The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals

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Author(s): Sydney Chellen
Edition: 1
Year: 2000

Language: English
Pages: 232

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
contents......Page 5
foreword......Page 12
to the student......Page 13
acknowledgements......Page 15
icons used......Page 16
overview of the units in this book......Page 17
1.1 the world wide web......Page 19
1.2 databases......Page 20
1.8 file transfer protocol (ftp)......Page 21
summary and conclusion......Page 22
2 getting online......Page 23
2.1.1 ten key points for protecting your password......Page 24
activity 2.1 LOGGING ON TO YOUR COLLEGE SYSTEM......Page 25
2.3.1 which computer?......Page 26
2.3.2 which modem?......Page 28
2.3.5 which internet service provider?......Page 29
2.3.6 taking out a subscription with which isp? )......Page 30
2.3.7 signing up with an isp......Page 31
summary and conclusion......Page 32
3 the world wide web......Page 33
3.1 understanding the web......Page 34
3.1.2 storage of web pages......Page 35
activity 3.1 LOGGING ON AND OFF THE INTERNET ON THE COLLEGE NETWORK......Page 36
3.1.4.1 some important features of internet explorer and netscape browsers......Page 37
3.1.5 anatomy of a web page......Page 38
3.1.7 some common service types......Page 39
3.2 navigating the web......Page 40
activity 3.2 EXPLORING THE WEB......Page 41
3.2.3 hotlists......Page 42
activity 3.3 ENTERING URLS AND ADDING INTERESTING SITES TO YOUR HOTLIST......Page 43
worksheet 3 ENTERING URLS......Page 44
associations, organisations, and UK statutory bodies......Page 45
adult nursing and medicine......Page 50
alternative medicine......Page 53
general health information......Page 54
mental health nursing, psychiatry and learning disabilities......Page 56
midwifery and health visiting......Page 58
paediatric nursing and medicine......Page 59
paramedical......Page 60
healthcare research......Page 61
journals for health professionals......Page 62
libraries and free health databases......Page 63
electronic publication and citation......Page 64
summary and conclusion......Page 65
4 finding health information on the internet......Page 67
4.1.1 web directories......Page 68
worksheet 5 SEARCHING WITH YAHOO’S WEB DIRECTORY......Page 69
activity 4.2 BROWSING YAHOO! UK & IRELAND......Page 70
worksheet 6 BROWSING WITH YAHOO’S WEB DIRECTORY......Page 71
4.1.2 search engines......Page 72
worksheet 7 SEARCHING WITH LYCOS......Page 73
4.2.1 nhs gateway (medical and nhs resources)......Page 75
4.2.3 sosig......Page 76
activity 4.5 BOOKMARKING SITES OF INTEREST......Page 77
4.3 online databases relevant to health students and staff......Page 78
activity 4.6 WHAT’S AVAILABLE?......Page 79
4.3.3 searching databases......Page 80
worksheet 9 SEARCHING HEALTH DATABASES (THE BIOMED COLLECTION)......Page 81
4.4 printing your finds......Page 87
summary and conclusion......Page 88
5 communicating with other health professionals by e-mail......Page 89
5.1 understanding the electronic mail system......Page 90
5.1.2 e-mail headers......Page 91
5.2 understanding electronic mail addresses......Page 92
5.3.1 the mechanics of e-mail......Page 93
5.3.3 replying to e-mail messages......Page 94
activity 5.2 ATTACHING FILES TO AN E-MAIL MESSAGE......Page 96
activity 5.3......Page 97
5.5 e-mail conventions (netiquette)......Page 98
5.6 using keyboard characters to convey feelings......Page 99
5.7.1 signatures......Page 100
summary and conclusion......Page 101
6 joining health discussion groups, mailing lists etc.......Page 102
6.1 getting involved with newsgroups......Page 103
6.1.1 newsgroup names......Page 104
6.1.2 reading articles......Page 105
worksheet 10 USING ONLINE HELP TO GET STARTED WITH NEWSGROUPS......Page 106
6.1.6 posting your first article......Page 107
activity 6.2 POSTING AND FOLLOW-UPS OF ARTICLES TO NEWSGROUPS......Page 108
6.1.9 asking for help from newsgroups......Page 109
6.2 getting involoved with mailing lists......Page 110
6.2.1 mailing addresses......Page 111
6.2.2 finding a mailing list......Page 112
6.2.3 getting on and off a mailing list......Page 113
activity 6.3 SUBSCRIBING TO A MAILING LIST......Page 114
6.2.6 making special requests to mailing lists......Page 115
6.3 starting an internet relay chat (IRC)......Page 116
6.3.2 some IRC commands......Page 117
activity 6.5 CHECKLIST OF HARDWARD SPECIFICATIONS......Page 118
summary and conclusion......Page 119
7 the gateway to free health and medical resources......Page 120
7.1.1 private vs anonymous sites......Page 121
activity 7.2 USING A DEDICATED FTP PROGRAM TO ACCESS FTP SITES......Page 122
worksheet 11 CREATING A SESSION PROFILE......Page 123
activity 7.3 USING ARCHIE TO FIND A FILE......Page 124
telnet your way to nursing and medical literature 7.4......Page 125
worksheet 12 SEARCHING LIBRARY CATALOGUES FROM HOME (1)......Page 126
summary and conclusion......Page 127
8 publishing on the world wide web......Page 128
8.2 creating a simple web page......Page 129
worksheet 15 CREATING A SIMPLE WEB PAGE (2)......Page 130
8.2.1 maximising html......Page 131
8.2.1.3 inserting paragraphs and lines......Page 132
8.2.1.4 creating links to other sites......Page 133
worksheet 17 CREATING A LINK TO ANOTHER WEB SITE (2)......Page 134
8.3 using html editors......Page 135
summary and conclusion......Page 136
9.1 using online tutorials to develop study skills for health courses......Page 137
9.2 evaluating health and medical resources available on available on the web......Page 138
9.3.2 formats of references......Page 139
9.3.3 referencing internet sources......Page 141
9.3.4 referencing non-internet sources......Page 143
summary and conclusion......Page 144
twelve big questions and answers......Page 146
2.1 uk online services......Page 152
2.2 uk internet service providers......Page 153
appendix 3 country codes......Page 155
appendix 5 glossary of terms used in this book......Page 158
recommended further reading (harvard system citation—see section 9.3.2)......Page 161
index......Page 163