Central Arizona Biomedical Libraries (CABL) members are librarians/information professionals 
in central Arizona who serve the medical community in a variety of settings 
including hospitals, universities, public libraries, patient/family libraries, corporations and military bases.  Join us!

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Upcoming Meetings and Programs

Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:00am – 1:00pm FREE

Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use ~

ASU Downtown Phoenix campus UCENT Building
411 N. Central Ave. (lower level), Library Computer Lab
Instructors: Kay Deeney and Alan Carr (Pacific Southwest Region of the National Library of Medicine)

Looking for the latest developments in patient care but finding too much, too little or inadequate information? This hands-on workshop is designed for those who are responsible for information services in the Nursing and Allied Health professions. Participants will learn to use and evaluate web based health information resources, find online news services, continuing online education courses, and consumer health web sites. Participants will also learn to search the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database of over 17 million citations using the PubMed interface. The workshop will also cover MEDLINEPlus, the National Library of Medicine's web site for consumer health information.

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

·         Describe the types of clinical information available on the Internet

·         Describe the types of health related consumer/patient education resources available on the Internet

·         Evaluate quality resources

·         Identify Internet sites that supply continuing education, both credit and noncredit courses

·         Search the Internet for news services

·         Perform basic literature searches in PubMed.

Course Materials

·         Agenda (Hands-on exercises)

·         Agenda (Without hands-on practice)

·         Pretest/Posttest

·         Web Sampler

Sign up at the following link: http://nnlm.gov/psr/training/calendar.html. Click on Nursing on the Net, Central Arizona Biomedical Librarians or email Kathleen.carlson@asu.edu SPACE IS LIMITED SO SIGN UP EARLY!

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