Week 10

Lecture: This weeks lecture was on Using Online Libraries and Databases. This subject was split into 2 parts: Online libraries and of course Online databases. The reasons we use online libraries is because: of the convenience, access to info, currency of articles, the ease of making notes and copying/pasting and 24hr service. Some types of online libraries are: text respositors, journals, electronic books, musical and artworks. One of the main limitations of online libraries is that most of them require subsciption and payment. When using these online libraries it is important to reference everything so not to be caught copy writing any info or should be careful not to copy music or art that has copy write protection. Online databases are similar to online libraries in which they are also a collection of information stored in data fields. E-mail directories and government information & statistics are some of the types of online databases. The advantages and disadvantages of online databases is pretty much the same as online libraries.

Workshop: This week we had to visit the ECU library online and make a list of ten useful things found on the website.
1. News Update - info on libraries workings
2. Quick Links - other supported databases
3. Find - list of sources that can be used
4. Learning Assistance - list of help areas
5. Info About - info on the library
6. Resources For - list of different services the library offers
7. Services - list of different services the library offers
8. Feed Back - gives the person the ability to rate the libraries services
9. Ask The Library - gives the person the ability to ask questions
10. Disclaimer - tells us when the website was last updated.

Another task was to go website www.medlineplus.gov, have a look around, answer 2 questions and go through one of the interactive tutorials.
I found the website to have a lot of information on all medical issues from diseases to types of medications to treat a medical issue. I have no interest in any drugs but if I did this website would give me the info I desire. The types of people that would use this website are some doctors and some patients but mainly nurses would be the people that would use this website.