Tutorials for Health Professionals
Evaluating Health Information Online (16:00 min.)
From the National Library of Medicine
Trust It or Trash It? Health Information Evaluation
This is a tool to help you think critically about the quality of health information (including websites, handouts, booklets, etc.) Click on Who said it? When did they say it? and How did they know? to guide you through the process. From the National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PubMed/Medline (about 2:00 -3:00 min. ea.)
Extensive tutorials from the National Library of Medicine
ClIC-on-Health Gateway to Health Information (14:12 min.)
Learn how to use CLIC-on-Health to locate health information.
PubMed Full Text (7:02 min.)
Search PubMed/Medline to locate free, full text articles.
MeSH (7:39 min.)
Search PubMed/Medline using Medical Subject Headings(MeSH).
Clinical Practice Guidelines (13:32 min.)
Click on the link to see a full screen video tutorial teaching you about where to locate clinical practice guidelines.
NOVELNY (2:07 min.)
Access the NOVELNY health databases to locate free, full text articles. Access a short guided tour (3:45 min.) for the NOVELNY Health Reference Center Academic database from Gale Cengage.
CLIC-On-Health Local Health Professionals User Guides
COH_handout_Jan2012.pdf Download a 9 page PDF guide to CLIC-On-Health
COH_handout_long_Jan2012.pdf Download a complete 24 page PDF guide with illustrations
Are you interested in having a professional librarian speak to your organization about how to find reliable health information online for little or no cost? Contact Barbara Ciambor, RRLC Outreach Librarian, bciambor@rrlc.org to schedule a presentation.