Thursday, September 21, 2006

Flu - Patient Ed. Materials from CDC

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has posted an array of downloadable patient and provider education materials to its influenza web section.

Visit the CDC's 2006-07 Flu Gallery for :
* Patient education materials for the 2006-07 flu season
* Provider education materials for the 2006-07 flu season
* Patient screening form for trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV)
* Stop the Spread of Germs posters and flyers in several languages
* Fact sheets in several languages
* Influenza vaccine VISs.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Keyword Searching Skills Tutorial

Are you wondering why your last search brought up some less than stellar results? Or no results at all?

It could be that you were looking "in all the wrong places."
Or it could be your choice of keywords …

Selecting the proper keywords to pull up exactly what you seek is both an art and a skill.

Brush up on your keyword searching skills with this excellent online tutorial from McMaster University Library.
It covers the following :
· Choosing Keywords
· Phrase Searching
· Combining Words with And/Or/Not
· Nesting
· WildCards

It could mean the difference between getting a zillion hits on “poetry” and actually finding Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” In any case, you'll be a better searcher!