I developed the following criteria primarily as a measure for purchasing
full-text materials. I wondered if those of you who subscribe to various
full-text packages such as Ovid, Stat Ref, etc. would rate them
according to these items. I am especially looking at MD Consult.
Realistically no one package is going to score 100% but which one most
meets these items? I will tabulate for the list.
Nancy Manninen
Portage Health System
Resource Center
500 Campus Drive
Hancock MI 49930
906-483-1540; [log in to unmask]
1. Quality and Scope of Content :
2. Intended Audience or Need for Specific Content :
3. Duplication of Content : How many of these titles are available
gratis elsewhere?
4. Completeness : Is the article/text complete?
5. Ease of Use :
6. Preservation (Archiving) :
7. Technical Support :
8. Licensing Agreements :
9. Affordability :
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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:58:06 -0700
From: Marilyn Hall <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: re. old Int'l health statistics
A huge thanks to those librarians who responded so quickly. I will
investigate your instructions and since a couple people also asked for a
summary, I have listed the responses below. I think I am going to have to
definitely buy Alderson's International Mortality Statistics ASAP. So
many sources really just examine from about the middle of this century but
I guess that is in part the problem with statistics and census and not a
lot of computers.... I feel I am only about half a step ahead of the
students right now - thanks for the support.
~Marilyn
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The WHO publication _Statistiques Annuaire_ goes back pretty far - but I
don't
work in a library where I could check just how far back.
This page lists sources for international statistics, but as you know, the
dates
will be harder to find than the countries...
http://www.scb.se/scbeng/statbuen.htm
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the mortality data from Alderson's International mortality statistics - it
covers from 1901-1975. you can find more recent mortality data in the
annual statistics issue of CA (last table is international data).
IARC's Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality. IARC Scientific
Publication No. 121, 1993. has a nice chapter on lung cancer (ch 14) -
but
their trend data for Europe only go back to 1950 (in this book anyway). I
don't know if they have older incidence data.
hint - until smoking took off, the numbers don't take off! you can
probably find interesting data in older articles on smoking and lung
cancer...
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Maybe Incidence and Prevalance database on DIALOG would have at least some
of this.
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I am not at the office today so maybe someone else has already
responded and am not sure how far back these go but try the SEER
reports they do cover internation stats regarding cancer, don't think
they go that far back though good luck.
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Would any of this help?
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/11-516-XIE/sectionb/sectionb.htm#B35_50
Or this page -- scroll down about 1/3rd until you get to Europe. It lists
some historical print resources that you may be able to get someone to fax
to you (pages from...I mean)
http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/soc/geog/demog.html#euro
Or on this page there is some narrative about the historical collection of
cancer data, and if you scroll on down further to Lung Cancer, they give
some recent analysis about lung cancer in Europe.
http://telescan.nki.nl/iarc.html
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There is a database on Firstsearch called Factsearch, but I don't know if
it worldwide data or not. Also, try the Statistical Abstract of the World.
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Lung Cancer by Lucien Israel (1976) has a first chapter that has a few
historical statistics (not those you need!), but his bibliography has
quite a few hopeful citations- including:
Council of Europe.
Title Le cancer du poumon en Europe occidentale. Lung
cancer in
Western Europe.
Edition: 2. d.
Publisher: Strasbourg, 1972.
It's not in our library, so I can't check it for you.
http://ca-journal.org/articles/49/1/033-064/49_033-064.html (This web site
leads to stats from 1990, but couldn't find older material).
I think your faculty needs a short lesson in giving the library staff a
"head's up" before they promise something!
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Marilyn E. Hall
Health Sciences Librarian
Library & Information Access Phone (619) 594-5864
San Diego State University Fax: (619) 594-0719
5500 Campanile Drive Email:[log in to unmask]
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:02:47 -0500
From: "Kleinmuntz, Dalia" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: REply to: translation of medine articles
The Center for Research Libraries (affiliated or adjacent to the
University of Chicago) maintains files of translations, and might have
what you need - 773-955-4545 Non-members must sende a check with the
order. A telephone call should tell you if and how to proceed.
I also have a file of sources offering translation services, but have
never used any.
Dalia Kleinmuntz, AHIP [log in to unmask]
Director, Webster Library, Evanston Hospital
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
847-570-2664 847-570-2926 FAX
Opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect those of ENH.
-----Original Message-----
From: Goldman, Elaine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 10:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: translation of medine articles
Is there an organization which has an archive of translated medline
articles? We have a german article which we would like translated and I
was wondering if there is an easier way of doing it, other than going
through a translation service. I know this has been discussed before, but
does anyone have a recommendation
for a translation service or website?
Thanks!
Elaine Goldman
Medical Librarian
Pascack Valley Hospital
Westwood, NJ 07675
[log in to unmask]
201-358-3239
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:58:09 -0700
From: A. Waterman <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: online data
I looked at the list of sites on MLA to see whats
available, but it is not a complete list. Tell me the
name of some databases besides MDConsult, OVID, EBSCO,
Cochrane Library, and StatRef, but like these. Ones
that offer fulltext. Do you like StatRef?
Thanks,
Tony Waterman, Medical Librarian
Carraway Methodist Med Ctr-Med Lib
1600 Carraway Blvd
Birmingham, Al. 35234
205-502-6265
fax 205-502-5357
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:21:41 -0400
From: "Gandhi, Rekha" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: online data
Hello Tony:
We have seen a demo of StatRef and it was quiet good. However, the
salesperson did not make a strong pitch and we are just evaluating
databases at present. We are using EBSCO Health Source Plus-- which is
relatively inexpensive.
There is Health Reference Center-- which seems to be quiet popular.
PROQUEST offers a variety of databases as well. I think there has been
quiet a lively discussion on the list about the advantages/disadvantages
of full-text databases quite recently.
Had to put in my two cents.
Rekha Gandhi
Lathrope Health Sciences Library
Morristown Memorial Hospital
100 Madison Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07962
email: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:42:03 -0500
From: Susan Detwiler <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: fun question on quack history
Hi all,
I'm writing an article on how medical fraud is exacerbated by the
internet, but it's not new to the world. I'd like to start with an example
or two from history.....not people like Avicenna, who did the best he
could with what he knew, but rather the old 'piss in the elixer and sell
it as a nostrum for all evils' type report.
Any ideas on where to find something quotable about such medical
fraud/quackery?
Please respond privately, and I'll summarize for the list, even if I don't
use them all in the article.
Thanks!
Susan Detwiler
The Detwiler Group
Author: SUPER SEARCHERS ON HEALTH & MEDICINE (Information Today, Inc.,
October 2000)
Producer: DETWILER'S DIRECTORY OF HEALTH & MEDICAL RESOURCES
219 749 6534 [log in to unmask] http://www.detwiler.com
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:25:40 -0400
From: Valerie Rankow <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: fun question on quack history
Hi Susan,
There are wonderful resources available on this subject. I offer a mere
tip of the iceberg:
Books about collecting poison bottles and medicines bottles
http://www.msinfobooks.com/beerxmed.html
BUBL - Internet Resources: History of medicine
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/h/historyofmedicine.htm
Electroanalgesia: Historical and Contemporary Developments
http://freespace.virgin.net/joseph.gadsby/page11.htm
>From Quackery to Bacteriology: The Emergence of Modern Medicine in 19th
Century
America
http://www.cl.utoledo.edu/canaday/quackery/quack-index.html
Johns Hopkins University - Institute of the History of Medicine
http://www.welch.jhu.edu/ihm/IOHMlibrary.html
Lloyd Library and Museum (history of botanical and herbal medicine)
http://www.libraries.uc.edu/lloyd/
Medical History on the Internet - A.J. Wright, MLS
http://www.anes.uab.edu/medhist.htm
Moody Medical Library - Truman G. Blocker, Jr. History of Medicine
Collections
http://library.utmb.edu/blocker/
Museum of Questionable Medical Devices (scary!!)
http://www.mtn.org/quack/index.htm
NLM History of Medicine Division
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/hmd.html
Our Pioneers' Way of Life - How Our Ancestors Lived
http://members.aol.com/ntgen/hrtg/wol2.html
Patent Medicine Menace
http://www.fda.gov/cder/about/history/Gallery/galleryintro.htm
Pharmaceutical Century - 1800 to 1919
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/pharmcent/Ch1.html
Quack Medicine
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/vnp/gazette/quack.htm
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/vnp/gazette/quack.htm
Resources related to the history of medicine (bibliography)
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/lisdec/LEADERS/sources.html
Select Readings in American Society and Thought Dimensions of Health and
Medicine
http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/projects/hist462/read462.html
Valerie G. Rankow, MLS, AIIP
Professional Information Services
Research, Writing & Consultation
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What do you want to know? Just ask...
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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 08:10:35 -0700
From: Richard Lindstrom <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Quack history
I recommend you contact Bob McCoy at the Museum of Questionable Medical
Devices
http://www.mtn.org/~quack/
The man is a wonder and a font of knowledge!
Richard W. Lindstrom
Academic Computing Specialist
Charles R. Drew University
1731 E. 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Tel: (323) 563-5832
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:39:46 -0400
From: Mary Hyde <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Lecture Notes - Results
I received several replies to my request for sources of Lecture Notes on =
the WWW:
The sites are as follows:
http://www.medslides.com
http://www.medmatrix.org
http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/links.html#teach
Thanks to all who replied.
MASH
Mary A Hyde MSLS ([log in to unmask])
Public Services Librarian
Resource Center
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
409 12th St SW
Washington DC 20024
202-863-2518 (ref desk) 202-484-1595 (fax)
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