Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Reference Desk Schedule June 2011

Time

May 30

CHLA

May 31

June 1

June 2

June 3

8-9

Lourdes

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

9-10

Melanie

Melanie

10-11

Lorraine B

11-12

Lorraine T

Renee

Lorraine T

Mary

Mary

12-1

Kelly

Kelly

Pat

1-2

Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes

2-3

HIN

3-4

4-4:30

Brian

Brian

Brian

Brian

Time

June 6

June 7

June 8

June 9

June 10

8-9

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

9-10

Heather

Melanie

10-11

11-12

Renee

Lorraine B

Lorraine T

Mary

12-1

Susan

Pat

1-2

Kelly

Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes

2-3

Mary

HIN

3-4

4-4:30

Brian

Brian

Brian

Mary

Time

June 13

June 14

June 15

June 16

June 17

8-9

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

9-10

Mary

Heather

Melanie

10-11

11-12

Renee

Lorraine B

Helen

Lorraine T

Mary

12-1

Susan

Pat

1-2

Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes

2-3

HIN

3-4

4-4:30

Brian

Brian

Brian

Mary


Time

June 20

June 21

June 22

June 23

June 24

8-9

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

9-10

Heather

Melanie

10-11

11-12

Renee

Lorraine T

Helen

Lorraine B

Mary

12-1

Susan

Pat

1-2

Helen

Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes

2-3

Mary

HIN

3-4

4-4:30

Brian

Brian

Brian

Brian

Time

June 27

June 28

June 29

June 30

July 1

8-9

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Canada Day

9-10

Heather

Melanie

10-11

11-12

Renee

Lorraine T

Helen

Lorraine B

12-1

Susan

1-2

Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes

2-3

3-4

4-4:30

Brian

Brian

Brian

Articles mentioned at the CHLA 2011 Conference

Brettle, A., Maden-Jenkins, M., Anderson, L., McNally, R., Pratchett, T., Tancock, J., Thornton, D. and Webb, A. (2011), Evaluating clinical librarian services: a systematic review. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 28: 3–22. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00925.x http://t.co/j5K4tPO

Jocelyn A. Rankin et al. The emerging informationist specialty: a systematic review of the literature JMLA 96 (3) July 2008 https://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/INF_180J/files/Harmon2.pdf

Giuse NB, Sathe N, Jerome R. Task Force on the Information Specialist in Context (ISIC) final report: envisioning the information specialist in context (ISIC): a multi-center study to articulate roles and training models. Chicago, IL: Medical Library Association; 2006 [cited 31 Oct 2007]. ,http://www.mlanet.org/members/pdf/isic_final_report_feb06.pdf

Delivering Clinical Evidence Where It's Needed | Building an Information System Worthy of the Profession
Frank Davidoff, MD; Jennifer Miglus, MLS

Can't remember any others...anyone else?

Dynamed Preview Training Available now

Did you know that the DynaMed interface is being upgraded to provide new features, enhanced navigation and streamlined searching capabilities? The changes to the new interface are based on user feedback and the release is scheduled for mid July 2011.

EBSCO is now offering weekly on-line training sessions which will outline the new enhancements. These 30-minute sessions will include an overview of the new features, instructions on accessing the preview site, search demonstrations, and an opportunity for questions & answers.

Click the link under the desired date/time below to register:

Tuesday, June 7th from 12:00 noon to 12:30pm, EDT

https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?ED=143219392&UID=1203995067&HMAC=b77e966e0bb9df4b5fe7c4fc4b1396a4d9c611b3&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D&FM=1

Monday, June 13th from 11:00am to 11:30am, EDT

https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?ED=142832002&UID=1203815127&HMAC=28f4dc05f0f8923805b4bd3739257b4a22293526&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D&FM=1

Friday, June 24th from 2:00pm to 2:30pm, EDT

https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?ED=142832032&UID=1203815637&HMAC=d4f659eac763767513d0f7ed918778dfe7b89590&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D&FM=1

We welcome feedback from you about the new interface and as always, thank you for subscribing to DynaMed.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Analyzing the Impact of your Research

When: Wednesday, May 18 or Tuesday, June 7, 12:00 - 12:45 pm
Instructor: Lorraine Toews
Where: Health Sciences Library, Computer Classroom 1460

What are journal impact factors and why do they matter? And just who is citing your work? Attend this session, which will focus on Scopus and Web of Science to find out!

Health Knowledge Network - Training Opportunity, June 23

On June 23 the Health Knowledge Network, in conjunction with EBSCO and Ovid, will be hosting training sessions in Calgary for HKN subscribers. The training will include both introductory and advanced sessions. The introductory session will focus on navigation, basic search strategies and provide information on what the databases are best used for. The afternoon sessions will introduce advanced search strategies and exploration of advanced database tools.

If you are interested in participating in a full day training session, please RSVP to Inesia Adolph by email or phone by May 26.* Seats are limited and will be given on a first come, first serve basis.* Please see the schedule below for more information on the training agenda. More details will follow once the sessions have been filled.

*Training Schedule*
Thursday June 23, Calgary, Alberta*
9:00am – Ovid Introductory Training
10:15am – Coffee Break
10:30am – EBSCO Introductory Training
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Ovid Advanced Training
2:30pm – Coffee Break
2:45pm – EBSCO Advanced Training
4:00pm - Questions B

Monday, May 16, 2011

New Patient Information Portal: MyHealth.Alberta.ca

MyHealth.Alberta.ca Government of Alberta Personal Health Portal

New Consumer Health information portal developed for Albertans by AHS. Content from Healthwise.

Literature Searching

Health Sciences librarians typically play one of the following roles in supporting the production of systematic reviews:

As /consultants /they either advise others on, or themselves do the following:

  • Recommend and rank research databases, research and clinical trial registries, and internet search engines for their likely yield of relevant studies and documents for the research question(s).
  • Develop search terms and search strategies tailored to the research question(s)
  • Conduct or provide advice to the person(s) conducting the scoping search(es)
  • Revise the search terms and search strategies of the initial scoping search in light of both search results and feedback from the principle investigator(s) / research team
  • Keep detailed records of search results and search strategies, so that these can be documented in final review report / article

As /co-authors/** (using the ICMJE definition below) of the review, they:

  • Conduct or supervise others doing the literature search as noted in the steps above
  • Participate in meetings of the research team to discuss the search strategies and the implications of choosing various search strategies (ie. in terms of the relative completeness of the records retrieved, and in terms of meeting current recognized standards and benchmarks for systematic review literature searches 1, 2, 3)
  • Write up the Search Strategy portion of the Methods section of the review
  • Review Figure 1 of the review report for completeness and accuracy
  • Review the final draft of the article for clarity and readability (as a non-content-expert reader)

**International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE): http://www.icmje.org/index.html#author