Keeping Up With MLA 2009
There are several ways to keep up with events at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting next week, even if you can’t make it to Honolulu.
What To See at MLA 2009
Are you planning to attend the Medical Library Association meeting in Honolulu, May 15-20? Don’t miss these poster sessions by our Network Members and informative NLM meetings:
When a Pathfinder Needs a Pathfinder
First, a bit of library jargon: a pathfinder is an organized list of starting places (links or print resources) for research into a particular field or topic. In 2003, The Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce created an excellent pathfinder at phpartners.org. Since then, it has grown into an incredibly comprehensive and valuable resource. Do you need to find a report, article, or statistic related to public health? Are you looking for information about health policy or legislation? What about continuing education opportunities, funding sources, networking options, or employment? Odds are good that the perfect starting place for your search is listed at PHPartners … somewhere. There are 128 links on the Health Data Tools and Statistics page, 97 links on the Health Promotion and Health Education page, and that’s only the beginning. Exploring those links one by one takes a great deal of patience.
ChunkIt! is a free browser add-on that can help you process the information found in a long list of links and make decisions about how to focus your search. It works with Internet Explorer 6.0+ and Firefox 2.0+.
Regional Emergency Preparedness Page Updated with Swine Flu Info
The NN/LM PNR Emergency Preparedness page was updated today - it now includes the Health and Human Services/CDC Swine Flu widget so that you can easily link to updates and information about the Swine Flu outbreak. The epidemic has already hit the West Coast in Canada and in California so we here in the Pacific Northwest need to be attentive!
There are some simple things you can do to protect yourself: Read more »
Search Clouds for MedlinePlus
Here’s new feature in MedlinePlus, the Search Cloud.
The search cloud displays the top 100 search terms typed into the MedlinePlus search box. The search cloud is usually updated every week day. The terms appear in alphabetical order, and their size represents their relative frequency. The bigger the term, the more often it is searched by people who visit MedlinePlus. A term’s exact ranking is found by placing your cursor over the term. Click on any term in the search cloud to conduct a search for that term in MedlinePlus. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cloud.html
ICYou: YouTube for Health?
There’s just something about video. It is more compelling than text, more personal than still images… or is it? Can you believe that more than ten hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute? More than 100 million U.S. viewers watched YouTube videos last January. At least 126 U.S. hospitals are using YouTube for marketing and patient education. Still, it can be challenging for the average searcher to find health information, not to mention reliable health information, amongst the millions of videos on YouTube.
Enter ICYou, an online community for health videos and only health videos.
