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Reference resources in the health sciences
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Objectives Develop an overview of health sciences reference sources Practice using reference resources Engage in a brief tour of the historical resources collection at DUMCL
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Prizes
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Rules
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Types of resources Bibliographic resources for monographs Bibliographic resources for periodicals Primary research database Secondary research database Clinical reference and EBM databases Textbooks Consumer health US government documents and technical reports Conferences and conference proceedings Terminology resources Handbooks and manuals Resources on personal digital assistants Drug information Medical and health statistics Directories, biographical and historical resources Grant sources Complementary and alternative medicine
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Bibliographic sources for monographs http://www.doody.com/dct/
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Bibliographic sources for periodicals http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=journals
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Bibliographic sources for periodicals From the Journals database in NCBI Entrez, what are the full titles for the following journal abbreviations? Acta Chir Belg J Magn Reson Soc Sci Med Q 1
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Primary research database /MEDLINEBiomedical subjects Nursing and allied health IPA Pharmacy and pharmacology International Pharmaceutical Abstracts PsycINFOBehavioral science and mental health
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Primary research database 1.Through UNC HSL access, conduct a visual search in IPA ( International Pharmaceutical Abstracts ). 2.Search for articles about “acetylsalicylic acid”. 3.Then filter to retrieve articles about: – Clinical outcomes AND – Toxicity 4.How many results do you get? Q 2
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Secondary research database
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Search ClinicalTrials.gov Currently at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, how many clinical trials are recruiting participants for schizophrenia research? Q 3
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Clinical reference and EBM databases
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Start UpToDate Find information on the treatment of early prostate cancer Name 2 types of radiation therapies Q 4
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Textbooks Electronic book collections AccessMedicine Books@Ovid MD Consult STAT!Ref
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Consumer Health
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Consumer health databases http://medlineplus.gov http://www.noah-health.org/
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Consumer health databases Search the MedlinePlus medical encyclopedia Find a “slide image” of a brain section with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Q 5
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Consumer health databases Go Local on Medlineplus.gov Find an acupuncturist in Forsyth County, NC Q 6
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US Government Documents
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US Government technical reports
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Conferences and conference proceedings
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Terminology resources
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Handbooks and manuals Reference guides They provide: – factual data for basic sciences – Information for clinical diagnosis and treatment Categories: – Scientific data books and compendia – Disease classification and nomenclature – Laboratory methods and laboratory diagnosis – Clinical diagnosis and treatment
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Resources on personal digital assistants The ABX Guide – Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases Screenshots: http://tiny.cc/a1vs2http://tiny.cc/a1vs2
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Drug information, 1
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Drug information, 2
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Drug information, 3
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Drug information Use Micromedex (the drug database) 2 part question: – Search under INTERACTIONS, can you take Januvia while breastfeeding? – What is Januvia used for? 7 Q
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Medical and health statistics, 1
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Medical and health statistics, 2
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Directories, biographical and historical sources
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Grant Sources
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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NCAAM question http://nccam.nih.gov/ In the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine database, identify some mind-body medicine therapies for anxiety. 8 Q
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Further reading 2008
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