Virtual library in health and environment

MANUAL ON THE DATABASE INFORMATION LOCALIZER

IN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (LISA)

June 2001

World Health Organization Pan American Health Organization Division of Health and Environment

PAN AMERICAN CENTER FOR SANITARY ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES The Pines 259 Urbanization Camacho, Lima 12, PERU Box 4337, Lima 100, PERU

Fax: (511) 4378289 Telephone: (511) 4371077 E-mail: cepis@cepis.ops-oms.org http://www.cepis.ops-oms.org

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Table of contents

Page Introduction........................................................................................... 5 Part 1: Information selection ........................................................ 7 1.1 Information selection.......................................................... 9 1.2 Criteria for evaluation............................................................. 9 1.3 Bibliography.............................................................................

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Part 2: Definition of the database ................................................ 11 2.1 Table of definition of fields................................................... 13 2.2 Access keys..................................................................... 15 2.3 Model of the information entry sheet............................... 15 Part 3: Data entry from the administration module ............. 17 3.1 Instructions for the information entry............................... 19 Part 4: Field description of the sheet of income of Lisa ............. 21 311 Name or title of the Web page..................................................... 23 313 Responsible institution for the Web page........................................... 25 315 Author or intellectual responsible........................................................

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317 Language..........................................................................................

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318 Type of source of information.......................................................... 31 319 Summary...................................................................................... 37 323 Descriptors.................................................................................. 39 325 Geographical descriptors ................................................................ 40 351 Liaison or URL ................................................................................

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920 Ádefendants subject matters.............................................................................

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Part 5: Presentation .......................................................................... 45 Part 6: Exercises ............................................................................... 49

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Introduction

The manual present is an adaptation of the Methodology LIS (Localizer of Health Information) prepared by BIREME, the National Center of Information on Medical Sciences (CNICM) and the Telematics Network of Health in Cuba (INFOMED). The manual for the information entry in the database on Localizer of Health and Environment Information (Lisa) offers the guidelines for the record of the different sources of information on the Internet, that is, the record of any document, sound recording, computer program, reference work or another material that provides information on some type and is stored in one // Web page. The SMOOTH database permits the record, both of the source of information, and the available information in this and the way of obtaining it. In the first part a small information selection guide is offered. In the second there are defined the SMOOTH database, the table of definition of fields and the access keys. In the third information for the data entry from the module on administration is provided. In the fourth all the fields of the sheet of income of Lisa are described. The manual has been prepared by the Lic Mónica Cárdenas, with the coordination of Ms. Marta Bryce, Adviser in Technical Information from CEPIS.

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Part 1

Information selection

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1.1. Information selection The navigation on the Internet offers us great deal of information; however, not all the information that we find is valuable. The person in charge of entering information the SMOOTH basis should evaluate its sources before entering it. In order to facilitate its task, five criteria for evaluation are presented, collected of the bibliography that is presented at the end of this section.

1.2 Criteria for evaluation 1.2.1 Veracity

It is necessary that the source of information and the origin of the data is mentioned. There should be reviewed the orthographic correction and the syntax within the site the Web, as well as the internal consistency of the content. It is preferable to review some links external and resources that offers the Web page to be able to carry out comparisons and have a most complete vision of the page to register.

1.2.2 Authority

The first one that should be determined is the type of Web page; for example, if it is a personal or corporate page, if its ends are educational, promotional, commercial, etc. If it is a personal page, verify if data appear of the author that they can be verified. If it is an institutional page, verify that these appear clearly and that they offer a means to communicate with them. Consult if the association appears in some institutional prestige directory.

1.2.3 Objectivity

Review the mission or the part where se detail the objective of the page, in order to know its potential audience; the links external or other sections of the Web that give you trails of the connection of the site the Web. Verify if there is mentioned clearly the one responsible of an opinion, current or given ideology, reviews the head, the URL and the foot of page.

1.2.3 Present Time

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Examine the edition and review dates and it verifies when it was created and reviewed for the last time. It is necessary again to visit the page and to verify the existence of new contents and/or of indicators that the page is being updated continually, as thanks, references and responses to visitors.

1.2.5 Coverage

Compare the information found in the Web page, with information produced by others webs that treat the same subject; consider if it provides of greater references, contacts, etc. Explore the geographical scope of the source, since sometimes offer valuable information but restricted to a country, or even more so, to a region. Delete sources with very specific and localista information.

1.3 Bibliography

Health Information Quality Assessment Tool http://hitiweb.mitretek.org/iq// (Johns Hopkins University) Elizabeth E. Kirk Evaluating Information found on the Internet &http://milton.mse.jhu.edu:80 &01/research/education/net.html (Univeristy of California at Los Angeles/UCLA) Esther Grassian’s Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (1995) http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.h tm (Western Illinois University) Bruce Leland Research on the the Web: How Reliable Is It?http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/websource.htm (Western Illinois University) Bruce Leland. Evaluating Web Sites: A Guide for Writers http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/evaluate.htm WHO Library: Critical Evaluation of Websites http://www.who.int/hlt/virtuallibrary/English/evalulat.htm

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Part 2

Definition of the database

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2.1 Table of definition of fields The table of definition of fields presents all the fields utilized in the sheet of income of the SMOOTH database, the code that corresponds to you to each field and the relevant characteristics. The table is found structured by columns: Code It is the number that identifies each field in the sheet of income of the SMOOTH database. Name of the field Designation to identify each field. Replicable He indicates that the field can be registered more than once. Every occurrence should be transcribed, one on every line, separated by a <ENTER>. Compulsory He indicates the fields that should always be filled in the sheet with income; otherwise, the automatic control of the program will reject the record.

Type index He indicates that the income sheet has a table with the term relation for their selection. In order to select more than one term it is necessary to press the key [Ctrl] and the left button of the mouse.

Recoverable

He indicates if the field is available for search.

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Table of definition of fields

Tag or code

Name of the field Replicable Compulsory

Index Recoverable

311 Name or title of the Web page X X X 313 Responsible institution for the

Web page X X X

315 Author or intellectual responsible

X

317 Language X X X 318 Type of source of information X X X X 319 Summary X 323 Descriptors X X X 325 Geographical descriptors X X 351 Liaison or URL X 920 Issues X X X X

Note: Internamente, el programa que administra esta base de datos le asigna los campos de: - Fecha de creación - Fecha de actualización - Status

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2.2 Claves de acceso

Los registros de la base de datos LISA pueden recuperarse por los campos que hayan sido declarados como clave en la tabla de selección de campos (FST) que se muestra a continuación:

Código Nombre del campo Técnica de

indización Formato de extracción

313 Institución 4 (v313/) 315 Autor 4 (v315/) 317 Idioma 0 (v317/) 318 Tipo de fuente 0 (v318/) 319 Resúmen inglés 4 v319/ 320 Resúmen español 4 v320/ 321 Resúmen portugués 4 v321/ 323 Descriptores 0 (v323/) 325 Descriptor geográfico 0 (v325/) 351 URL 0 v351/ 920 Áreas temáticas 0 (v920/) 999 MFN 0 mfn (8)

Se recomienda leer el Manual de Referencia del CDS/ISIS, sección de 5 Tabla de Definición de Campos.

2.3 Modelo de la hoja de ingreso de información

La hoja de ingreso es la representación del registro de la información. Los campos utilizados en la hoja han sido detallados en la parte 2.1 Tabla de definición de campos y son descritos en la parte 3 del manual.

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Parte 3

Ingreso de datos desde el módulo de administración

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3.1 Instructions for the information entry 3.1.1 On the database administration screen click in Lisa that is within the block

of Definitive Databases.

. 3.1.2 The following screen will appear:

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3.1.3 In order to create a new record, Adding clicks in the button.

• The information entry sheet will appear. • Follow the income instructions for each field. • At the end the income of the record clicks in the "Accept" button. • A message will appear indicating you that the information was recorded.

3.1.4 In order to modify an already created record, first carry out the search for the record.

• There will appear the result that presents on the left side of each record the option to Modify.

• Modifying press click in the option. • Will appear the information entry sheet • Carry out the modifications and at the end click in the "Accept" button. • A message will appear indicating you that the information was modified.

Nota: Las instrucciones para el ingreso se encuentran en “línea”, pulsando click en el número y nombre de cada campo.

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Parte 4

Descripción de campos de la

hoja de ingreso de LISA

A continuación se describe detallada-mente cada campo que conforma el registro. Los campos, según sea el caso, se definen en términos de: • Código del campo • Nombre del campo • Características • Propósito • Instrucciones • Ejemplos

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311 NAME OR TITLE OF THE WEB PAGE 311

Characteristics Compulsory. Replicable. Recoverable. Purpose Register the name assigned to the Web page by the institution or institutions responsible for their existence. Selection It only includes Web pages related to environmental health in Portuguese Spanish, English, and occasionally French and German. Instructions 1. Register the title or name of the Web page exactly as it appears, transcribing

each element. 2. If the Web page lacks title or name, provide a brief and simple, but

explanatory title in accordance with the content. 3. If the Web page was in more than one language, it enters the name of the

page in the different languages, separating every name with the key <ENTER>.

4. If it concerns a site the institutional Web, registers the full name of the

institution, followed by the acronym preceded by space, script, space.

Example The Web page of CEPIS is registered.

311: Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental

Sciences–CEPIS 5. Eliminate the articles that initiate the title.

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6. Use capital letters for the first letter of the first word of the title. Write all the others in very small, except for those words that–by grammatical rules of every language - they should go in capital letters.

7. Write in capital letters the first letter of the significant words of the

institutional names and conferences that appear in the name or title of the Web page.

8. Include subtitle when it is essential in order to give you sense or clarify the

title. The subtitle will be necessary to precede it by a space, two points and a space.

Example

Pan American Health Organization - PAHO: Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization

9. If there existed the another Web with the same name, mark the difference

adding the country, preceded by comma.

Example Business Commitment For the Recycling - CEMPRE, Uruguay Business Commitment For the Recycling - CEMPRE, Brazil

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313 RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTION FOR THE WEB PAGE 313

Characteristics Replicable. Compulsory. Recoverable. Purpose Register the name of the institution or responsible institutions for the existence of the Web page. Selection If the institution responsible for the Web page is the same that the name or title (case of the sites the Web institutional) leaves blank this field. Instructions 1. The name of the institution enter, as it appears in the Web page. 2. Separate each responsible institution with the key <ENTER>. 3. If the name of the institution appears in different languages, use the official

language of the entity. 4. If the responsible institution is an international organization or organization

that operates at regional level, it enters the acronym in Spanish or its form most accepted in English, Portuguese, French or German, in this order of priority.

5. If the responsible institution is a governmental organization as the ministries

or another agency of the Central Government, it settles itself in the following order: name of the country followed by point and space and name of the ministry or of the greater agency.

Example

Peru. Ministry of Health

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6. If the responsible institution is a direction, division, or department of the ministries register, fallingly, in the following order: name of the country followed by point and a blank space; name of the ministry followed by point and a space; and name of the dependency.

Example

Peru. Ministry of health. General Environmental Health Directorate

7. If the responsible institution is an independent governmental or autonomous

agency it registers directly by the name of the agency and not by its acronym.

Example

Environmental Protection Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration

8. If the responsible institution is at state level in countries of federal

organization as Brazil, the United States, Mexico and of autonomous provinces as the case of Argentina, there are registered in the following order: the name of the state followed by point and space and the name of the agency.

Example

Rio de Janeiro. Superintendência State of Río and Lagõas

9. If the responsible institution is a university, register directly by the name of

the university. The sections are allocated below, after point and space.

Example

University of Texas. Center for Research in Water Resources 10. If the responsible institution is a company, company, or private industry, it

registers in the same form that appears in the Web page, including the abbreviations that determine the type of company.

Example

Gitec Consult Andrade and S.R.L `Hipbone`.

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315 AUTHOR OR INTELLECTUAL RESPONSIBLE 315

Characteristics Replicable Purpose Register the names of those responsible for the intellectual content (personal or institutional authors) of the Web page. Selection Information enter in this field, only if the author is different from the responsible institution entered to field 311. Instructions 1. If there was more than one author, separate them with the key <ENTER>.

Example

Ferreira, Patricia<ENTER> Devout, Luis<ENTER>

2. For the personal authors, first enters the surnames, followed by comma and below the names. In case it cannot ascertain the full name, only allocates the initial; separate each initial with a point and without space among them.

3. Do not include the range or title indicators as: priest jesuit, general professor,

engineer, doctor, etc. 4. When they appear authors with two surnames, it is recommended following

the specifications that are detailed below:

Spanish, French, or Italians: They are cited by the first surname followed by the the second and then the name.

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Example Antonio Granda Ibarra (Spanish)is entered Granda Ibarra, Antonio Jean Brasseur Laroche (French) is entered Brasseur Laroche, Jean Enrico Rovere Massarini (Italian) is entered Rovere Massarini, Enrico

English and Portuguese: They use the paternal surname after the maternal surname. In this case the paternal surname followed by comma, the name, and the maternal surname is noted first. Do not consider the nobiliarios titles as neither the indications of family relationships. Exception: Surnames that are united by script, concern as a single surname. Examples John Stuart Mills (English)is entered Mills, John Stuart Maria Lucia Poubel Bastos (Portuguese) is entered Bastos, Maria Lucia Poubel Peter Bayne-Jones (with script) is entered Bayne-Jones, Peter João Oliveira Fonseca Filho (Portuguese) is entered Fonseca, João Oliveira

Surnames with prefix: There are considered part of the surname and they are placed before. Examples Julio A’Brotis entered A’Brot, July O’Connell, Jeffrey se ingresa O’Connell Jeffrey Mc Junkin, Frederick A. s and enters Mc Junkin, Frederick A. Eduardo San Cristobal is entered Saint Kitts, Eduardo

Surnames with preposition, article, or contraction They are postponed and followed to you the name. Exceptions: Articulated prefixes and French surname articles (Du, Gives, You, The, You) Italian surname articles (The, You, L’,ll, Gli, It)

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Examples Antonio de Musset is entered Musset, Antonio of José Luis de la Cruz is entered Cruz, José Luis of the Gianfranco Degli Alberti se ingresa Alberti, Gianfranco Degli Alexander von Humboldt is entered Humboldt, Alexander von Tjiers go Andel is entered Andel, Tjiers go Jean You Bean (article of French surname) is entered You Bean, Jean Phillipe Du Barey (articulated prefix of French surname) is entered Du

Barey, Phillipe Enzo The Savio (article of Italian surname) is entered The Savio, Enzo

• Chinese surnames As the Chinese authors who are entered they come from Anglo-Saxon countries, these appear as the Anglo-Saxon surnames. Examples Tai-Chien Chen se ingresa Chen, Tai-Chen Hsi Fan Fu se ingresa Fu, Hsi Fan

• Surnames of married women They are entered according to figure in the Web page. Examples Luisa Hastings de Gutiérrez is entered Hastings of Gutiérrez, Luisa

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317 LANGUAGE 317

Characteristics Compulsory. Replicable. Index. Purpose Register the language or languages in which the Web page is written. Instructions 1. Select the language clicking the left button of the mouse. 2. If the Web page was in more than one language, select them pressing the

key <CTRL> and the left button of the mouse.

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318 TYPE OF SOURCE OF INFORMATION 318

Characteristics Compulsory. Replicable. Index. Recoverable. Purpose Identify the type of source of information on the Web page. It is assigned from the index that is presented in the income sheet. Instructions 1. Select the source of information clicking the left button of the mouse. 2. If the Web page has more than one type of source of information, select them

pressing the key <CTRL> and the left button of the mouse. Type of sources of information: Below a brief description of the type of sources of information is presented: Image bank

Set of images related with a single thematic fund; for example, poisonous plants. They are published in a single place and are organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that are stored in computer.

Database--bibliographic

List of works, documents and/or bibliographic parts that usually bear a relation among them; for example, a given author, a given subject or that have been published in the same place and that is organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that is stored in computer.

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Factual database– Set of temporary events that for the most part are no longer widely accepted with great speed, example: news, information on events, organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that is stored in computer

Numerical database–in environment

Set of numerical and/or statistical referring data to permissible limits, contamination indicators, sectoral analysis, information on environmental sanitation, and other subjects concerning the environment, organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that is stored in computer.

Numerical database–in health Set of numerical and/or statistical referring data to epidemiology, human resources, financial and material and mortality, social and economic indicators and other subjects concerning the public health, organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that is stored in computer

Database–chemical substances

Set of elements or chemical compounds, organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that is stored in computer.

Database–genetic sequences

Set of chains of genes (specific sequences of nucleotides, throughout a molecule of DNA, that represent the functional units of hereditariedad), organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that is stored in computer.

Terminologic database–

Set of terms, expressions, designations, or symbols used in a given science, discipline, or an area of specialized matter, organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that is stored in computer.

Database–full text

Set of works, monographs, or comprehensive tests, organized in fields of data and standardized formats, that is stored in computer.

Bibliography

List of works, documents and/or bibliographic parts that usually bear a relation among them; for example, a given author, a given subject or that have been published in the same place. They differ from a catalog in which its content is not limited to the funds of a single collection, library, or groups of these.

Virtual library

Base distributed of the scientific and technical knowledge, organized and stored in electronic formats, accessible universally by the Internet,

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compatibly with the international bases. The virtual library is a library that is satisfied in a virtual space and that permits the production and operation decentralized of sources of information and operates in quality control and evaluation of the sources.

Information centers

Independent organization or administrative unit of this that normally, compiles, organizes, stores, retrieves, and distributes documents and offers information services, such as searches in databases, access to documents in role or in electronic format, selective dissemination of information by computer, etc.

Congresses, seminars, meetings

Set of information on those events, such as address, dates, registration, subjects, prices, etc.

Graduate courses

Set of information on courses directed to university graduates who want to intensify its knowledge of a given matter.

Courses in college

Set of information on courses directed to university students who have not obtained any academic grade.

Data and epidemiological maps

Set of information concerning causes, incidence, and frequency of diseases, endemic and epidemic manifestations and concerning morbidity, mortality and other aspects of epidemiology.

Directory–sources of information

List of documents, people, organizations, institutions, sites the Web, databases, journals, newspapers, books, organized in fields of data with complete information of mail, address on the Internet and responsible people.

Institutional directory–

List of institutions systematically ordered and organized in fields of data with complete information from address of mail, address of Internet and responsible people.

Personal directory–

List of people systematically ordered and organized in fields of data with complete information from address of mail, address on the Internet and institutional connection.

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Directory–projects List of projects ordered systematically, organized in fields of data with

complete information and appearing titles, responsible people, institutions, and/or involved countries (in case of technical cooperation), general and specific objectives, involved technical body and dates established with respect to the related projects.

Distance learning

Utilization of the technologies of communication and of computation to unite professor and student and to transmit contents that permit the professional or specialist to maintain, to develop or to increase its technical knowledge, abilities and professional performance.

Economic indicators

Measures of financial resources utilized or available for the programs for support for the decision of health.

Health indicators

Measures of the level of health of a given population, using several data that include morbidity, mortality and resources (humans, financial and material) health available.

Legislation

Official documents that there contain the texts of laws, decrees, standards, rules, provisions, resolutions, determinations and others of regulation character.

Lists of discussion

Environment of discussion comprehensively developed on the Internet, on a matter or specialty that requires previous registration, existence of mediator and/or responsible institution.

News

Documents that have the function to communicate and inform a given event or of one given new development.

Questions frequently made - FAQ

(frequently Asked Questions) Documents that contain a list with the questions and most frequent answers made the people on a given matter and that have the objective of clarifying on some subject, complementing a training or to support in the use of a system or information service.

University Doctoral Programs Information on the different programs that offer the universities, so that the graduate can obtain a doctorate.

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University Degree Programs Information on the different programs that offer the universities, with the end that the graduate can obtain a degree.

University Master’s Degree Programs Information on programs given in universities, with the end that the graduate can obtain a master’s degree.

Electronic publications–annals of congresses

Documents published in digital means or in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous available formats (doc, pdf, htm, html or others) that are resulting from seminars, meetings, congresses, or other events related to a subject and/or to a group of specialists and/or professionals.

Electronic publications–articles of journal

Articles published in digital means or in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous available formats (doc, pdf, htm, html or others) that appear in periodicals.

Electronic publications–diaries and newspapers Electronic publications that appear every day in digital means or in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous available formats (doc, pdf, htm, html or others) whose objective is to maintain reported to its readers on the events of every day throughout the world.

Electronic publications–hypertexts

Documents published in digital means or in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous available formats (doc, pdf, htm, html or others), that contain hiperlinks that permit the query to the information on a non-sequential form.

Electronic publications–educational materials

Material of dissemination in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous available formats (doc, pdf, html or others) that offer guidelines and essential instructions, usually of methodical character with respect to a given subject and directed to different audiences.

Electronic publications–monograph

Documents, bibliographic parts or treated systematic and complete concerning a given subject, published in digital means (diskette and CD-ROM) or in the Internet in one of the several available formats (doc, pdf, htm, html or others).

Electronic publications–multimedia

Documents published in digital means or in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous available formats (doc, pdf, htm, html or others) that contain the combination of text, images, sounds, and animations.

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Electronic publications–news

Bulletins published in digital means or in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous available formats (doc, pdf, htm, html or others) designed to report on the events within an association or group of people with a common interest and that are of ephemeral character.

Electronic publications–journal

Periodicals published in digital means or in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous formats available (doc, pdf, htm, html or others).

Electronic publications–thesis

Documents published in digital means or in the Internet in one of the miscellaneous available formats (doc, pdf, htm, html or others) that are resulting from graduate-level programs.

Services–selective dissemination of information

Permanent updating service. Service facilitated by a library or another office of information by the one which the appearance of new publications, reports, or other sources of information communicates periodically to the users on matters, especially interesting for them.

Services–supply of copies of documents

Service provided by one public or private institution, usually a library or information center, of provision of copies of documents in printed or electronic form, through request.

Sites Web–institutional

Site of the Word Wide Web (WWW) that is maintained by a public institution, private or nongovernmental.

Sites Web–personnel

Site of the World Wide Web (WWW) that is maintained by one or more people and does not have linkage with institutions.

Virtual university

Learning environment to give knowledge through the use of the computation technologies and telecommunication in the distance learning.

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319 SUMMARY 319 320 SPANISH, ENGLISH, AND PORTUGUESE 320 321 321

Characteristics Compulsory. Recoverable. Purpose Describe the Web page in order to give sufficient information and make it possible for the user to determine if the page is to you relevant for its total query. Instructions 1. Elect the field indicated in accordance with the language in which the

summary will be prepared: 319: summary in English 320: summary in Spanish 321: summary in Portuguese

2. Before preparing the summary, the Web page should be reviewed carefully. 3. Describe the content of the Web page briefly and generally not only with

regard to the addressed subjects, but also the mention of the sections that this gives and to who is directed.

4. Prepare a summary of an average of 250 words. 5. There should not be qualified nor done some type of subjective criticism of

the Web page.

Example

Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory http://www.webdirectory.com

Directory on organizations specialized in the environment. It is found organized by issues as: energy, water, agriculture, disasters, sustainable development, and environmental pollution. In the section of environmental pollution (http://www.webdirectory.com/Pollution/) we can find material on

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pollution of air indoor, noise pollution, etc. For each section of the page it permits the access to information on conferences, news, databases, and electronic journals. Below a useful word relation is presented for the summary preparation:

Useful words for the summary preparation

Encompasses Delimits Indicates Addresses Outlines Reports Clarifies Demonstrates Insists Advises Develops Attempts Affirms Describes Investigates Alert Discovers Involves Expands Sets Boundaries Limits Analyzes Points out Is noteworthy Notes Details Sample Announces Determines Denies Approves Difference Observes Argues Discusses Offers Assumes Designs Organizes Gives Distinguishes Orients Search Divides Prepares Calculates Prepares Presents Characterizes Emphasizes Proclamation Centers Encompasses Proposes Classifies Lists Provides Comments States Recommends Compares Establishes Recognizes Sums up Esteem Refers Includes Evaluates Strengthens Communicates Examines Registers Concentrates Explains Relieves Concludes Explores Remarks Condenses Exposes Emphasizes Confirms Expresses Outline Considers Facilitates Reveals Builds Guarantees Reviews Contains Generalizes Selects Creates Guide Points out Criticizes Does Simplifies Covers Emphasizes Synthesizes Questions Identifies Sustains Gives Illustrates Underlines Defends Implies Suggests Defines Includes Implies

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323 DESCRIPTORS 323

Characteristics Compulsory. Replicable. Recoverable. Purpose Register the descriptors extracted from the Thesaurus of Sanitary Engineering of REPIDISCA that reflect the thematic content of the Web page that is being analyzed. Instructions 1. Register all the descriptors necessary for the description of the thematic

content of the Web page. Separate each descriptor occurrence with a <ENTER>.

2. Register the descriptors with upper case and lower case letters. 3. Verify that the descriptor is included in the Thesaurus of Sanitary Engineering

of REPIDISCA.

Example 311: Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental

Sciences–CEPIS. 323: Engineering sanitaria<ENTER>

Engineering ambiental<ENTER> Environmental health

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325 GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTORS 325

Characteristics Replicable. Recoverable. Purpose Register the countries or regions to which the Web page refers in order to represent the thematic content from the geographical standpoint. Instructions 1. Register the countries or regions completely. Separate each occurrence of

geographical descriptor with a <ENTER>. 2. For the cases of countries, select a maximum of five. If the Web page refers

to more than five countries, select the geographical region where are located. 3. Register the geographical descriptors with upper case and lower case. 4. The country or region always goes in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, in

this priority order.

Examples

- The Web page of the Pan American Health Organization, to be a regional agency of Latin America and the Caribbean, will be entered in the geographical descriptor field:

Latin America <ENTER> The Caribbean

- The Web page of the General Environmental Health Directorate of the Ministry

of Health of Peru in the geographical descriptor field will be entered:

Peru

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351 LIAISON or URL 351

Characteristics Compulsory. Purpose Register the electronic address of the Web page for its access by Internet. Instructions 1. Register the electronic address of the Web page completely and be careful not

to obviate or change no word or letter.

Example

- The electronic or URL address of the Web page of CEPIS:

http:/www.cepis.ops-oms.org

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920 ÁDEFENDANTS SUBJECT MATTERS 920

Characteristics Compulsory. Replicable. Index. Recoverable. Purpose Register the thematic content of the Web page that determines the area of work of the Web of CEPIS. It is assigned from the index that is presented in the income sheet. Instructions 1. Select all the issues necessary for determining the Web pages of the different

areas of work of the Web page of CEPIS. Select clicking the left button of the mouse.

2. If the Web page has more than one issue, select them pressing the key

<CTRL> and the left button of the mouse. 3. See the auxiliary specialty table.

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Auxiliary Specialty Table

920 SUBJECTS AP `Primary environmental care` AR Wastewater ACE Drinking water and sanitation/Analysis Sectoral AU Urban agriculture CG Supply/ quality of the water CI Air quality CS Health districts CU. Soil contamination GIVES

Inter-American Water Day

DC Commemorative days OF Disasters GAVE Institutional Development EA Epidemiology EI Industrial effluents IA Environmental impact assessment GO Information and documentation THE Laboratory LC Laboratory - accreditation LW Environmental legislation MY Ministries (Environmental Health Units) MS Modernization of the sector NA Child Health and environment OT Other areas PC Citizen participation PD Pesticides of domestic use PI Indigenous populations PL Pesticides RE Repamar

RG Water resource management RH Water resources/ Contamination PR Hazardous residues

RS Solid waste INC. Environmental health/ generalities SP Public Health ST Workers’ health ITS Urban sanitation SV `Health in Housing` TA Toxicology TP Appropriate technology TR Water treatment

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Parte 5

Presentación

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Information Localizer Database Objectives Know the comprehensive existence of other sources of information on the Internet, related to the area of environmental health. Access - From the module of administration. - It has a basis of Control, in which initially the data register. - After quality control it can be "published" the records and to pass automatically to

the definitive basis. - There exists a sheet of income for visitors that makes it possible that the users of

Internet feed the basis of control. Data recording - Follow the instructions of the manual. - It requires permanent checkup, some sites change route. - The income is easy and user-friendly. - It includes interactive instructions of the fields to enter. - Some webs can have several records, depending on the contents technical of

every site. - Some fields are designed to be selected automatically. - The summary is very important. - The system alerts when it has not been entered a compulsory field. - It permits immediate verification. - It has options in order to edit, duplicate, and delete records. - Through the thematic code it makes it possible to filter the information for the portal ones. - Use the thesaurus. Search and Recovery of the information Modality selection: By language and by type of source and by key words. Modality key in: By responsible institution for the Web page, author, source of information, word in the summary, liaison, or URL.

Products Selection and printing out of the search results.

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Parte 6:

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Exercise Nø 1

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Solution to the Nø exercise 1

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Continuation of the solution to the Exercise N°1

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Exercise Nø 2

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Solution to the Nø exercise 2

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Continuation of the solution to the Exercise N°2

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Exercise Nø 3

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Solution to the exercise No. 3

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Continuation of the solution to the Exercise N°3