Information Specialist Visits Petrozavodsk
Fred Pond, a Biomedical Librarian from Dartmouth Medical School, will be working at the Karelian National Library and the Scientific Library of Petrozavodsk State University from 14 May to 12 June 2001. His visit is supported by the US National Library of Medicine.
Fred is happy to work with doctors, teachers and students as well as librarians. For anyone who is interested, Fred will give workshops and demonstrations on medical databases that can be accessed from the Internet. These include MEDLINE, MEDLINEplus, TOXLINE, and AIDSLINE as well as full text databases such as MDConsult and EBSCO.
MEDLINE
Covers the
fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care
system, and preclinical sciences. MEDLINE contains more than 11 million
bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,000 biomedical
journals since 1966. Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from
English-language sources or have English abstracts. Fred will demonstrate how
to search MEDLINE, save your searches for later use, and connect to full text
articles if they are available.
MDConsult
Contains
the full text of 35 current medical fact books and over 50 medical journals.
Fred will show how to find what you need to keep up-to-date with health care
news, clinical practice guidelines, patient education and drug
information.
AIDSLINE
Research,
clinical aspects and health policy issues regarding HIV and AIDS. This database
includes journal articles, government reports, letters, technical reports,
meeting abstracts/papers, books, theses and audiovisuals from 1980 to the
present time.
TOXLINE
Toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical and physiological effects of drugs
and other chemicals. This database covers journal articles, monographs,
technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports from
1965 to the present.
MEDLINEplus
Provides current consumer health information, including dictionaries,
directories, organizations, news sources and 400 health topics. MEDLINEplus
gives access to extensive information about specific diseases and medical
conditions and also has links to consumer health information from the US
National Institutes of Health.
EBSCO Full Text
Provides access to over 2,300 full text academic and popular interest
periodicals on culture and the social sciences. It covers eight major
health-related subjects that include adult health, behavioral health,
cardiology, drug and medication information, pediatric health, senior health,
women's health and sports medicine.
High Quality Medical
Information on the Internet
Fred will show you how to find
information on a wide variety of health-related subjects on the Web that has
been selected by experts.
Evidence-based Medicine and
Clinical Disease Guidelines
Learn from Fred how to access Web-based
resources on evidence-based medical practice, including clinical practice
guidelines and other useful tools for disease management.
Other Training on
Demand
Fred can provide instruction on finding literature related to
other subjects such as History of Medicine, Bioethics, Population Studies, and
Aeronautics and Space.
Fred enjoys meeting people, cooking and tasting the food of Russia. He looks forward to learning about Russian culture. He likes gardening and would welcome visits to the Russian countryside to learn how people plant their vegetable gardens. His athletic interests are running, walking, hiking and cycling. He would like to find a running partner.
If you wish to meet Mr. Pond, please contact Natalia Bernikova at Karelian National Library or Anna Tifitoulina at Petrozavodst State University Scientific Library.
Natalia Bernikova
Tel: work 77-61-25,
home 74-24-52
E-mail: natalie@nwfs.library.karelia.ru
Anna Tifitoulina
Tel: work 71-10-16
E-mail: taa@mainpgu.karelia.ru
