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Conference proceeding
Teaching users to utilize animal health information in an electronic environment
pp.135-139
International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, 1 (Reading, United Kingdom, 07/16/1992 - 07/19/1992)
07/1992
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000001525
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/1486
Abstract
The growth of biomedical information available in electronic format mandates the incorporation of the use of computerized information resources into courses for animal health information scholars. Librarians serving as lecturers in the Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Department in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, have included a host of computerized information resources in the structure of a three-unit credit course entitled EPM 401: Biomedical Information Resources and Retrieval. The course is required for veterinarians in the Masters in Preventive Medicine Program, and is an elective for veterinary students. Resources in electronic format covered by the course include the University of Californiaâ s MELVYL online catalog, the CAB Abstracts and Compact Cambridge Life Sciences Collection databases in CD-ROM format, the MEDLINE and Current Contents databases available on the MELVYL system, and bibliographic file management software programs. Students are introduced to the concepts of Boolean searching and are furnished opportunities for â hands-onâ practice. Computer terminals in the public area of the Carlson Health Sciences Library as well as microcomputers in the libraryâ s Microcomputer Facility are employed in the class. Teaching the use of computerized resources is integrated with instruction covering library catalogs, journals, indexing and abstracting resources, bibliographies, personal filing systems, and reference/statistical sources.
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- Title
- Teaching users to utilize animal health information in an electronic environment
- Creators
- Carolyn Kopper (Author)
- Publication Details
- pp.135-139
- Conference
- International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, 1 (Reading, United Kingdom, 07/16/1992 - 07/19/1992)
- Academic Unit
- International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists; 1 ICAHIS, Reading University, Reading, UK, 16 - 19 July 1992
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Grant note
- U. S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Library and C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Identifiers
- 99900501632801842
- Copyright
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding