Tele Information Discovery 20091217 Rev2

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Tele-Information Discovery: Google and Beyond

Information Services and Resources in Support of Telemedicine Programs

Jacqueline Donaldson Doyle, MS

Learning Objectives1. Become a Power Googler

– Identify best available online resources» Databases & Collections» General and Specific Websites

2. Learn to evaluate online resources 3. Learn to use PubMed, the international database

of medicine, aka Medline

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Let’s first talk about

Google now suggests!

Commercial info providers

Personalizing Google

Personalizing Google, cont.

Personalizing Google, cont.

Power Googling

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Do you work to narrow or focus your search?

Refining your search

Narrowing & Widening your Google Search

• Try using an “exact phrase”• Use OR to widen your search • Ask Google to – Omit (-) a word/phrase – Search a certain language or file format– Narrow to a period of time – Search specific domain types (i.e. .org)

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Why use quotes?• Remember… In basic search, you can specify when you want

exact phrases to be searched by putting quotes around your sentence/phrase.

• (i.e. “West Virginia”) Without quotes you could get results like this: The sun was setting in the west and my wife, Virginia, was by my side.

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Google Scholar

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Scholar Preferences

Google Preferences, cont.

Diving deeper into Google

• Images• Blogs• Reader• iGoogle• Scholar

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http://www.google.com/intl/en/options

Now, run a Google Search…

• Telemedicine and its use in the delivery of health care

• Hospital based telemedicine• Medical School-based telemedicine• Telemedicine in pathology or dermatology or

radiology or [your choice]

Select 1 or 2 and describe…

• How many you retrieved• What were its titles• Who sponsors the pages • What were the URLs• If published, where was it published– What is the name of the book or journal

• Who are its authors• Is its date of creation or posting noted

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More (good) online resources…

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Online Health & Medicine Sites

• www.pubmed.gov -- MEDLINE/Pubmed• www.medlineplus.gov -- Consumer Health• www.azgolocal.org – state-oriented health info• www.azhealthinfo.org- state-oriented health info• www.webmd.com – commercial health info• www.nia.nih.gov -- Natl Inst on Aging• www.aarp.org -- AARP• www.cdc.gov -- CDC

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Online Health & Medicine Sites, cont.

• http://www.ama-assn.org--AMA• http//familydoctor.org--AAFP• www.Healthfinder.gov -- DHHS• http://www.mayoclinic.com--Mayo• www.KidsHeath.org--Peds• http://www.4woman.gov --Women’s Health • http://www.noah-health.org-- NY State• http://caphis.mlanet.org--Med –Med Lib Assn

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Find libraries here

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Evaluating Websites

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Authority

•Trustworthiness

• Reliability

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Guidelines to determine website authority:

• Who is the sponsor? Provide insight on the credibility of information published on the site.

• How current is it? Should be updated frequently; as health information changes constantly.

• Opinion? Or facts? If facts, can be verified from a primary information source.

• Target audience? Should clearly state whether the information is intended for the consumer or the health professional

• Official site? Blog?

http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html

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Evaluating Health Websites

• http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html

• http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html

• http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/• http://www.ehow.com/how_2063513_evalu

ate-medical-websites.html• http://www.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy2.library.ariz

ona.edu/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html

Misperceptions of libraries…

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Book centric…

Mean, shhing librarian…

Quiet and uncomfortable…

21st Century Libraries

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Technology driven…

Social/collaborative space…

Quality info available online…

Comfortable and inviting…

Student centered…

PubMed (MEDLINE)

• Over 16 million references, back to 1949• 5,200 journals, 37 languages • Between 2,000 and 4,000 refs are added every day• Increasingly includes links to full-text• Access is free; full text is not• Create your MYNCBI account first!

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Register for your MyNCBI Account here…

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Create your MyNCBI Account

Set Filters and Icons

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Select Preferences

PubMed Preferences

Use your MyNCBI Account

MeSH Searching

Search Results

Find 1, then related…

Click on Advanced Search

Health Care Reform, 2009, English, Full Text

AHSL-Phoenix URL: http://ahslphoenix.wordpress.com/

Now try a PubMed Search

• Use your MyNCBI account• Try general and advanced search features and

compare results• Save your search—you can then receive

automatic results via email• Tweak your preferences as needed

Review our Learning Objectives

1. Become a Power Googler2. Learn to evaluate online resources 3. Learn to use PubMed, the international database

of medicine

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“Homework”

• Create your accounts in PubMed and Google (Slide #6 and #32)

• Run 2 or 3 searches—in either or both (#16-17)• Consider setting up a “Saved Search” in PubMed• Take a few minutes to evaluate a website or two

(#27)• Reflect on your past and now improved searching

experience• Email with questions: jddoyle@email.arizona.edu

I hope you…

• Learned some effective Google Tricks• Set up your personal accounts in Google and

PubMed• Learned some useful PubMed Tricks• Feel confident that you can evaluate the true

value of a web-based resource• Have identified a nearby library for use and

networking

Jacqueline Donaldson Doyle, MS,AHIP, FMLAjddoyle@email.arizona.edu

602-827-2031

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