html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 17 Global Health Sources MEGAN VON ISENBURG AND MELLANYE LACKEY The phrase global health refers to “health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, may be…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 16 Point-of-Care and Clinical Decision Support Resources SUSAN SWOGGER One of the most vital and also most unique health sciences information needs is for accurate information at…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 14 Directories and Biographical Sources TRACY SHIELDS Directories, both in print and electronic formats, provide information about individuals, groups, and organizations. Biographical sources provide biographical information on…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 13 History Sources LUCRETIA W. MCCLURE Updated and revised by MICHAEL A. FLANNERY “The library is the historian’s laboratory,” and in health sciences libraries, the historian may…
Figure 12.2. Formula for calculating teen birthrate In 2010, there were 367,678 live births for females aged 15–19.* In 2010, official Census counts put the population for females aged 15–19…
Gatekeeping in its various forms is seen as a key differentiating feature of the Internet: collective gatekeeping (e.g., bulletin boards, wiki), individual gatekeeping (e.g., blog, social networking sites), and unknown…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 4 Bibliographic Sources for Periodicals FEILI TU-KEEFNER The creation of scientific journals began in the seventeenth century. The first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions, was created in 1665…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 9 Handbooks and Manuals KATHERINE SCHILLING Handbooks and manuals are useful, quick-guide reference sources containing concise, factual data in the basic sciences and information for clinical diagnosis…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 3 Bibliographic Sources for Monographs JEFFREY T. HUBER Historically, monographs have played a significant role in the dissemination of health sciences information. “The seventeenth century saw the…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 8 Terminology MICHELLE L. ZAFRON Understanding medical terminology is crucial to gaining competency with the literature of the health sciences. Reference tools that define terms or that…
