The Medical Library Association Guide To Finding Health Information On The Web

Author : P. F. Anderson
Publisher : Neal-Schuman Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555704469
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Library Association Guide to Finding Health Information on the Web written by P. F. Anderson and published by Neal-Schuman Publishers. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoriative guide should help you take full advantage of the vast online network of health information, including research banks, drug databases, medical funding agencies, legal organizations, medical reference texts, and much more.

Author : P. F. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781555704964
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web written by P. F. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for health information may be the most important type of search a librarian performs in a day. Instead of starting a health care search with a blank computer screen or simply accessing ordinary information available most anywhere on the Web, you can begin with help from the prestigious Medical Library Association. Each entry will show you how an experienced health sciences librarian would approach the question. You can begin a truly valuable search knowing: Special searching issues What to ask Where to start Supplementary search strategies Topic profile Recommended search terms and important sites Hotline phone numbers FAQs Publications on the Internet Professional Organizations Patient Support organizations and discussion groups Best "One-Stop-Shops Finally, there's one read-reference source, written by librarians to help their colleagues, that contains every important aspect of the question you or your patron want to answer. It's time-saving, it's authoritative, it sets a new standard for comprehensive medical information reference. Let a fellow librarian be your guide through the sometimes dizzying amount of information available. Find hundreds of specific entries grouped in three easy-to-use volumes.

Author : Terry Ann Jankowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781555706227
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Library Association Essential Guide to Becoming an Expert Searcher written by Terry Ann Jankowski and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helping you take your health info search skills to the next level, this text will teach you valuable strategies and techniques, regardless of your current skill level. A useful interview checklist and examples of librarian-user interactions will help you plan a successful, efficient search.

Author : Michele Spatz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442225718
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information written by Michele Spatz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprised of fifteen chapters written by experienced consumer health librarians, The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information is designed for library and information science graduate students as well as librarians new to health and medical librarianship, regardless of library setting. It is comprehensive in scope, covering all aspects of consumer and patient health and medical information from their humble, grassroots beginnings to the ever-evolving applications of new technology and social media. In between, the mundane aspects of health and medical librarianship, such as needs assessment, costs, budgeting and funding, and staffing are discussed. Adding richness to this discussion are the coverage of more sensitive topics such as patient-friendly technology, ethical issues in providing consumer and patient health information, meeting the needs of diverse populations, and responding to individuals from various cultural backgrounds. No comprehensive picture of consumer and patient health librarianship would be complete without addressing the critical importance of marketing and strategic partnerships; such discussions round out this invaluable guide. Patients today must be knowledgeable enough to participate in their health and well-being. Shorter hospital stays, changing reimbursement patterns and the gradual shift towards focusing on proactively maintaining health and managing disease require patients to be informed and actively engaged. Education, information and understanding are important components of actively-engaged patients. Correspondingly, in today’s e-world, there is a glut of information resources available through the Internet – from YouTube videos to Googling to blogs and Twitter feeds. What is lacking in these information-rich times is the relevance of meaning and context for those who ask, “Does this health and medical information apply to me and my unique clinical picture?” or “How do I use this information?” As knowledge navigators, information technology wizards and content experts, librarians offer focused responses to individuals’ specific and highly personal health and medical information queries. In a new healthcare world order of optimizing health and minimizing hospitalizations, such a service is invaluable. Sadly, there still exists in our highly networked and technological age an information gap for those who struggle in obtaining meaningful health or medical information. These individuals may be foreign-born, non-English speaking, poor, rural, aged or semi-literate. Whatever their status, librarians must have the wherewith-all to find germane resources and also help create responsive mechanisms to bridge that health information gap for vulnerable citizens. The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information will guide you on the road to providing that response.

Author : Marge Kars
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Library Association Guide to Health Literacy written by Marge Kars and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps you understand the role that medical, hospital, public, and health libraries are uniquely qualified to play in improving health literacy. This work teaches you ways to use collection development, the reference interview, community health information, and Web resources, as well as strategies for working with special needs populations.

Author : M. Sandra Wood
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000524930
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health Care Resources on the Internet written by M. Sandra Wood and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-12-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Internet medical research simpler and more productive! The rapid proliferation of Web sites makes finding medical information easy. Knowing when the information is accurate and reliable can be much more difficult. Health Care Resources on the Internet: A Guide for Librarians and Health Care Consumers discusses how to locate, evaluate, and use health care information available in online form. As expectations shift from finding information in books to locating it on the World Wide Web, Health Care Resources on the Internet provides you with the skills you need. Whether you?re a first-time Internet user unfamiliar with search engines or an old hand at Boolean logic, you will find helpful search tips and strategies. Moreover, this comprehensive book offers specific advice on assessing the reliability of the information you find. Health Care Resources on the Internet simplifies your hunt for information by recommending trustworthy Web sites. It covers topics including: consumer and professional megasites for health care information using Medline searching for information on specific diseases finding open clinical trials consumer health information alternative medicine Illustrated with tables and figures, Health Care Resources on the Internet is an essential guidebook for health-conscious consumers, information professionals, and medical professionals.

Author : P. F. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web written by P. F. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public web site is not intended to provide all of the content in the volumes of the same name, but to make it easier to use the web site addresses (URLs) in the books. You will not find here the discussions of topics, suggestions for searching, search strategies, recommended terms for topics, questions to consider asking, or similar content from the book. You will find the almost eleven thousand web site links from the book in an easy-find, easy-click format, in addition to free samples and information about the print and CD-ROM versions of the book. Links to the web sites are organized alphabetically and by chapter of the books.

Author : Dana L. Ladd
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 1555708900
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Library Association Guide to Finding Out about Diabetes written by Dana L. Ladd and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the more than 26 million Americans diagnosed with or affected by diabetes, having accurate information on the disease is crucial. But the sheer volume of information available can be daunting for patients and caregivers alike. This comprehensive guide provides librarians and library users with background on key diabetes concepts, encompassing reliable print and electronic resources, including hard-to-find periodicals and audiovisual sources. Each chapter in this guide presents an overview and description as well as an annotated list of multi-format resources on topics including: Types 1 and 2 and gestational diabetes Diet, clinical trials, and support sources Legal and insurance issues With this guide, librarians can deepen their understanding and collections, and thus improve service to the growing number of patrons affected by, at-risk for, or curious about this pervasive disease.

Author : P. F. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web written by P. F. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dana L. Ladd
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 1555709451
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Library Association Guide to Finding Out about Diabetes written by Dana L. Ladd and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this guide, librarians can deepen their understanding and collections, and thus improve service to the growing number of patrons affected by, at-risk for, or curious about this pervasive disease.