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Basic Internet FAQ for the Medical Librarian: General Internet InformationBasic Internet FAQ for the Medical Librarian: Internet Information Access
Databasics or Leveling of the Database Learning Curve
Do Healthcare Providers Need the Internet
Electronic Information Resources for Health Researchers and Professionals (INFORM)
Electronic Journals and Electronic Resoures Library
Guide to Internet Discovery Tools for Health Professionals, Librarians, and Consumers
Health on the Net Foundation (HON)
HINARI Guide to Using PubMed
Internet for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
Internet Medic
Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA)
Internet Training Activities and Materials
National Library of Medicine: Guide to Finding Health Information, U.S.
Physician's Guide to the Internet
pm2mail
Resources for International Librarians, Health Professionals and Researchers in Developing Countries
10 Things to Know About Evaluating Resources on the Web
Ways to Find Medical Information on the Internet
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Basic Internet
FAQ for the Medical Librarian: General Internet
Information
This FAQ sheet (Frequently Asked Questions) is designed for
the Medical Librarian with little or no experience of the
Internet. It includes links to related sites. The site is
maintained by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine,
U.S. http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/internetfaq1.html
Basic Internet
FAQ for the Medical Librarian: Internet Information
Access
This FAQ sheet (Frequently Asked Questions) continues with
discussion of various resources available for sending and
receiving data on the Internet. It includes information on
e-mail, telnet, ftp, and links to related sites. http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/internetfaq2.html
Databasics or Leveling of the Database
Learning Curve
This site is an overview of 'common database functions' for
searching health related databases. It includes information
on help/guide pages, truncation/wildcards symbols, controlled
vocabulary, limits, combining searches, and history of
session. These are concepts that can be applied to searching
in numerous online databases. The site is maintained by the
Health Science Center Libraries, University of Florida, U.S.
http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/nancy/databasics.html
Do Healthcare Providers
Need the Internet?
This is an introduction to
cyberspace for medical professionals who are unfamiliar with
the Internet . It is organized by a linked table of contents.
http://hyperlinked.com/mednet/framedhepni.html
Electronic
Information Resources for Health Researchers and
Professionals (INFORM) (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
This site contains materials from a health information
training workshop held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 2005.
It includes educational material on literature searches,
formulating searches, finding references to journal articles,
accessing fulltext articles, and finding and evaluating WWW
sites. These documents have been produced by INFORM, an
international collaborative network based in the Faculty of
Medicine at Uppsala University, Sweden. http://www.inasp.info/file/641/health-inform.html
Electronic Journals and
Electronic Resources Library Management (Focus
on Low-Income Countries) (French,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)
This site contains educational material used for various
INASP workshops. These modules are intended for health
professionals and researchers. Particular emphasis is given
to electronic information resources that are available
through PERI, a program to support capacity building in the
research sector in developing and transitional countries. The
materials are available in English, French, Spanish,
Portuguese and Russian.
http://www.inasp.info/file/647/electronic-journals-and-electronic-resources-library-management-workshop-modules.html
Guide to Internet
Discovery Tools for Health Professionals, Librarians, and
Consumers
This site provides a list of
high-quality starting points for Internet resources in the
health sciences and librarianship. The site is maintained by
the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, U.S. http://nnlm.gov/tools.html
Health on the Net
Foundation (HON)
Created in 1995, HON is a not-for-profit international
organization whose mission is to guide lay persons and
medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical
and health information. The site describes the organization
and its projects and contains numerous e-health surveys and
reports. The organization has developed the HON code of
conduct, a set of eight principles for health sites'
reliability and credibility. http://www.hon.ch/
HINARI Guide to
Using PubMed (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
This site is a step-by-step guide (pdf) to using the PUBMED
bibliographic database for identifying accessible journal
articles via Health InterNetwork Access to Research
Initiative (HINARI). The tool is
useful for those in developing and transitional countries
that have registered for HINARI access. Go to HINARI for
information on the program and how to register. The guide was
developed by Information Training and Outreach Centre for
Afica (ITOCA).
http://www.who.int/hinari/training/HINARI%20Guide%20to%20Using%20PubMed.pdf
Internet for
Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
This
site is a free, interactive tutorial that lets users develop
and practice Internet Information Skills. It is comprised of
a series of modules that assist the user in identifying and
locating health and medical information for nurses and
midwives. The site is maintained by INTUTE, UK. http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/nurse
Internet
Medic
This site is a free, interactive tutorial that lets users
develop and practice Internet Information Skills. It is
comprised of a series of modules that assist the user in
identifying and locating health and medical information for
physicians. The site is maintained by INTUTE, UK. http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/medic
Internet
Training Activities and Materials (Focus on
Low-Income Countries)
This site contains annotated links to numerous INASP
workshops and training materials on electronic information
access in developing countries. Several links are specific to
health information while others deal with issues that are
relevant to the developing country environment ranging from
bandwidth optimization to PC trouble shooting and web page
design.
http://www.inasp.info/file/634/inasp-training-activities-and-materials.html
Information
Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA)
(Focus on Low-Income Countries)
ITOCA supports training for librarians, information
specialists, scientists, researchers and students in
sub-Sahara Africa. ITOCA supports TEEAL, FAO's AGORA and
WHO's HINARI programmes in the region. The site describes the
organization's programs and contains fulltext training
documents. http://www.itoca.org/
National Library of
Medicine: Guide to Finding Health Information,
U.S.
This site includes information on "How can
the NLM help me with my research?", "How can I get
information from other government or health-related
organizations?", "How do I search for other medical
information on the Web?" and "How do I evaluate the
information I find?". The site has an emphasis on the
Internet resources of the National Library of Medicine, U.S.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/guide.html
Physician's Guide
to the Internet: 2007 Edition
This site links
to selected sites on the Internet to help the physicians use
the web. It includes sections on clinical practice, current
medical news and post-graduate education. http://physiciansguide.com/
pm2mail (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
pm2mail (PUBMED-TO-EMAIL) is a free software that allows
email access to PUBMED and to full-text articles of
scientific and medical journals indexed by Medline. This is a
useful tool for all professionals with slow access to the
Internet. Users that have questions about the program or want
to download it should contact Kurt Brauchli, Department of
Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland, the developer of
the program.http://www.nongnu.org/pm2mail/
Resources
for International Librarians, Health Professionals and
Researchers in Developing Countries
(Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Developed by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), this
site provides links to useful resources for health
information workers in developing countries. It includes
links to sites on training and courses, document delivery,
library development manuals and other NLM sites of interest.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/ref/international.html
10 Things to Know About
Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web
This site indicates the essential questions to ask when
evaluating a health related resource on the Internet. It is
intended for use by the general public, but the criteria are
applicable for all. The site is maintained by the National
Center for Complimentary and Alternative Health, U.S.
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/
Ways to Find Medical
Information on the Internet
This site provides a brief overview and first steps for
finding medical and health sciences information on the
Internet. http://www.pavilion.co.uk/mednet/find_med.html
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Updated: 29 February 2008