My talk from the first Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon at the NLM, May 2013

1. Finding & choosing
info online or at the
National Library of Medicine
Hilda Bastian
WikiProject Medicine Edit-a-Thon with
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
US National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
28 and 30 May 2013

2. Disclaimer
This talk and these slides represent the work and opinions of the
presenter, and do not constitute official positions of the National Center for
Biotechnology Information (NCBI), the US National Library of Medicine
(NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the US Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
Guidelines for participating in Wikipedia from NIH (link)

3. “Galleries, Libraries,
Archives, Museums”:
some shared interests

4. Shared interest: neutral,
accurate info about NIH

5. Making medical info in Wikipedia
as good as it can be
Recent evaluations* of Wikipedia’s content show it’s:
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Fairly comprehensive
Fairly reliable
Hard to read
Weaker in some topic areas than others
As with other comparable encyclopedias, not as evidencebased as you’d like it to be**
So let’s roll up our sleeves!
* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?linkname=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=23432369
** http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19209572

6. Evidence-based enough?
Information that:
 Systematically aimed to minimize bias in finding and
interpreting information
 Relies on research that also minimizes bias – systematic
reviews whenever possible
 Keeps up-to-date
Learn more here
www.pubmed.gov/health

7. PubMed Health
Aims to:
 Help people find systematic reviews
 Understand what they find
Curates:
 Systematic reviews + quality assessments of them
 Information based on systematic reviews
 Educational materials
Learn more: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd11/nd11_pm_health.html

8. Systematic reviews at NLM
Systematic reviews of intervention at PubMed Health –
plus results of simultaneous search of PubMed filter
Learn about finding systematic reviews on any type
of health question here: (link)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/finding-systematic-reviews/

9. Keep up with new research &
learn more
PubMed Health systematic reviews & other info here (link):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/new/
 Learn to use MyNCBI for keeping up with other PubMed
searches (link):
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88E9E5EA3BECE0D7
More YouTube tutorials at NCBINLM channel (link):
http://www.youtube.com/user/NCBINLM/videos?view=1

10. Getting full text articles
 Look for PMC, “free full article”, or click on publisher logo in PubMed
(see YouTube tutorial on how, with extra tips)
 Search for full exact title on Google – may be on university website
 Look up publisher website in NLM catalog (click on journal name)
and try there
 Try your local library
 Get an NLM library card and come to the Reading Room (link):
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/ref/guide/rrhome.html

11. Using PubMed Health for
Wikipedia pages (1)

12. Using PubMed Health for
Wikipedia pages (2)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0014360/
Neither reference is a
systematic review

13. Thanks!
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth (link)
Twitter: @PubMedHealth (link)
https://www.facebook.com/PubMedHealth (link)
Google+ (link)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/blog/ (link)
We look forward to working
with you!