A program developed by the Government Printing Office (GPO), stands for Advanced Federal Digital System and is found online at http://www.fdsys.gov. GPO is migrating all of its content on http://www.gpoaccess.gov to this new, easily searched platform. The new system allows federal agencies such as Congress to submit electronic materials; provides public access to authenticated digital versions of documents; and serves as a mechanism for preserving government information long-term. To learn how to best utilize FDsys, watch the Adobe Flash tutorials at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsysinfo/tutorials.htm.
Friday, February 26, 2010
FDsys
Monday, February 22, 2010
Dangerous Marine Animals that bite, sting, shock, are non-edible
Halstead, Bruce W. 1980. Dangerous marine animals that bite, sting, shock, are non-edible. Centreville, Md: Cornell Maritime Press.
REF QL 100 .H3 1980
Find in a library nearby: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6356210
The latest version http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32312789
This book contains numerous images of both the animals in question and the aftereffects of their attacks. It organizes itself into chapters by attack type and vertebrate status, e.g. biting, stinging, poisonous, and vertebrate and non-vertebrate. Each chapter divides itself by general information, specific information about the attack, medical aspects (what will happen to the attacked), treatment, and prevention. Species-specific location information is included. The treatment section is somewhat in-depth.
Examples of the specific information given about the attack type would be description of the stinging, biting, or venom apparatus is located, with location information.
“Nightmare inducing, useful item.” quotes one librarian.
A word from the slightly traumatized: stay away from the images of shark attacks on pg. 35 unless you have either a strong stomach or access to the river Lethe. This librarian spent far too long trying to decipher what she was looking at, and now has the image burned into her brain.
REF QL 100 .H3 1980
Find in a library nearby: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6356210
The latest version http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32312789
This book contains numerous images of both the animals in question and the aftereffects of their attacks. It organizes itself into chapters by attack type and vertebrate status, e.g. biting, stinging, poisonous, and vertebrate and non-vertebrate. Each chapter divides itself by general information, specific information about the attack, medical aspects (what will happen to the attacked), treatment, and prevention. Species-specific location information is included. The treatment section is somewhat in-depth.
Examples of the specific information given about the attack type would be description of the stinging, biting, or venom apparatus is located, with location information.
“Nightmare inducing, useful item.” quotes one librarian.
A word from the slightly traumatized: stay away from the images of shark attacks on pg. 35 unless you have either a strong stomach or access to the river Lethe. This librarian spent far too long trying to decipher what she was looking at, and now has the image burned into her brain.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web
Anderson, P. F. and Nancy J. Allee (Eds). 2004. The Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web, v. 1-3. New York: Neal-Schuman Pub.
REF R859.7.I58M436 2004 V.1-3
Find in a nearby library: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54371537
The first volume of this highly rated work provides information about what's in the three volumes, how to use it, and searching and evaluation tips. Evaluation is especially important with online medical information, because there are a lot of professional-looking websites that are biased, out-of-date, or simply not authoritative.
The second volume covers diseases and disorders, with basic information about each disease, search terms (my favorite part!), resources, and more. The third volume focuses on real-life topics, which may or may not relate to a specific disease, such as car accidents and reproductive health.
In general, I tend to steer folks towards Consumer Health Complete (for Alaska residents) or MedlinePlus (free resource) for consumers, and to PubMed (Alaska State Library portal, free resource) for professionals. Those are probably still the easiest and best places to start for most health information needs. If you don't find what you want in those resources, consider checking these books to improve your searches or find other resources.
REF R859.7.I58M436 2004 V.1-3
Find in a nearby library: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54371537
The first volume of this highly rated work provides information about what's in the three volumes, how to use it, and searching and evaluation tips. Evaluation is especially important with online medical information, because there are a lot of professional-looking websites that are biased, out-of-date, or simply not authoritative.
The second volume covers diseases and disorders, with basic information about each disease, search terms (my favorite part!), resources, and more. The third volume focuses on real-life topics, which may or may not relate to a specific disease, such as car accidents and reproductive health.
In general, I tend to steer folks towards Consumer Health Complete (for Alaska residents) or MedlinePlus (free resource) for consumers, and to PubMed (Alaska State Library portal, free resource) for professionals. Those are probably still the easiest and best places to start for most health information needs. If you don't find what you want in those resources, consider checking these books to improve your searches or find other resources.
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