Efficient Methods for Resource Finding
Web Questions
- Why Web?
Communication, Efficiency, Technology - When to Web?
Quick question, Ask a person, Last-ditch effort - How to Web?
Learn search techniques, Identify sources, Evaluate information
Web Topics
- Efficient Web Searches
- Locate Health Information
- Locate Professional Resources
- Locate Consumer Resources
- Evaluate Web Searches
Efficient Web Searches
Web Basics
- Defining:
Email, ftp, telnet, html, url, IP, ISP - Connecting:
Hardware, software, internet access - Navigating:
Microsoft.com http://www.microsoft.com
Netscape.com http://www.netscape.com - Finding:
Documents, AV, software, games, maps, ads, etc.
Search Tools
- Search engines:
Alta Vista http://www.altavista.com
Medical World Search http://www.mwsearch.com - Meta-Search engines:
MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com
DogPile http://www.dogpile.com - Subject directories:
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com
Medical Matrix http://www.medmatrix.org/index.asp - Specialized web guides:
Healthlinks Topics http://healthlinks.washington.edu/clinical
PEDINFO http://www.uab.edu/pedinfo/
Search Tips
- Help
- Search features:
Boolean operators, search by file type or date - Search terms:
Perinatal, maternity, childbirth - Published web directories
- Logical domain guess:
www.naswdc.org - Ask a librarian or a colleague
Locate Health Information
Sources of Research
- Government
- Education
- Social Service Agencies
- Hospitals
- Associations & organizations
- Commercial/Private
- Related Professions:
Medicine, nursing, public health
Kinds of Information
- Catalogs, databases, indexes
- Full-text: books, journals, news
- Numeric data
- Media: video, audio, images, graphics
- Software
- Interactive, 3D, Virtual Reality
Electronic Sources
- PubMed(Medline) http://www.ncbi.hlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
- PsycInfo, SW Abstracts,Nursing http://healthlinks.washington.edu/databases/
- UW & Other Libraries Catalogs http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search~/
- National Health Information Center http://nhic-nt.health.org/
- National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/
- The Electronic Newstand http://www.enews.com/
Locate Professional Resources
Find Perinatal Information
- Databases:
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health http://www.ncemch.org/ - Clinical tools:
Healthtouch.com http://www.healthtouch.com/
Healthfinder.org http://www.healthfinder.org/
National Guidelines http://www.ngc.gov/
- Resource referral
Community networks http://www.si.umich.edu/community/
Freenets http://www.airs.org/
Seattle Crisis Clinic http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/crisisclinic/ - Organizations:
National Perinatal Organization http://www.nationalperinatal.org/
National Maternal and Child Health http://www.nmchc.org/
Find Patient Information See Locate Consumer Resources
Network with Colleagues
- Listservs:
SOCWORK-L contact: majordomo@uwrf.edu - Member forums:
NASW http://www.socialworkers.org/ - Chat rooms:
Social Work Cafe http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4862/
Human Services Chat http://www.naswnm.org/chat/index.html/
Locate Consumer Resources
Find Perinatal Information
- Dr. Koop's Community http://www.drkoop.com/
- Health Web http://www.healthweb.org/
- AAFP Leaflets http://www.familydoctor.org/
Find Support Groups
- Support-group.com http://www.support-group.com/
Evaluate Web Searches
Evaluation Strategies
- Use criteria checklist
- Determine type of site
- Use review sites
Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
- Authority
- Accuracy
- Objectivity
- Coverage
- Currency
- Design
Remember
- What are you looking for?
- Who are you helping?
- How are you looking it up?
- Where might it be?
- Have you checked your sources?
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