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The advent of Internet has opened new vistas of wisdom and knowledge for the society and has affected each and every aspect of our lives.
Today Internet has become part our lives and is being used extensively by academicians, Scientists, Research Scholars and health care professionals etc. to access useful information.
Online health information is available so much on the net that there is an urgent need of educating users about its usages.
Internet offers access to enormous health information sources like e-Journals, e-books, technical reports, Softwares, databases, access to multi-media information so on and so fourth.
Millions of resources and databases are available that can be accessed and searched by the students, Research Scholars and health care professionals.
But it is unfortunate that our students are still unaware of these useful resources that are available on the net which can be accessed across the globe.
Internet has brought certain new challenges & opportunities for the users, knowledge managers and the library professionals.
It has changed the way we access & use information. It has brought significant changes not only for librarians but also for the health care professionals.
The knowledge explosion and financial crunch has affected the Health Science Libraries the most. The traditional librarians can not cater to the increasing needs of the users. They have to find out certain ways to cope with this problem.
One of the best way to deal with this problem is the application of Internet and access web resources/On- line health resources.
The objective of this presentation is to empower our knowledge community ,students and other professionals to access vast pool of information that can be accessed & used with the help of various Internet Access Tools.
Internet Access Tools means Search Engines/Meta Search Engines e.g. Google Search, Yahoo Search, Google Scholar, Pub Med, MSN etc.
With this aim in mind we have prepared this presentation regarding how to access e-journals/e-books and other useful information accurately and effectively .The early we start, the early we benefit.
The growth of electronic resources, 2000 - 2008
• e-books: from 0 in 2000 to 1,573,051 in 2008
Grow th of ER
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Ejournals (titles)
Ebooks
Databases
80% of online adults have ever looked for health information online
54% use search engines when looking for health information online.
20% go to a health specific web site.
11% of web sites from one search are in top ten of another search engines
69% of users do not discuss information from the web with a clinician
Source: Pew, Harris Interactive, 2003
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20%
69%
11%
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looked
Search
Engines
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Websites
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search
engines
Google, 56.4
Pub Med, 8.7
Scholar , 3.7
Yahoo, 3.4
MSN, 0.6
Others , 25.1
Usage in %
Pub Med
Google Scholar
Yahoo
MSN
Others
Internet Resources for health information can be divided into two broader categories:
A. General Health Resources
B. Specific Health Resources
Bibliographic Databases, and Trials Databases
Conferences
Dictionaries and Glossaries
Disease Classifications
Email Lists
Evidence Based Medicine
Fulltext E-Books
Full text E-journals
Full text E-Newsletters, Reviews and Fact Sheets
Health News
Health Organizations
Health Research Resources
Health Statistics
Image Collections
Medical Education and Clinical Skills
Medical Informatics,Telemedicine & E-Health
Search Engines
World Health Organization
Anesthesiology
Basic Sciences
Cardiovascular Diseases
Dental Health
Dermatology
Diabetes
Emergency Medicine and Trauma
Environmental Health
Eye Health
Gastroenterology
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Oncology
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat)
Pediatrics
Pharmacology and Prescribing
Poisoning and Toxicology
Primary Care and Health Education
Radiology and Medical Imaging
Surgery and Orthopedics
Databases and Statistics
Diagnosis and Management
Dictionaries and Glossaries
Email Lists
Gateways
Organizations
Prevention and Control
Diet and Chronic Disease Food Security General Nutrition Mother and Child Severe Acute Malnutrition and Emergencies
Patient-Education:
General Patient Education and Search Engines Infectious Diseases Reproductive Health
Databases, Statistics, Dictionaries and Glossaries
Disease Prevention and Control
Epidemiology
Full text Journals and Newsletters
Health Education
Health Systems
Databases, Statistics, Dictionaries and Glossaries
Diagnosis, Management and Prevention Email Lists Family Planning Full text E-Journals and E-Newsletters Gateways Gynecology Organizations Sexually Transmitted Infections
Disease Outbreaks and Surveillance Email Lists Full text E-Journals, E-Books and E-
Newsletters Gateways Infectious Diseases – General,Bacterial,Viral,
Parasitic and Mycotic Malaria Organizations Tuberculosis
www.nlm.nih.gov One of the largest resources of biomedical information. It provides free access to important MEDLARS databases.
www.nih.gov One of the world’s foremost biomedical research Centres which provides a range of invaluable sources of information for health professionals.
www.cancernet.nci.nih.gov It is a gateway to the most recent and accurate information on various types of cancers.
www.answermed.com Provides invaluable sources of information on common medical conditions and surgical procedures for health professionals.
www.biome.ac.uk It is collection of gateways which provides access to Internet Resources in Health and Life Sciences for the medical professionals.
www.emedicine.com: It is comprehensive database for health information.
www.medlineplus.com: A medical encyclopaedia for complete information on various diseases.
www.vnh.org : It is an emergency Psychiatry service Handbook and guide to Malaria and various other medical emergencies.
www.medscape.com: A clinicians Guide to access enormous health literature.
www.ebmny.org/: It contains references, bibliographies, glossaries and online databases for evidence based medicine.
www.books.google.com
www.laryngoscope.com
www.accessmedicine.com
www.freebooks4doctors.com/ : Free books
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/: BMJ Free books
http://medicalstudent.com/ : Medical Students
Many books in the public domain may freely be accessed & some other books under specified conditions. Some sites may give some ads or other instructions.
The users should use their own discretion about the books.
www.oncolink.com
www.healthAtoZ.com
www.medicinenet.com
www.healthtouch.com
www.kidshealth.org
www.mayoclinic.com
www.familydoctor.org
International
Indian
Subscribed/ Paid Journals e.g.sciencedirect, jcc-ugcinfonet (UGC) etc.
Non-subscribed /Journals in public domain/free sites.
www.sciencedirect.com/ : subscribed by the J.N. Medical College (26 Journals in Health Sciences)
www.jccc-ugcinfonet.in/ : subscribed by AMU (2000 Journals in Health Sciences)
www.jgate.in/ : subscribed by AMU 6110 Open-access Journals
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ :the most popular database of 18 million- documents.
www.freemedicaljournals.com: 430 journals Public domain
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ : 499 journals Public domain
www.medind.nic.in/ : 40 full text Indian journals Public domain
www.biomedcentral.com/: 200 useful journals in Public domain.
Directory of Open Access Journals: 4455 Journals
This Site covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
No. of Medical journals : 524 General Medicine : 320 Public Health : 131 Nursing : 28 Dentistry : 45
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Academics Postgraduate Undergraduate Distant Learners
E-book preference by user type
2007-2008
Online
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E-books Benefits:
Immediate and convenient access to book whenever & wherever needed.
Fully searchable and hyperlinked with easy browsing and search functions.
Searchable on book chapter level.
Journals & eBooks are some time on the same platform. Less time searching, more time researching.
More value for book budget.
Higher usage and visibility of content.
Unlimited access and use.
Less shelf space needed.
No risk of damage and theft.
No shipping and handling charges/costs.
The Internet has become certainly a favored source of information worldwide and has improved the quality of health care information.
Internet has emerged as the most powerful ,useful & popular source of information to keep abreast of the latest development taking place in the field of health sciences across the globe.
Access to high quality information improves decision making by health care professionals and is a major determinant in the quality of care and improves health for the nation and the world.
