Plug Ins A Student’s Guide to Information Literacy

1. Plug InsA Student’s Guide to Information Literacy Health & Medical Information From HCT Libraries & the Web

2. From the HCT portal, click on Library. Then, Databases and e-Books.

3. Click on Databases and eBooks Or, bookmark this page library.hct.ac.ae Click on resources, then Databases and e-Books

4. Click on HEALTH SCIENCES.

5. Let’s look at the features of these databases.

6. The first database is called Access Medicine • Full text of respected medical reference books • Updates • Drug Info • Images • DDX “Diagnosaurus” • Guidelines • Tests • Patient Education Handouts • News

7. We also have McGraw Hill’s ACCESS Science Click on Medicine

8. Click on a category or enter a term in the search box.

9. Nest, we have CINAHL which is an acronym. Cumulative Index of Nursing & Allied Health Literature

10. What is in CINAHL ? • 560 full text journals • Evidence-based care sheets • Critical paths (care algorithms) • Dissertation records • And more . . .

11. Next, we have Health & Wellness. • Diseases & Conditions • Drugs • Dictionary • Health Assessment • And more . . .

12. We also have MEDLINE from EBSCO. This is the best medical database in the world. • Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. • Created by the National Library of Medicine USA. • Citations from 4,800 current biomedical journals • Links to EBSCO full text journal collections.

13. There are many options when searching EBSCO databases like MEDLINE & CINAHL. Full text only Date range Publication title Peer review

14. SMART Imagebase Scientific & Medical Art Images

15. There are also many online full text medical books from non-health databases. Go to the Database and E-book page, and scroll down to E-books

16. Harrison’s Manual of Medicine • Clinician’s Pocket Reference • Essentials of Diagnosis & Treatment • The Bellevue Guide to Outpatient Medicine • Mental Health Desk Reference • Nutrition Almanac • ABC of the First Year • Just the Facts Emergency Medicine • The Arthritis Sourcebook • ABC of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract And more ….

17. Handbook of Women's Health : An Evidence-Based Approach Just the Facts in Pediatrics Cross-Cultural Caring : A Handbook for Health Professionals Acute Medical Emergencies : The Practical Approach Vital Diabetes : Your Essential Reference for Diabetes Management in Primary Care Questions and Answers for Physicians : A Medieval Arabic Study Manual by Abd Al-Azaiz Al-Sulami

18. Now, we will show you some websites from the Internet. These are not commercial websites. They are from government health agencies.

19. www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ From the USA, there is Medline Plus. Information is written so regular people can understand it, not just doctors.

20. Also from the USA, there is the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Vitamins Herbal medicines Acupuncture Massage Yoga Clinical Trials Evidence nccam.nih.gov/health/

21. From the UK National Health Service Encyclopedia Common health questions Self help guide www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

22. In both English and French, there is the Canadian Health Network www.canadian-health-network.ca/

23. From Australia, there is Health Insite. A-Z Topics Conditions Diseases Health & Wellbeing Etc www.healthinsite.gov.au/www.healthinsite.gov.au/

24. Here is the site from the UAE Ministry of Health No specific Consumer Health Information (on English Site) www.moh.gov.ae/

25. From the USA, there is ToxNet. Poisons Toxicology Hazardous chemicals Environmental health toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

26. For information about drugs or medicines, go to Drug Info from Medline Plus. Browse by first letter of generic or brand name drug, herb or supplement www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

27. Lastly, there is the Project Starters Online. This is a collection of websites selected by HCT teachers. Go to http://el.hct.ac.ae/ Click on Health Sciences

28. Click on a Sub-topic.

29. Read the description of the website and decide if it might be useful for you.

30. It is very important to evaluate health information you find on the web. Here are some questions to ask yourself about websites. • Who runs the site ? • Who pays for the site? • What is the purpose of the site ? • Where does the info come from ? • What is the basis of the info ? • How is the info selected ? • How current is the info ? • How does the site choose the links to other sites? • What info about the users does the site collect ? • How does the site manage interactions with users ?

31. There is an online tutorial about evaluating health information on the Web. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html

32. What about actual books hardcopy ! ? http://library.hct.ac.ae Search by Keyword and Location Default “View Entire Collection”

33. For example, Keyword : Diabetes 116 results from all HCT libraries. E-Books = Purple Hardcopies = Red Which library has it? Click the title.

34. If your library does not have the book, click Request. Your library will receive the book in about 2 days. Check your email.

35. We hope this helps you find health and medical information. Ask your friendly librarian if you have any questions.

36. Thank you for listening. HAPPY READING & GOOD HEALTH!