Health Info on the Web for the

Non-Medical Librarian

Annis Lee Adams, MA, MLISE-Resources/Information Services Librarian

Hawaii Library Association Conference

November 11, 2006

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Is my doctor board certified?

• I need all the info you have on . . .

• I have a school project on . . .

• What info do you have on this herbal medicine?

• Where can I go for help . . .?

• What are the side effects of this drug?

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Key Resources

• Health Sciences Library Consumer Health Guide (www.hawaii.edu/hslib)

• AMA Doctor Finder

• Aloha United Way 211

• MedlinePlus.gov

• National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine

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Key Resources, Cont’d

• ClinicalTrials.gov

• EbscoHost databases from HSPLS

• Gale databases from HSPLS

• Facts on File from HSPLS

• Household Products Database

• PubMed

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Please interrupt me

with questions as we go along!

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Remember Your Role

• Often patrons are trying to make difficult healthcare decisions, and they may ask you for advice or to interpret information –DON’T DO IT, even if you have some knowledge about it.

• Provide resources, information, and/or referrals, but leave the interpretation to them.

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www.hawaii.edu/hslib

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Is my doctor board certified?

http://webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html

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HSLib Consumer Health - Directories

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http://www.auw.org/211/

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MedlinePlus.gov

• From the National Library of Medicine

• 700+ Health Topics

• Medical Encyclopedia

• Drug & Herb information

• Directories

• Clinical Trials

• Health News

• Surgery Videos

• Interactive Patient Tutorials

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http://medlineplus.gov/

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MedlinePlus – Drugs, Supplements, & Herbal Info

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Sample Herbal Entry on MedlinePlus

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Uses based

on Evidence

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Hawaii State Public Library System

All you need is your HSPLS library card barcode to log in

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Hawaii State Public Library System

• Ebsco databases

► Alt HealthWatch (alternative medicine periodicals)

► Health Source – Consumer Edition

► Health Source – Nursing/Academic Edition

• Facts on File database

► Health Reference Center (conditions & diseases,

mental health, health & wellness, body systems, and

medical test info)

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Hawaii State Public Library System

• Thomson Gale databases

► Health & Wellness Resource Center (medical

encyclopedia, drug & herb info, alternative health

encyclopedia, health assessment tools)

► Legal Forms (health directives & living wills)

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Household Products Database

• Learn potential health effects

of common cleaning,

gardening, and other

household products.

http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/

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http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/

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PubMed.gov

• PubMed MEDLINE

► Most comprehensive biomedical database

► Primarily database of citations and abstracts

► Scholarly research articles

► Free database produced by the National

Library of Medicine

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Questions???

Thanks for coming!!

Please feel free to contact

or refer patrons to us for assistance:

692-0810

hslinfo@hawaii.edu