2. Learning Objectives
1. Become a Power Googler
– Identify best available online resources
» Databases & Collections
» General and Specific Websites
2. Learn to evaluate online resources
3. Learn to use PubMed, the international database
of medicine, aka Medline
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11. Narrowing & Widening your
Google Search
• Try using an “exact phrase”
• Use OR to widen your search
• Ask Google to
– Omit (-) a word/phrase
– Search a certain language or file format
– Narrow to a period of time
– Search specific domain types (i.e. .org)
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12. Why use quotes?
• Remember… In basic search, you can specify when you want
exact phrases to be searched by putting quotes around your
sentence/phrase.
• (i.e. “West Virginia”) Without quotes you could get results
like this: The sun was setting in the west and my
wife, Virginia, was by my side.
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19. Now, run a Google Search…
• Telemedicine and its use in the delivery of
health care
• Hospital based telemedicine
• Medical School-based telemedicine
• Telemedicine in pathology or dermatology or
radiology or [your choice]
20. Select 1 or 2 and describe…
• How many you retrieved
• What were its titles
• Who sponsors the pages
• What were the URLs
• If published, where was it published
– What is the name of the book or journal
• Who are its authors
• Is its date of creation or posting noted
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23. Online Health & Medicine Sites
• www.pubmed.gov -- MEDLINE/Pubmed
• www.medlineplus.gov -- Consumer Health
• www.azgolocal.org – state-oriented health info
• www.azhealthinfo.org- state-oriented health info
• www.webmd.com – commercial health info
• www.nia.nih.gov -- Natl Inst on Aging
• www.aarp.org -- AARP
• www.cdc.gov -- CDC
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24. Online Health & Medicine
Sites, cont.
• http://www.ama-assn.org--AMA
• http//familydoctor.org--AAFP
• www.Healthfinder.gov -- DHHS
• http://www.mayoclinic.com--Mayo
• www.KidsHeath.org--Peds
• http://www.4woman.gov --Women’s Health
• http://www.noah-health.org-- NY State
• http://caphis.mlanet.org--Med –Med Lib Assn
25. Find libraries
here
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29. Guidelines to determine
website authority:
• Who is the sponsor? Provide insight on the credibility of information
published on the site.
• How current is it? Should be updated frequently; as health
information changes constantly.
• Opinion? Or facts? If facts, can be verified from a primary
information source.
• Target audience? Should clearly state whether the information is
intended for the consumer or the health professional
• Official site? Blog?
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html
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32. 21st Century Libraries
Social/collaborative Comfortable and inviting…
space…
Technology driven… Quality info available online… Student centered…
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33. PubMed (MEDLINE)
• Over 16 million references, back to 1949
• 5,200 journals, 37 languages
• Between 2,000 and 4,000 refs are added every day
• Increasingly includes links to full-text
• Access is free; full text is not
• Create your MYNCBI account first!
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Register for your MyNCBI
Account here…
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47. Now try a PubMed Search
• Use your MyNCBI account
• Try general and advanced search features and
compare results
• Save your search—you can then receive
automatic results via email
• Tweak your preferences as needed
48. Review our Learning Objectives
1. Become a Power Googler
2. Learn to evaluate online resources
3. Learn to use PubMed, the international database
of medicine
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49. “Homework”
• Create your accounts in PubMed and Google
(Slide #6 and #32)
• Run 2 or 3 searches—in either or both (#16-17)
• Consider setting up a “Saved Search” in PubMed
• Take a few minutes to evaluate a website or two
(#27)
• Reflect on your past and now improved
searching experience
• Email with questions:
jddoyle@email.arizona.edu
50. I hope you…
• Learned some effective Google Tricks
• Set up your personal accounts in Google and
PubMed
• Learned some useful PubMed Tricks
• Feel confident that you can evaluate the true
value of a web-based resource
• Have identified a nearby library for use and
networking
Here is a screen showing how a search of the word telemedicine works or worked on this dayGoogle constantly changing and improving Now “suggest”Try it!
Note the beige box that separates your results…sponsored linksShow or hide optionsRight hand column shows categories
Take the time to personalize Google by setting up account—click upper right
Create account
This is the result from the “telemedicine United States rural” searchNarrowed down to the “past week”Down to 279 from 217,000 hitsColumn down let side shows other options Note “advanced Search” option in center of screen
Remember to use these features…
Special capabilities of using quotes
Another way to focus in and or narrow your retrieval is to use Advanced SearchCan search words in the titleAdd necessary wordsTailor how results are displayedNarrow to certain years etcFor hints click on Tips!
Scholar also focusesResources found on national databases and university sites. Definitely more scholarly
In scholar you can indicate preferences to show what nearby libraries own the resource and also languagesClick on Preferences
Many other ways of limiting and focusing—images, blogs, videos, RSS feeds, etc.
Other services offered….Hyperlink here
Select from one of these or create your own topic
Consider and even take notes!Be critical and skeptical!Always check more than one source Wikipedia is a good place to start but not stop your search
Hyperlink--example
THIS CONCLUDES THE GOOGLE PART OF OUR SESSION…NOW I WILL MOVE ONThere are other excellent online resources in health and medicine
Good place to begin—Eng and SpanConsumer health infoHas low literacy materials as well
Objective #2--Important to be skeptical and critical of materials and info you find on the web! Evaluate every site!
Consider both a sites trustworthiness and reliabilty
Here are some sites that help you assess the value, trustworthiness and reliability of any given site.
We have talked about finding links to resources on the web, but what to do when you have the reference and now need the actual article or book ?Misperceptions—old mythsLibrarians love the Internet and we use it too! Be sure to identify nearby libraries and librarians because we are changing not only what we do but how we do it!
So find a library and a librarian or two to connect with. They can be found via the Medline Plus page as well as your yellow pages!
In addition to need libraries to find web-based resources you will want to also search the database used by physicians, nurses, and medial librarians, PubMed is the international and free database of medicine…can be accessed from home or local library.
Several things to note:Has an advanced search #2 similar to Google as well as a nice white box #1You can look for a single article #3You can register to create an account#4You can do a precise search of the database using controlled vocabulary #5You can view tutorialsv#6Plus many others
After clicking on My NCBI..
Then set your filters an icons—your library, the types of articles you want to see, and molre
Preferences fir delivery etc
Now to try it! Click on PubMed in upper left corner to go back to the search screen
Hyperlink hereClick on “Mesh Database”
Type in telemedicine---to see what index terms are available for useSelect the one you want
I selected the general term and received 10,000+ citationsYou always see the most current ones first.
I selected one and then looked for related articles (right side of screen)You can also see what terms were used to index the article on the left
Try Advanced Search—will feel similar to Google.Can narrow to certain aurhor or journal or type of articvle, language, etc. Then click on search
Example of search on health care reformNote display format – abstract—select your prefsAlways changing and need our feedback
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We have now completed all three objectives, beginning with Google, then Evaluating Websites and then PubMed.I hope this whirlwind tour has been useful and look forward to hearing your feedback.
