Key
Resources for Research in HIM 260--
Fundamentals of Human Diseases
You will
also find links to the
electronic search tools mentioned below on the
Mundt Library home page
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/
or in the "Guide to Research for Health
Information Management Courses"
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/himguide.htm
Find
edited and peer-reviewed
material on diseases (syndromes, etc.) by following
this process…
1. Get started by
reading an overview or introduction to the disease
to find out basic information, including a
description of the disease, symptoms, diagnosis,
treatment, etc.
Published
medical encyclopedias, handbooks, and textbooks are
good sources for getting an introduction to a
disease, but information found in them must be
checked against more up-to-date sources.
Reliable
medical websites for the general public, found in
part 4 below, also provide overviews of diseases.
a. To find medical
encyclopedias in the Mundt Library or other
libraries in South Dakota, search the Library
Catalog in the South Dakota Library
Network -
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/libcat.htm
·
Search
words: medic* and encyclopedi*
·
Limit
the search to items published in current years.
Examples:
Magill’s medical
guide.
Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2005.
LOCATION:
in print in library -- REFERENCE RC
41 .M34 2005
American Medical Association complete medical
encyclopedia.
New York: Random House Reference, 2003.
LOCATION: in print in library --
REFERENCE
RC81 .A2 A497 2003
Merck Manual of diagnosis and therapy,
Rahway: Merck Research Laboratories, 1999
LOCATION: in print in library --
REFERENCE
RC55 .M4 1999
LOCATION 2: Merck Manual on web -
http://www.merck.com/map/
Provides description of diseases (symptoms,
diagnosis and treatment) for physicians. [Consumer
version, Merck Manual - Home Edition, 2003,
is available at
http://www.merck.com/map/ ]
2. Read in-depth
descriptions/studies of diseases to get a more
thorough understanding of the disease.
Monographs (books) provide this type of
comprehensive coverage and are particularly good for
providing the history of the disease and its
treatment. However, monographs cannot provide the
most up-to-date information.
a. To find books in
the Mundt Library and in other libraries in South
Dakota, search the Library Catalog in
the South Dakota Library Network -
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/libcat.htm.
b. To find books
held in other libraries around the world, search
WorldCat -
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/worldcat.html
c. To get books
that are not in the library, request an Interlibrary
Loan:
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/loan.html
3. Update your
knowledge of the disease by reading current articles
published in medical journals and magazines.
Use these
periodical indexes to find articles:
a. Lexis
Nexis Medical
LOCATION: in Lexis-Nexis Academic
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/lexisnex.html
- Choose MEDICAL; then choose MEDICAL AND HEALTH
JOURNALS or MEDICAL NEWS.
Provides full-text articles on diseases.
b. Masterfile
Premier
LOCATION: in EBSCOhost
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/ebsco.htm
Provides full-text
articles for a general audience
c. Academic
Search Premier
LOCATION: in EBSCOhost
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/ebsco.htm
Provides full-text
articles for an academic and professional audience
d.
Medline
LOCATION: in PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/.
LOCATION: in Lexis-Nexis Academic
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/lexisnex.html
- Choose MEDICAL; then choose MEDICAL ABSTRACTS
Provides citations & abstracts for articles
in biomedical journals. Many articles report very
specialized research by experts and may be difficult
for non-experts to understand. If articles are not
in the library, request Mundt Library to get them
for you through Interlibrary Loan.
4. Update your
knowledge of the disease by reading current articles
and information in reputable medical websites.
a. National
Institutes of Health: Health Topics
LOCATION:
http://www.nih.gov/ Select "Health Information"
to get to health topic search and browse screen.
Browse the list of diseases or search to find
information on diseases and their prevention. "The
NIH is one of eight health agencies of the Public
Health Service which, in turn, is part of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. Comprised
of 24 separate Institutes, Centers, and Divisions,
it is one of the world's foremost biomedical
research centers, and the Federal focal point for
biomedical research in the U.S."
b. CDC: Health
Topics A to Z
LOCATION:
http://www.cdc.gov/az.do
The Center for
Disease Control provides this browseable list of
diseases and health topics that leads to
information on diseases and their prevention
c. Medem
LOCATION:
http://www.medem.com/ Use search box in upper
left to search for disease name.
Or click on "Patients" and use browseable
list of disease categories.
Medem is a medical information service of the
nation's leading medical societies.
d.
MedlinePlus
LOCATION:
http://medlineplus.gov
Provides medical information on health topics
for consumers. Also had drug information and
medical encyclopedias and dictionaries.
5. Find statistics
about a disease using statistical sources
a. CDC
(Centers for Disease Control)
LOCATION:
http://www.cdc.gov/
Provides data, statistics, and information on
diseases and their prevention, including disease
information for people traveling throughout the
world, on the web and in print:
1). National
Center for Health Statistics
LOCATION:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
Provides
statistics on a wide range of health issues.
2). Health,
United States, published annually.
Rockville,
Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Public Health Service, Health Resources
Administration, National Center for Health
Statistics; Washington, D.C.
LOCATION: in print in library -- REFERENCE
RA407.3 .U57
This is a printed volume that provides data
of the National Center for Health Statistics.
6. Learn how to evaluate health
information
a. Evaluating Health
Information - MedlinePlus
LOCATION:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html
Provides links to information
about how to find reliable health information.
