Virtual Information on Health:Virtual Information on Health: Roles of Librarians Roles of Librarians

and Information Professionalsand Information Professionals

Presented byPresented by

Arglenda FridayArglenda Friday

Brasilia, BrazilBrasilia, Brazil March 2007March 2007

Primary Roles of LibrariansPrimary Roles of Librarians

Collection development/managementCollection development/management Knowledge and resource sharingKnowledge and resource sharing Provide access and dissemination of informationProvide access and dissemination of information Education and literacy promotionEducation and literacy promotion Participate in medical informatics & researchParticipate in medical informatics & research Improve services through better licensing Improve services through better licensing

agreementsagreements Advocacy and outreachAdvocacy and outreach Evaluate virtual resourcesEvaluate virtual resources Coordinate global cooperativesCoordinate global cooperatives

Key Issues for ConsiderationKey Issues for Consideration

Target audiencesTarget audiences• Types, needs, wants, and literacy levelsTypes, needs, wants, and literacy levels

Information-cost, accessInformation-cost, access Resources by provider typeResources by provider type Virtual resourcesVirtual resources

• Databases and search enginesDatabases and search engines• Evaluation and reliabilityEvaluation and reliability

Target AudiencesTarget Audiences

Health care professionalsHealth care professionals• Doctors, nurses, lay workersDoctors, nurses, lay workers

Researchers and statisticiansResearchers and statisticians Health agencies and organizationsHealth agencies and organizations

• Governmental, public, privateGovernmental, public, private Teaching hospitals, clinics, educators & Teaching hospitals, clinics, educators &

educational institutionseducational institutions Commercial vendors and producersCommercial vendors and producers Consumers and patientsConsumers and patients

Producers & Providers of Producers & Providers of Resources & InformationResources & Information

International organizationsInternational organizations Governmental organizations and agenciesGovernmental organizations and agencies Educational institutionsEducational institutions Hospitals and clinicsHospitals and clinics Commercial producersCommercial producers Content providers-consumer health infoContent providers-consumer health info Others—databases, search enginesOthers—databases, search engines Types of informationTypes of information

• Instructional, educational, statisticalInstructional, educational, statistical

International OrganizationsInternational Organizations

World Health OrganizationsWorld Health Organizations• Weekly epidemiological recordWeekly epidemiological record• Global health statisticsGlobal health statistics

United NationsUnited Nations• UNESCO-HIV/AIDS Education ClearinghouseUNESCO-HIV/AIDS Education Clearinghouse• InfonationInfonation

International Society for Infectious International Society for Infectious Diseases (ProMEDmail.org)Diseases (ProMEDmail.org)

Pan American Health Organization Pan American Health Organization • Virtual health libraryVirtual health library

Governmental Resources Governmental Resources

U.S. National Library of Medicine U.S. National Library of Medicine • Medline Plus, PubMEDMedline Plus, PubMED• Toxnet (toxicology literature)Toxnet (toxicology literature)• FreeShare (Docline-document delivery)FreeShare (Docline-document delivery)

U.S. Dept of Health & Human ServicesU.S. Dept of Health & Human Services• National Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of Health• National Guideline Clearinghouse-National Guideline Clearinghouse-

www.guideline.govwww.guideline.gov Centers for Disease Control (CDC)Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Special Units-Cancer.govSpecial Units-Cancer.gov

Educational ResourcesEducational Resources

Virtual Education-BerkeleyVirtual Education-Berkeley• http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/

releases/2006/09/26_google.shtmlreleases/2006/09/26_google.shtml University of Michigan Health SystemUniversity of Michigan Health System

• http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/pa/pa_index.htm; govdocs-statisticspa_index.htm; govdocs-statistics

Competencies, Continuing Ed-PAHOCompetencies, Continuing Ed-PAHO Health Info TranslationsHealth Info Translations Videos-healthyroadsmedia.orgVideos-healthyroadsmedia.org

Hospital ResourcesHospital Resources St. Jude’s Research Hospital-(stjudes.org)St. Jude’s Research Hospital-(stjudes.org)

• disease summary fact sheetsdisease summary fact sheets Planetree.org (nonprofit)Planetree.org (nonprofit) Cleveland Clinic (healthshare)Cleveland Clinic (healthshare) Kaiser Permanente (health advice)Kaiser Permanente (health advice) Clarion North Hospital (IN)-Krames Online Clarion North Hospital (IN)-Krames Online

• http://www.clarian.kramesonline.com/http://www.clarian.kramesonline.com/ Lowell GeneralLowell General

• http://http://www.lowellgeneral.org/library/weblib/periodicalwww.lowellgeneral.org/library/weblib/periodicals.htms.htm

Mayo Clinic-MayoClinic.comMayo Clinic-MayoClinic.com

Commercial Resources: VendorsCommercial Resources: Vendors

Organizations/producersOrganizations/producers• WebMD & WebMD-eMedicine.comWebMD & WebMD-eMedicine.com• Elsevier-Mosby’s Nursing productsElsevier-Mosby’s Nursing products• MD Consult with First ConsultMD Consult with First Consult

VideosVideos• New MediaNew Media

http:http:////www.newmediamedicine.comwww.newmediamedicine.com/videos//videos/• Instructional and educationalInstructional and educational• YouTube, Google VideoYouTube, Google Video

Special groups-Teens (Rosen Publishing)Special groups-Teens (Rosen Publishing)• http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/

Commercial Resources:Commercial Resources:Content ProvidersContent Providers

Greystone.net-Internet servicesGreystone.net-Internet services A.D.A.M. (adam.com)A.D.A.M. (adam.com) Health AdvisorHealth Advisor

• http://www.parknicollet.com/http://www.parknicollet.com/healthadvisor/healthadvisor/

HealthVision.comHealthVision.com Healthwise.org (knowledgbase)Healthwise.org (knowledgbase) Lexi.com-Lexi.com-

(www.diseasesexplained.com)(www.diseasesexplained.com)

Commercial Resources:Commercial Resources:Database ProvidersDatabase Providers

Full-text database producersFull-text database producers• ElsevierElsevier• EBSCO EBSCO • OVID OVID • Thomson GaleThomson Gale

Free Internet article sourcesFree Internet article sources• WebMDWebMD

Commercial Resources: Internet Commercial Resources: Internet Search ToolsSearch Tools

Search Engines—Google, Yahoo, Ask.comSearch Engines—Google, Yahoo, Ask.com• http://searchenginewatch.comhttp://searchenginewatch.com

Metasearch engine & directory listMetasearch engine & directory list• http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?

page=2156221page=2156221 Metacrawlers & metasearch engines-Vivisimo, Metacrawlers & metasearch engines-Vivisimo,

DogpileDogpile• http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?

page=2156241page=2156241 All-in-one search pages (multisearch)All-in-one search pages (multisearch)

• http://www.biorgul.comhttp://www.biorgul.com Deep Web-Google Scholar, Complete Planet, etc.Deep Web-Google Scholar, Complete Planet, etc.

• http://turbo10.comhttp://turbo10.com

Commercial Resources: Internet Commercial Resources: Internet Useful Subject DirectoriesUseful Subject Directories

Librarians’ Internet Index (lii.org)Librarians’ Internet Index (lii.org) WWW Virtual Library (http://vlib.org) WWW Virtual Library (http://vlib.org) Webmasterworld.com (Brazil, S.A.)Webmasterworld.com (Brazil, S.A.) Google (directory.google.com)Google (directory.google.com) Yahoo (dir.yahoo.com)Yahoo (dir.yahoo.com) Infomine (infomine.ucr.edu)Infomine (infomine.ucr.edu) Academic-Info (academicinfo.net)Academic-Info (academicinfo.net)Source: Source: Infopeople ProjectInfopeople Project

Evaluation Criteria of Evaluation Criteria of Virtual Health InformationVirtual Health Information

Sponsorship-gov, edu, org, comSponsorship-gov, edu, org, com Authorship-credentialsAuthorship-credentials Currency-Update frequency, clearly visibleCurrency-Update frequency, clearly visible Purpose-”about us” sectionPurpose-”about us” section Coverage-depth, scope, contentCoverage-depth, scope, content Navigability-ease of use, user friendlyNavigability-ease of use, user friendly Factual information and accuracyFactual information and accuracy Certification Code (Health on the Net-HON)Certification Code (Health on the Net-HON) Accreditation-URAC (Utilization Review)Accreditation-URAC (Utilization Review) Audience-consumer or professionalAudience-consumer or professional Literacy level-consumer or professionalLiteracy level-consumer or professional

Organizations & CommunitiesOrganizations & Communities Professional organizationsProfessional organizations

• Pan American Health Organization-virtual libraryPan American Health Organization-virtual library Consumer groupsConsumer groups

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organizations/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organizations/all_organizations.htmlall_organizations.html

• HealthWise.netHealthWise.net Professional associationsProfessional associations

• Physicians-http://www.familydoctor.orgPhysicians-http://www.familydoctor.org• Librarians-MLA, MLA-AHIP, AAHSL, CAPHIS, ALALibrarians-MLA, MLA-AHIP, AAHSL, CAPHIS, ALA

Listservs and discussion groupsListservs and discussion groups• MedLIBMedLIB

AssociationsAssociations• Sites for doctors, students, librariansSites for doctors, students, librarians

Other ResourcesOther Resources Medical blogs-google, bloglinesMedical blogs-google, bloglines Podcasts-Posdcasting NewsPodcasts-Posdcasting News Foundations-Health on the Net (HON), AIDS, etc.Foundations-Health on the Net (HON), AIDS, etc. Metasites-statisticsMetasites-statistics Groups-Groups-

• Yahoo-Health and wellness, Net-GoldYahoo-Health and wellness, Net-Gold• Google Google

Personal digital assistant (PDA) reference Personal digital assistant (PDA) reference resourcesresources

ChatroomsChatrooms Individuals-”mediconline” by RekhrajIndividuals-”mediconline” by Rekhraj

Free Resources-ArticlesFree Resources-Articles

PubMed CentralPubMed Central• http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov

Biomed Central (open access)Biomed Central (open access)• http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journalshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals

DOAJ-Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ-Directory of Open Access Journals• http://www.doaj.org http://www.doaj.org

FindArticlesFindArticles• http://highwire.stanford.edu http://highwire.stanford.edu