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MEDLIB-L selection Nov. 30-Dec-1, 2000
Contents:
1. Evaluation of Nursing Indexes [Q and 1 comprehensive answer]
2. Re: top 10 health law journals [1 answer]
3. Grey Literature Report v.2 no.4 November 2000 [URL for fulltext]
4. MCBRC impact factor/results [1 summary answer]
5. Clin. Evidence vs. EBMR vs. Cochrane-direct [1 request for help on
evaluating and comparing them]
6. Pew [US] internet use report [URL for full text]
7. Version 34, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography [a reminder of
a classic still e-published]
8. Customer Satisfaction Surveys [1 offer of sharing survey]
9. Looking for Index Medicus titles in spreadsheet/db format [Q and
summary answer]
10.["Bad"] Website Examples
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:24:03 -0500
From: "Charles R. Fikar, MD, MSLS" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Evaluation of Nursing Indexes
Hi- Does anyone know of any comparison studies or statements in respect to
the various nursing indexes- particularly International Nursing Index vs
CINAHL. I am trying to determine which are the best and whether one alone
is good enough. How much overlap vs how many important unique citations
would a second index provide for nurses. How many libraries provide
access to more than one nursing database? Any information would be
appreciated. With respect, Chuck
Charles R. Fikar, MD, MSLS
Medical Librarian, Health Sciences Libary
Nassau University Medical Center (S-26)
2201 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, NY 11554
516-572-8741
Fax 516-572-5788
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:44:36 -0600
From: Peg Allen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Peg Allen <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Evaluation of Nursing Indexes
First, comparing PubMed/International Nursing Index (INI) and CINAHL is a
bit like comparing apples and oranges, because CINAHL indexes information
in all formats, not just journals. Non-journal formats in the CINAHL
database include books & book chapters, pamphlets, audiovisuals,
accreditation records, codes of ethics, critical paths, dissertations,
research instruments, clinical innovations, drug records, legal cases,
practice acts, government documents (as books or pamphlets), standards,
and websites. The print Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health does
not include , Cochrane records, drug records classification terms, journal
descriptions, legal cases, audiovisuals software, book chapters or website
records. An audiovisual supplement is published approximately every two
years.
The journal coverage in INI is derived from MEDLINE and HealthSTAR (which
are both in PubMed). The print index includes all the nursing titles in
MEDLINE, plus articles from any of the indexed journals pertaining to
nursing retrieved via a subject search strategy. The print INI also
includes separate sections of books and doctoral dissertations, a nursing
thesaurus as a guide to MeSH, and some other unique sections.
The CINAHL thesaurus contains far more nursing terms than MeSH, including
nursing classification terms and nursing theories. These terms are simply
not available in MEDLINE. CINAHL publication types (document types in
some systems) allow limits that are particularly appropriate to nursing
questions, including CEU, teaching materials, consumer/patient teaching
material, and pictorial, to name just a few.
As for journals, the CINAHL database indexes more than 1200 titles in
nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary therapies, consumer
health, and biomedical sciences. This includes almost 500 nursing titles;
MEDLINE includes about 300. One goal of the CINAHL database is to provide
comprehensive coverage of nursing & allied health literature, while
MEDLINE is selective.
Since I began teaching the MLA CE Nursing Information Access in 1986, I
have compiled a Key Nursing Journals chart that compares research
percentage and database coverage for selected English language journals
including all Brandon-Hill nursing journals. Starting last year, the
chart has a column for full-text access, if any. The early 2000 version
is on the web at
http://www.library.kent.edu/nahrs/resource/reports/specrpts.htm .
I am finishing up the 2000 edition which updates the research percentage
column to 1997-99 content and adds some titles. This revised list has 231
titles. 51 titles on this list (22%) are NOT indexed in either MEDLINE or
HealthSTAR; only 2 titles (also in the 51) are not yet indexed in CINAHL.
Many of the titles indexed in CINAHL but not NLM databases are electronic
only journals. MEDLINE indexes just one online nursing journal, the
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (selected for indexing a year ago but
no records in PubMed). The Key Nursing Journals list includes all nursing
journals available electronically, except for state nursing
journals/newsletters (Journal of the New York State Nurses Association is
included because of relatively high % of research articles, but not their
newsletter).
As soon as I can finish the final 2000 edition, I will send it to the
NAHRS webmaster for posting there. If you really need this information,
let me know, and I'll send to you as a Word file as soon as it is
complete.
The 2001 edition will include several new titles plus a few from recent
published surveys of US and non-US nursing & interdisciplinary titles. If
you have titles to recommend for inclusion, please let me know.
Hope this helps - Peg
Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP mailto:[log in to unmask]
Library/Information Consultant http://home.earthlink.net/~pegallenmls/
Resource Librarian Consultant for Cinahl Information Systems, Inc.
http://www.cinahl.com/
Library Consultant, Northern and Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education
Centers, http://www.nahec-wi.org/ and
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/ahec/swahec/
PO Box 2, 308 Kann, Stratford, WI 54484-0002
(715)687-4976 Fax:(715)687-4976
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:08:19 -0500
From: "Yared, Michael" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: top 10 health law journals
Biotechnology Law Report
BNA Health Law Reporter
Hospitals and Health Networks
Journal of Health & Hospital Law
Modern Healthcare
Modern Healthcare
NHLA's Health Law Digest
Mike Yared
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:00:28 -0500
From: Marie Tomlinson Ascher <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Grey Literature Report v.2 no.4 November 2000
Medlibbers,
The latest issue of the Grey Literature Report has been posted on
the web at http://www.nyam.org/library/greylit/glrv2n4.html .
Please feel free to provide any feedback, praise or criticism.
Thank you.
Marie
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Marie Tomlinson Ascher [log in to unmask]
New York Academy of Medicine Phone: 212-822-7325
1216 Fifth Avenue Fax: 212-423-0266
New York, NY 10029
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:07:18 +0200
From: Susanne Vrba <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: MCBRC impact factor/results
Thanks to everyone who responded to me! Since others seem to be interested
in that matter too, I summarize results. Regards/susi
URL listing impact factors:
http://www.med-rz.uni-sb.de/ubuklu/impact2.html
(From: "Lester, Janice" <[log in to unmask]>)
We have the latest JCR and the journal you are looking for is still not
listed. From my experieince it takes at least a few years before this data
will be in JCR. MCBRC continues in part Biochemical and Biophysical
Research Communications which had an impact factor of 3.161, immediacy
index of .402 and cited half life of 6.2, in the most recent JCR. (From:
"Thomas J. Flynn" <[log in to unmask]>)
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IMP - Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
LIBRARY - Susanne Vrba
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7
A-1030 VIENNA
AUSTRIA
PHONE *43-1-797 30-800 (Librarian)
FAX *43-1-798 71 53
e-mail [log in to unmask]
Max Perutz Library - Homepage:
http://www.imp.univie.ac.at/Library/Library.html
Max Perutz Library - List of Journals:
http://www.imp.univie.ac.at/Library/impPER/AtoZper.htm
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:37:24 -0500
From: Lucy Wrightington <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Clin. Evidence vs. EBMR vs. Cochrane-direct
Would like opinions on the Evidence-Based Medicine resources offered by =
Ovid and others: Clinical Evidence and Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews
(Cochrane and Best = Evidence). Or Cochrane direct. We are looking to get
one of these for residents and clinicians. Which might be the most useful
if you can only get one?
TIA,
Lucy Wrightington
Director of Library Services
Easton Hospital
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:37:45 -0500
From: Deborah Lawless <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Pew internet use report
The Pew report on internet use can be found online at
http://www.pewinternet.org.
It is a Pew Internet & American Life Project : online life report and is
entitled "The online health care revolution: how the web helps americans
take better care of themselves." it's 23 pages long.
Deb Lawless
St. Vincents
Jacksonville, FL
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:34:30 -0600
From: "Charles W. Bailey, Jr." <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Version 34, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Version 34 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
is now available. This selective bibliography presents over
1,250 articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources
that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing
efforts on the Internet and other networks.
HTML: <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html>
Acrobat: <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf>
Word 97: <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.doc>
The HTML document is designed for interactive use. Each
major section is a separate file. There are live links to
sources available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using
Boolean operators.
The Acrobat and Word files are designed for printing. The printed
bibliography is over 100 pages long. The Acrobat file is over
330 KB and the Word file is over 400 KB.
The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are
marked with an asterisk):
Table of Contents
1 Economic Issues*
2 Electronic Books and Texts
2.1 Case Studies and History*
2.2 General Works*
2.3 Library Issues*
3 Electronic Serials
3.1 Case Studies and History*
3.2 Critiques*
3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals*
3.4 General Works*
3.5 Library Issues*
3.6 Research*
4 General Works*
5 Legal Issues
5.1 Intellectual Property Rights*
5.2 License Agreements*
5.3 Other Legal Issues*
6 Library Issues
6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, and Metadata*
6.2 Digital Libraries*
6.3 General Works*
6.4 Information Conversion, Integrity, and Preservation*
7 New Publishing Models*
8 Publisher Issues*
8.1 Electronic Commerce/Copyright Systems*
Appendix A. Related Bibliographies by the Same Author
Appendix B. About the Author
The HTML document also includes Scholarly Electronic Publishing
Resources, a collection of links to related Web sites:
<URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm>
The resources directory includes the following sections:
Cataloging, Classification, and Metadata
Digital Libraries
Electronic Books and Texts
Electronic Serials
General Electronic Publishing
Images
Legal
Preprints
Preservation
Publishers
SGML and Related Standards
Best Regards,
Charles
Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Systems,
University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX
77204-2091. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Voice: (713) 743-9804.
Fax: (713) 743-9811.
<URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/bailey.htm>
<URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html>
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 16:59:56 -0600
From: Nancy Reynolds <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Customer Satisfaction Surveys
At Texas Medical Association Library, we are currently conducting a user
survey entitled, "Focusing on TMA Library of the Future." We are asking
for feedback on library services currently used (from our library and from
other sources including Internet resources), for feedback on how we are
meeting needs of users, and on the importance of enhancing specific
services for future use. If you would like me to mail you a copy of the
survey, please send me your mailing address; if you want me to e-mail you
a copy as a Word attachment, please send me your e-mail address.
Nancy
Nancy Reynolds
Library Director
Texas Medical Association Library
401 W. 15th Street
Austin, TX 78701-1680
(512) 370-1540; fax (512) 370-1634
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
www.texmed.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary VanAtta [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 3:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Can anyone give me some advice on how to design a customer satisfaction
survey that will be used to evaluate the library collections and services
at a small medical library? It would be helpful if someone could
provide me with examples of surveys they have actually used to assess
services in their own libraries. Any suggestions in this regard will be
greatly appreciated.
Mary Van Atta
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:17:46 -0500
From: Library <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Looking for IM titles in spreadsheet/db format
Hello all,
Does anyone have or know of anywhere that has a list of the serials
indexed in Index Medicus in a spreadsheet or database format? I'm
dreaming up a new project for myself, and this would make it a lot easier.
I've looked at NLM, all I can find are PDF's, which I can't translate into
Excel.
Thanks
Madeleine Taylor
Health Sciences Library
St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center
703 Main Street
Paterson, NJ 07503
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:26:52 -0500
From: Library <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Thanks! for IM titles in spreadsheet/db format
In response to my question, medlibbers responded with the following:
>This link will provide you with a comma delimited list from JAKE.
>
>
http://jake.med.yale.edu/cgi-bin/dblist.pl?type=list&jakeid=14603&format=text
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I gave myself a nice litte project too!! Here is a magic list (and their
are onther lists on the web for CINAHL, Psyhinfo etc.)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/getids_help.html#JournalLists.
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maybe, you could try searching this URL:
http://www.medscape.com/Home/Search/IndexMedicus/IndexMedicus.html
I don't know if this list is complete, but I hope it will be useful.
_______________________
SilverPlatter has a CD-ROM Serline product that can be searched by that
field. You should be able to do the same with LocatorPlus.
______________________
Thanks to all who responded!
Madeleine Taylor
Health Sciences Library
St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center
703 Main Street
Paterson, NJ 07503
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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:07:42 -0600
From: Joan Zivich <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Website Examples
Medlibbers,
I am going to teach a one-on-one class on Internet searching for my
physicians.
I need one or two examples of bad websites...
does anyone have a favorite "bad" site ? One on health - one general one
perhaps?
They could be badly designed or hard to use or of questionable merit....
Please respond to me directly.
Thank you !
Joan Zivich
Librarian
Lacera Memorial Library
Community Hospital
901 MacArthur Blvd.
Munster, IN 46321
Phone: 219.836.4503
Fax : 219.852.6429
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:32:05 -0600
From: Joan Zivich <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Examples of websites
Medlilbbers,
I retyped the examples colleagues sent me...
Hope this helps you also.
http://www.polyo2.org/aidsscure.html
some of the "treatments' could prove fatal - eg intravenous hydrogen
peroxide
http://www.medical-library.org/
http://mit.edu:8001/people/mkgray/head-explode.html
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/bad980417.html
http://www.china-guide.com/health/soap.html
Compare tone or purpose of a page: http://www.whitehouse.net/
and http://www.whitehouse.gov/
http://www.healthscout.com
go to link on left called "And the verdict is."
http://www.paisvirtual.com/ciencia/comercial/cosmos/cancer.htm
http://www.webmd.com
because it is so slow to load
http://www.improbabl.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.htm
Joan Zivich
Librarian
Lacera Memorial Library
Community Hospital
901 MacArthur Blvd.
Munster, IN 46321
Phone: 219.836.4503
Fax : 219.852.6429
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