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DragonflySpring 2000 -- Volume 31, Number 2 The newsletter of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region. |
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) is pleased to announce the availability of a web-based tutorial for librarians and others who provide information on consumer health questions: HEALTHINFOQUEST <http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/healthinfoquest/>.
HealthInfoQuest was developed with funding from the National Library of Medicine under a subcontract with NN/LM (Pacific Northwest Region). It is a response to requests from public libraries across the country for web-based training on how to find authoritative and reliable health information on the World Wide Web.
Pathfinders are a time-honored tradition in public libraries. HealthInfoQuest pathfinders are designed for public librarians and health information specialists whose learning style is primarily visual or graphic. HealthInfoQuest pathfinders encourage users to practice finding answers to common consumer health and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) questions while reinforcing information-seeking processes which will assist them in similar situations in the future.
HealthInfoQuest is the result of a collaboration between Maureen Carleton, Medical Reference Specialist with the King County Library System, and Barbara Macfadden, Instructional Technology Developer at the University of Washington's Health Sciences Center for Educational Resources. They have created a series of Web-based pathfinders designed to offer an intuitive interface to health information which can be accessed at the point of need for independent learning or review. The CAM pathfinders were created by Jane Saxton, Reference Librarian at Bastyr University Library, located in Kenmore, Washington, an accredited, private institution, internationally recognized as a pioneer in the study of natural medicine.
What's happening to monographic citations from NLM specialty databases? Does Locatorplus really contain citations to book chapters? Where is all this heading? The NLM Technical Bulletin (TB) is the authoritative place to look for announcements and details of systems enhancements. The May-June 2000 issue has important information on the current and future organization of NLM's bibliographic databases, migration of monographic citations to Locatorplus, access to PDF versions of the List of Serials Indexed for Online Users, and more. Now that the TB is published on the web, NLM can post articles as soon as the information is available.
The reorganization of NLM's bibliographic databases is especially pertinent to online searchers. PubMed contains Medline, Medline in-process, and publisher-supplied journal citations. Books, book chapters, audiovisuals, technical reports, unpublished documents, and other monographic literature are in (or will soon be in) Locatorplus. Meeting abstracts are moving to another web-based collection, along with the pre-1966 journal citations. The NLM Gateway will interface initially with these data sources. As the Gateway evolves, TOXNET, ClinicalTrials.gov and other systems will be integrated. Check the Technical Bulletin for details.
Produced by NN/LM PNR.
Nancy Press, Editor
Michael Boer, Publication Manager
This publication is funded in whole with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. NO1-LM-1-3516.