Public Health 621

Anne Turhollow

Library & Information Access

Help!

Marilyn Hall, Health Sciences Librarianmehall@mail.sdsu.edu594-5864

Anne Turhollow, Life Sciences Librarianc.turhollow@sdsu.edu594-4921

InfoDome

http://infodome.sdsu.eduLibrary’s websiteMain links

ResearchServices – Borrowing Information for Students

InfoDome

ResearchResearch Guides by ClassResearch HelpFinding Books

The PACFinding Journal Articles

Citation LinkerArticle Databases

The PAC

Finding reference booksSubject or Word search

Limit location to ReferenceWhy use a reference book or textbook?

Summary of topicVariation of termsLists of specific books and journal articles

for more information

The PAC / Citation Linker

Finding known items Kapikian, A.Z., and R.M. Chanock. 1990. Norwalk group

viruses, p. 671-693. In B.N. Fields, et al. (ed.), Virology, 2nd ed. Raven Press, New York, N.Y.

Kaplan, J.E., G.W. Gary, R.C. Baron, N. Singh, L.B. Schonberger, R. Feldman, and H.B. Greenberg. 1982. Epidemiology of Norwalk virus in outbreaks of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis. Ann. Intern. Med. 96:756-761.

Finding Articles by Subject

Article DatabasesBy Subject

Medline / PubMed / MedlinePlusMedlinePlus

“Vetted” consumer health informationNot a journal article indexLinks into PubMed using “canned searches”

on specific topics

Journal Articles

MedlineLimited number of usersLinked to SDSU electronic and print journals

plus ILL Look for the button

PubMedAvailable to allLinks to some online content

Will only work on campus and if SDSU licensed

Computer Searching

It’s Great!Fast, efficient, and remote

ProblemsToo much informationVariations in terminology

How to deal with?

Information Overload? Try Boolean Logic

Necessary to narrow down searches or to carry out complex ones

AND, OR, NOTAND - narrows searchOR - broadens searchExample

Blue eyes and Brown hairBrown hair or Black hair

Boolean Logic

A Primer on Boolean Logic

Other Ways to Narrow

Most databases offer standard LIMITSAgeSexPublication typeLanguage

Term Variation? Try Controlled Vocabulary

Keyword vs. Subject Problem: information seeker, database

provider, and authors may use different terminology Insulin dependent diabetes, Diabetes Type 1,

IDDM, Juvenile diabetes, Rapid onset diabetes

Solution - use all synonyms or use a thesaurus MeSH - Diabetes mellitus, type I MeSH = Medical Subject Headings

Let’s try a Medline search

Norwalk virus infections on cruise ships

Internet Sources

CDChttp://www.cdc.gov

NIHhttp://www.nih.gov

ImagesMicrobiology guide on InfoDomeGoogle Image search

http://www.google.com

Questions?