New to Health Science Librarianship?
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Basic Medical Library
Management
http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/management/
Provides links to information covering the following:
Administration of the medical
library
http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/management/admin.html
- Mission statements and business plans
- Management
- Time management
- Politics in the organization
- Decision making
- Library committees
- Budgeting and staffing.
- Customer service
- Marketing the library
- JCAHO
- Acquiring grants and funding
- Technology and the library
- Library supply companies
Sources of information for
librarians
http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/management/info.html
- Professional organizations
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine
- Consortia
Medical
databases
http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/management/databases.html
- Three essential databases: PubMed, MedlinePlus, LocatorPlus
- Additional tools and databases
- Medical Meetings on the Internet
- Discussion lists
Collection development and
interlibrary loan
http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/management/colldev.html
- Books
- Reference Resources
- Journals
- Subscription agents
- Consumer Health
- Publishers
- Cataloging
- Document delivery and Interlibrary Loan
- Copyright law and guidelines
First steps for new medical
librarians
http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/management/steps.html
- What to do first when you're put in charge of a medical library
Additional
resources
http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/management/biblio.html
- Library management
- Marketing
- Budget
- Periodicals for librarians
Medical
Terminology
Understanding how medical terminology is "built" helps
librarians communicate effectively with medical personnel
and patients. Below are some links that will help you
familiarize yourself with the lingo.
Medical
Terminology
http://ec.hku.hk/mt/
University of Hong Kong English Centre
Includes pronunciation sound files.
Medical Terminology
Links
Ohio University
http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/bysubject/health-and-life-sciences/medicine/med-services/medical-terminology/
Links to MLA, Medical Abbreviations Dictionary, and
Vivisimo.
Medical
Dictionaries
The web offers many sources for medical dictionaries.
Below are links to some that you may find helpful.
Patient Medical
Dictionary
University of Miami
http://www.med.miami.edu/patients/glossary/list.asp?t=DICT
Entries in lay-language.
Medical
Dictionary
MedTerms.com
Medical Dictionary
Provides simple definitions more appropriate for
patients.
The MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary is from
MedicineNet.com a site that includes advertising.
Who Named it?
Eponym: something named after someone. In medical
librarianship, it is most commonly a disease, condition,
or drug named after the person who first described or
recognized it.
http://www.whonamedit.com/
Biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.
Specialty Dictionaries:
YourDictionary
http://www.yourdictionary.com/diction5.html#Medicine
Provides links to Stedman's, non-English, and various
other dictionaries and glossaries.
Tutorials
PubMed: From NLM
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html
Using the MeSH database in
PubMed
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/dist_edu.html
Using the Cubby in
PubMed
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/dist_edu.html
Endnote
- From NIH:
http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/ResourceTraining/TrainingDescription.htm?ID=27 - From Endnote.com
http://www.endnote.com/support/ensupport.asp - From the Public Health Library at Berkeley
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/endnote.html
Good Health Library
Websites.
If you're charged with putting up a website for your
library, here are some sites that might be helpful:
Hardin MD Medical/Health
Sciences Libraries on the Web
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hslibs.html
Links to many HSL sites including medical schools.
Web Design: Hospital
Libraries Section of MLA
http://www.hls.mlanet.org/WebResources/Web_Pages.html
Provides resources on style, html, graphics and
accessibility.
Current Awareness / SDI Services
BioMail
http://www.biomail.org
PubCrawler
http://pubcrawler.gen.tcd.ie
Physician Locators
MedlinePlus Directories
page
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/directories.html
ABMS
www.abms.org
Users must register and are limited to 5 searches per
day. May not be acceptable for physician credentialing.
Gives very limited information.
DocFinder
http://www.docboard.org/docfinder.html
Information from 20 state boards including
Massachusetts.
Medical Board of
California
http://www.medbd.ca.gov/
Includes physician search.
Florida
Physicians
Medical Physicians: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/Profiling/index.html
Osteopathic Physicians: http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/irm00praes/praslist.asp
New York State Physician
Profile
http://www.nydoctorprofile.com/welcome.jsp
Also in Spanish. Other states also have online search
sites.
Library
Associations
Many of these professional associations provide
opportunities to learn from colleagues through meetings,
discussion lists, etc.
MLA: Medical Library
Association
www.mlanet.org
The Medlib-l discussion list can be a major asset to a
new health science librarian. Post questions to the list.
Monitor the list to learn.
NAHSL: North Atlantic Health
Sciences Libraries Inc.
http://www.nahsl.org/
ARIHSL: Association of Rhode
Island Health Sciences Libraries
http://library.umassmed.edu/arihsl/
CAHSL: Connecticut
Association of Health Science Librarians
http://www.cahsl.org
HSLIC: Maine Health Science
Libraries Information Consortium
http://www.hslic.org/
HSL-NH/VT: Health Science
Libraries of New Hampshire and Vermont
http://library.umassmed.edu/hslnhvt
MAHSLIN: Massachusetts Health
Sciences Library Network
http://www.mahslin.org/
SEMCO: Southeastern
Massachusetts Consortium of Health Sciences
Libraries
http://library.umassmed.edu/semco/
SLA: Special Library
Association
www.sla.org
SLA has a Biomedical & Life Sciences Division and a
Medical Section
MLIN: Massachusetts Library
& Information Network
http://mblc.state.ma.us/libraries/networks/index.php
SEMLS: Southeastern
Massachusetts Library System
http://www.semls.org/
BRLS: Boston Regional Library
System
http://www.bpl.org/brls/brls.html
Metrowest Massachusetts
Regional Library System
http://www.mmrls.org/
NMRLS: Northeast
Massachusetts Regional Library System
http://www.nmrls.org/
WMRLS: Western Massachusetts
Regional Library System
http://www.wmrls.org/
