that we have the highest and latest publications in our fields to facilitate teaching, research and learning. Wisdom enriched by knowledge liberates the mind to rise to its full potential. Website Address: http://www.nigerianvirtuallibrary.com Username : unijos Password : jos PRACTICAL DEMONSTARTION

6. EBSCOHOST 6 The following are some of the databases accessible through EBSCOHOST: i. MEDLINE: provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and much more ii.HEALTH SOURCE PREMIER: provides health information on many health topics. Website Address: http://search.epnet.com user ID = s3569806 Password = password PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION

7. OXFORD JOURNALS ONLINE 7 Free Access for developing countries Contain so many free journals in life Sciences and Medicine Free for developing countries –for now Website Address: http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls user ID = Unijos Password = Unijos PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION

8. JSTOR ( Journal Storage) 8 JSTOR is a not–for–profit organization dedicated to helping the scholarly community discover, use, and build upon a wide range of intellectual content in a trusted digital archive. Website Address: http://www.jstor.orghttp://www.jstor.org The JSTOR collections are available at thousands of participating libraries and institutions. However, if you are trying to access JSTOR from an off-campus location, you may not be recognized as being affiliated with a participating site. Please visit your library's website to login to JSTOR(no user id or password required) participating libraries and institutions PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION

9. FEDERAL HEALTHCARE REFERENCE SITES. 9 American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org Center for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov Dept. of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/phs

10. CONT. 10 WHO Drug Information http://www.who.int/druginformation.org Patents at www.uspoto.govwww.uspoto.gov World Digital Library of Books/Journals http://www.worlddigitallibrary.org http://www.inasp.info/ajaol

11. CONT. 11 Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov Food and Nutrition Information Center: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic Health finder: http://www.healthfinder.govhttp://www.healthfinder.gov Health People 2010: http://www.health.gpy/healthypeople Hospital Infection Programme: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip National Association of Rare diseases http://www.raredisease.org

12. OTHER USEFUL SITES FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES 12 African Journals Online http://www.tjpr.freehosting.net POPLINE- Medical and other sciences http://www.new.list.org.za/link Good sites for Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences: http://www.ncbi.ntm.nih.gov www.biome.ac.uk http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/ Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences http://www.new.hst.org.za/links/index.php/251

13. CONT. 13 Medical Revision Books www.pastest.co.uk Medical Books www.searchexplorer.com Medical Reference Library Online http://www.medical–library.org/ Biome – Central http://www.biomedcentral.com

14. CONT. 14 http://www.aem.asm.org http://www.ijp-online.com http://www.jac.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl http://www.amjbot.org/ Public Library of Science http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org www.cellbio.com/elecpubs.html

15. Cont 15 National cancer Institute: http://www.nci.nih.govhttp://www.nci.nih.gov National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats National Center for health statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs

16. Database of African Theses and Dissertations (DATAD) 16 Organised by Association of African Universities (AAU) As at November 2008, the AAU has 212 Members from the 45 African countries. Nigeria is a member DATAD database contains citations and abstracts for theses and dissertations completed in African universities. The database includes works from all subject areas. Access is possible through unijos web site. Select library services, library resources then select Theses and Dissertation. OR Website Address : http://www.aau.org/datad/database here you will need to log in with user id and password. PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION.

17. INTRANET/E-GRANARY 17 Unijos website Address: http://www.unijos.edu.nghttp://www.unijos.edu.ng Select library services at the left side Select Internet resources/ services Select Medical sciences for your numerous resources E-granary is also in the same page here, click to enjoy our relevant resources for your study. Demonstration

18. Finally 18 I urge you to use every opportunity you have to explore these online databases in order remain current in your assignments and research. We remain grateful to the University of Jos-Carnegie partnership project team for their support, the University librarian for his encouragement and Deputy University Librarian (Systems) for being resourceful. Thank you for listening and your precious time. BYE