Finding What You Need: Sources for National, State, and Local Information and Data Sally A. Gore, MS, MS LIS Research Librarian and Informationist Lamar Soutter Library University of Massachusetts Medical School Community Engagement and Research Webinar Series July 10, 2013
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Finding What You Need: Sources for National, State, and Local Information & Data
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Finding What You Need:Sources for National, State, and Local
Information and Data
Sally A. Gore, MS, MS LISResearch Librarian and Informationist
Lamar Soutter LibraryUniversity of Massachusetts Medical
SchoolCommunity Engagement and Research Webinar
SeriesJuly 10, 2013
Web o’ Contents
• Getting started• Planning a strategy• Finding available resources• Organizing results and findings• Staying current• Staying in touch• Q&A
VFAQ: How can I find health statistics?
http://libguides.lhl.uab.edu/healthstatistics
Planning : Strategizing
• Why are you looking for this information?
–Evaluating programs–Planning programs and/or research–Looking for trends
Why you’re lookingWhy you’re looking Why it was collectedWhy it was collected
Health statistics are generally the result of large, organized efforts.
Use this characteristic to your advantage when planning out your search strategy.
Finding and Using Health StatisticsNational Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/usestats/index.html
Finding and Using Health StatisticsNational Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/usestats/index.html
Shaping a Health Statistics Vision for the 21st Century http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/21st%20final%20report.pdf)
Department of Health and Human Services Data CouncilCenters for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Health StatisticsNational Committee on Vital and Health Statistics