FLORIDA AHEC NETWORK LIBRARY SERVICES AND RESOURCES Linda Butson, MLS MPH AHEC Library Services Univ

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FLORIDA AHEC NETWORK LIBRARY SERVICES AND
RESOURCESLinda Butson, MLS MPHAHEC Library
ServicesUniversity of Florida AHEC Program
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FLORIDA AHEC NETWORK LIBRARY SERVICES

• Reference Assistance
• Document Delivery
• Presentations and Training

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Reference Assistance

• Finding Answers to Questions
• Literature searches on your topics
• Identifying Grant Opportunities
• Locating Information for Grants
• Current awareness on an area of interest

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Reference Assistance

• Support service-learning projects
• CH Scholars, Project Impact
• Support students on rotation

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Document Delivery

• Articles available at the HSC Library
• Delivered to your desktop
• E-mail sent when item is ready
• Within 2-4 working days of request
• Charged 5.00 per article

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Interlibrary Loan

• Items are NOT at the HSCL and must be obtained
  from another library
• Delivered to your desktop
• E-mail sent when item is ready
• Delivery times may be longer than 4 days
• Charged 5.00 per article

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Loansome DOC

• Loansome DOC for unaffiliated health
  professionals
• Copies of articles scanned and sent
  electronically to an email address
• Will obtain items HSC Libraries
• 10.00 per item

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Training

• Internet Resources for Public Health
• Internet Resources for School Health
• Internet Resources for Consumer Health

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Training

• Searching for Evidence Based Medicine
• Using PubMed and its stored search features
• Health Occupations Support

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FLORIDA AHEC NETWORK LIBRARY
RESOURCES

• The Internet A Guide to Working Smarter
• AHECPortal
• FADL

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www.flahec.org
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The Internet A Guide to Working Smarter

• www.flahec.org/smarter
• Basic information on searching the Internet
• Resources to help answer clinical questions and
  support decision making
• Includes information for patient and consumer
  education

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Coverage

• Accessing the Internet
• Searching the Internet
• A Closer Look at Google
• Communicating via the Internet
• Evaluating Websites
• Online Resources
• Additional Resources

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AHECPortal Health Information for Health
Professionals

• http//www.flahec.org/portal/
• Conceptualized by the Florida AHEC Networks
  Information and Support Services Committee in
  response to the Florida Department of Health
  Bureau of Chronic Disease Cardiovascular
  Initiative
• Designed to disseminate cardiovascular/ chronic
  disease related information to Floridas health
  practitioners in rural and underserved areas

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COVERAGE

• Cardiovascular Disease
• Nutrition
• Diabetes
• Physical Activity
• Obesity
• Stroke/Hypertension
• Tobacco

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AHECPortal RESOURCES

• Case studies/tutorials
• Free online medical journals, books and
  dictionaries
• Clinical practice guidelines
• Medical news/statistics
• Continuing education resources
• Slides/presentations
• Downloadable patient education materials
• English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole (limited)

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SELECTION CRITERIA

• Criteria for inclusion of resources
• is based on guidelines established in
• The Internet A Guide To Working Smarter
• Criteria include
• Accuracy
• Expertise/credentials of the authors
• Sites objectivity
• Currency
• Coverage

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FADL The Florida AHEC Digital Library

• www.flahec.org/fadl
• An online collection of full-text books
• in the 5-Minute Clinical Consult Series
• 34 full-text journals FLAHEC subscribes to
• Includes links to other full-text journals that
  are available for free on the Internet.
• Passwords distributed by AHEC Centers
• (Laura Guyer at SRAHEC)

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Start at www.flahec.org - Click on FADL
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This links to list of books and journals
Intervening Page
This links to a map of Florida Counties to
identify the AHEC that serves your county
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Click on the book to view Table of Contents and
start reading. You can search a topic within one
book or the whole group.
Go to databases and logout
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To search in one book, select that title or
select ALL contents, Type in your search terms
and click on search.
obesity
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Here are the results of a search for obesity in
all the books. Click on the links to go to that
section of the book.
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Your Journals_at_Ovid will search only the journals
to which AHEC subscribes.
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Look at journals by title or subject.
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Browse the AHEC journals by title with the number
of issues with full text. Click on the issue list
to identify what issues are available. Issues
will be listed most recent to oldest.

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Browse journals by subject
List by Title
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Advanced search screen
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Icons to change the type of search and modify
search
Logoff system so others can use
Search words in an articles title
Browse journals in collection
Search a specific journal
Search by author
Use these to search and refine results
Change databases
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Enter your subject. Click Perform Search.
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To combine subjects, click on the intersecting
circles
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Click on the subjects you want to combine and
select the operator (AND, OR) then select
continue.
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Click Display to look at the results,
Add another term in the search
box, or Choose the target to
limit your results.
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Results will come in a list of articles.
Click on Ovid Full Text to see the article.
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Options for looking at the full text
What a document will look like
What it would look Like in the journal. For this
you need Adobe Acrobat.
Email it to yourself
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If you have difficulty using the database, click
on Ask a AHEC Librarian.
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Get assistance when you submit the email form.