NLM & Wikipedia: Finding & choosing info online or at the National Library of Medicine

Hilda BastianWikiProject Medicine Edit-a-Thon withNational Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)US National Library of Medicine (NLM)National Institutes of Health, Bethesda28 and 30 May 2013

Finding & choosinginfo online or at theNational Library of Medicine

Disclaimer

This talk and these slides represent the work and opinions of the presenter, and do not constitute official positions of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), the US National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Guidelines for participating in Wikipedia from NIH (link)

“Galleries, Libraries,Archives, Museums”:some shared interests

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Shared interest: neutral, accurate info about NIH

Making medical info in Wikipedia as good as it can be

Recent evaluations* of Wikipedia’s content show it’s:

Fairly comprehensive Fairly reliable Hard to read Weaker in some topic areas than others As with other comparable encyclopedias, not as evidence-

based as you’d like it to be**

So let’s roll up our sleeves!

* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?linkname=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=23432369

** http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19209572

Evidence-based enough?

Information that: Systematically aimed to minimize bias in finding and

interpreting information Relies on research that also minimizes bias – systematic

reviews whenever possible Keeps up-to-date

Learn more here

www.pubmed.gov/health

PubMed Health

Aims to: Help people find systematic reviews Understand what they find

Curates: Systematic reviews + quality assessments of them Information based on systematic reviews Educational materials

Learn more: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd11/nd11_pm_health.html

Systematic reviews at NLM

Systematic reviews of intervention at PubMed Health –

plus results of simultaneous search of PubMed filter

Learn about finding systematic reviews on any type of health question here: (link)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/finding-systematic-reviews/

Keep up with new research & learn more

PubMed Health systematic reviews & other info here (link):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/new/

Learn to use MyNCBI for keeping up with other PubMed searches (link):

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88E9E5EA3BECE0D7

More YouTube tutorials at NCBINLM channel (link):

http://www.youtube.com/user/NCBINLM/videos?view=1

Getting full text articles

Look for PMC, “free full article”, or click on publisher logo in PubMed (see YouTube tutorial on how, with extra tips)

Search for full exact title on Google – may be on university website

Look up publisher website in NLM catalog (click on journal name) and try there

Try your local library

Get an NLM library card and come to the Reading Room (link):

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/ref/guide/rrhome.html

Using PubMed Health for Wikipedia pages (1)

Using PubMed Health for Wikipedia pages (2)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0014360/

Neither reference is a

systematic review

Thanks!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth (link)

Twitter: @PubMedHealth (link)

https://www.facebook.com/PubMedHealth (link)

Google+ (link)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/blog/ (link)

We look forward to workingwith you!