181281 Evidence Based PH Database Searching: Know where to look for good quality information

Saturday, October 25, 2008: 10:00 AM

Mellanye J. Lackey, MSI , Health Sciences Library, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Joseph Nicholson, MLIS , National Training Center and Clearinghouse, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
Cynthia Kahn, MILS, MPH, AHIP , Himmelfarb Library, George Washington University, Washington, DC
This section of the course will expose students to a range of quality sources to find interdisciplinary research, data sets, grey literature and statistics from trustworthy, online resources. Students will work in pairs to identify relevant databases and other resources to answer real world case study questions. Students will take home an annotated list of over 200 resources for future reference.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to distinguish between good quality versus biased information. Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to identify key resources for finding public health information. Upon completion of the course, the participant will apply evidence-based principles in their daily practice. Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to construct strategic and valuable search strategies.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I'm qualified to be planning, coordinating or organizing because I have extensive experience in designing educational activities regarding information literacy competencies for students, faculty, staff, and practitioners in public health. This experience includes integrating searching online bibliographic citation databases (such as PubMed, Ovid Medline, PsycINFO, etc.), researching statistical data from international, national, or local sources, and organizing information retrieval into bibliographic management software (e.g. EndNote, RefWorks).
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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