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Priority Task Force planning
For context, here are the “Areas of Library Value and Potential Surrogates” from the Value of Academic Libraries report that I’m using as a basis for your input:
Student Enrollment
• Recruitment of prospective students
• Matriculation of admitted students
• Recommendation of current students
Student Retention & Graduation
• Fall-to-fall retention
• Graduation rates
Student Success
• Internship success
• Job placement
• Job salaries
• Professional/graduate school acceptance
• Marketable skills
Student Achievement
• GPA
• Professional/educational test scores
Student Learning
• Learning assessments
• Faculty judgments
Student Experience, Attitude, & Perception of Quality
• Self-report engagement studies
• Senior/alumni studies
• Help surveys
• Alumni donations
Faculty Research Productivity
• Number of publications, number of patents, value of technology transfer
• Tenure/promotion judgments
Faculty Grants
• Number of grant proposals (funded or unfunded)
• Value of grants funded
Faculty Teaching
• Integration of library resources and services into course syllabi, websites,
• lectures, labs, texts, reserve readings, etc.
• Faculty/librarian collaborations; cooperative curriculum, assignment, or
• assessment design
Institutional Reputation & Prestige
• Faculty recruitment
• Institutional rankings
• Community engagement
Do you remember when you learned how to "do" research? At some point, something clicked and you understood the process and could replicate it on demand - you may have even grown to love it!
That moment, when the light bulb goes off is an important part of the transition from "novice" to "master" - you have passed a threshold of understanding that is both transformative and irreversible. In this webinar, we will discuss the threshold concepts that students must be guided over in their own journeys toward information literacy mastery.
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View the Webinar Recording from 27 April, 2015 (48 minutes):
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Welcome! Click on a tab below to find books, articles, and websites for use in this course.
You'll need a College of DuPage Library card in order to use most of the resources below from off campus. If your card is not working, it may need to be reactivated.
Questions? Feel free to use my contact info to the right, stop by the Reference Desk, or contact us by email or chat.
The library has many study resources, including textbooks, models, and slides. See information below.
We have many textbooks available in the library. Head to the library catalog (it's the link titled Catalog at the top of the screen.) Try searching for anatomy and physiology and textbook to get a list of what we have.
Now look at the results screen below.
Make sure you write down
If you are unsure about how to locate a book in the library, ask a reference librarian.
The library has a large number of anatomy models, many of which mirror those available in the lab. See the list of models available. These are available for in-library use only.
To check these out, head to the library circulation desk on the 2nd floor of the SRC. Bring your library card.
We also have a list of slides available for in library study. Scroll to page 2 for 1552 information.
To check these out, head to the circulation desk on the 2nd floor of the SRC. Library microscopes are also located on the 2nd floor of the SRC, behind the reference collection.
Trying to find basic information about your disease or condition? Information such as how many people suffer from the condition, symptoms, and basic treatments can be found in an encyclopedia.
Try searching the Gale Virtual Reference Library for your condition now.
Once you've moved past encyclopedia articles, there are two good databases that I'd recommend for this assignment:
Academic Search Complete has a large variety of academic and popular articles about medical topics
Science Direct is a source of scholarly articles only (both research and review) on scientific topics.
Try searching for your disease/condition.
You can also look for subject headings to narrow your search. Click on a good article title, and then look for the subject headings in the center of the screen. If you see a good term for your search, click on it.
Not finding what you need? Check out our expanded list of biology databases.
While you're doing Google searches to either narrow your topic or in order to dig up more information on certain subject, you want to be careful to decide if the information you find is trustworthy.
When it comes to science, nearly everyone has opinions: are we getting enough Vitamin D? What will fracking do for our economy or our groundwater supply? Your job is to evaluate the information you can find through Google and Bing to find the good websites--those written by authors you can trust, with good and up-to-date information.
Authorship: Who created this website? What is their background on the topic? Are they trustworthy?
Bias: Why was the website created? What point of view does the author have? Does that limit the facts they present or how the facts are presented?
Date: How old is the information that is presented? Is it still accurate?
Questions? Check out the COD Library's guide to evaluating information.
Find directions about how to cite your sources in APA or MLA style on the library citation guide.
Finally, you are welcome to use NoodleBib if you'd like to use a program to create and organize your citations. You must "Create a New Folder" when you use NoodleBIB for the first time. Click on "I am citing a(n):," choose the type of item you are citing, and then fill in the online form. Your bibliography will be formatted for you.
Further questions about citation styles? Check out Purdue OWL, which has MLA and APA citation style guides.
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LIBRARY CATALOG: Search for materials in the COD library or in libraries worldwide. Search by topic and then add statistics as the other keyword in your search. For example, search for housing AND statistics, or medical care AND statistics.
Information on the I-SHARE program to borrow books from other Illinois academic libraries.
Outline of the Library of Congress Classification System (what COD uses to arrange its books)
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Reference Universe. Use this index to locate good articles in print and electronic reference books. Just type in the subject/topic keyword in the search box, and then click on the GO button.
APA Dictionary of Statistics and Research Methods. Reference BF 76.5 A7263 2014
Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology: a Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences. Reference HA 17 .V64 2011
Sage Dictionary of Statistics: A Practical Resource for Students in the Social Sciences. Reference HA 17 .C73 2004
Statistical Abstract of the United States. This is an authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Click on the link on the left of the search page.
Success by the Numbers: Statistics for Business Development. Reference HF 54.56 .S93 2005
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American Factfinder. Search by city, county, or zip code to get this Census Bureau data.
Catalog of Administrative Data Sources for Neighborhood Indicators. A guide to using data from a variety of sources to create neighborhood profiles. Urban Institute 2007.
Census 2010: Chicago. Data from the U. S. Census includes links to the American Community Survey as well as demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics.
Center for Disease Control SNAPS. County data from the Center for Disease Control, including number of immigrants, ethnicity, country of origin for immigrants, languages spoken, heating fuel, and disability statistics. Pick the state and then the county.
Chicago and Cook County, Illinois - Digital Atlas
Chicago Community Area 2000 Census Profiles. Maps as well as data on racial demographics, income, and educational level for the 77 community areas.
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). Click on the DATA tab for demographic, land use, and transportation data.
Chicago Police Crime Statistics. Search for weekly as well as historical statistics by District Number.
City of Chicago Data Portal. Browse or search historical as well as current data on the city of Chicago, including current employee names and salaries, building permits, and crimes.
CityData.com. Statistics by city, including housing, income, and racial distribution.
Cook County QuickFacts from the U.S. Census
Cook County Statistical Abstract
County and City Data Book. From the U.S. Bureau of the Census
Demographia. Wide range of Chicago data including commuter information, growth rate, and population density. Compiled by Wendell Cox Consultancy.
DuPage County QuickFacts from the U.S. Census
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Statistics and information for Chicago and other midwest cities.
Illinois Congressional District Demographic Profiles. Search by Congressional District Number to get data on sex, age, race, and ancestry for that district.
Illinois County Occupational Wages. Employment and wage statistics by city, metropolitan area, or county.
Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area: Based on the 1970 and 1980 Censuses. Reference and General HA 730 .C5 L63 1984
Metro Chicago Immigration Fact Book. 2003 Roosevelt University Institute for Metropolitan Affairs publication.
Social Explorer. Interactive maps and demographic data.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Ready Reference and General HA 202 .U5 S93
Young Children in Chicago. Statistical data on children, ages 0-5, in the 77 Chicago neighborhoods.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics: Illinois. Statistics on employment, wages, labor force, and CPI.
CensusScope. Includes charts and maps on population, language, family structure, income, poverty, etc.
Illinois County Occupational Wages. Employment and wage statistics by city, metropolitan area, or county.
Illinois Department of Commerce
Illinois Data and Statistics. Data published by the state of Illinois.
Illinois Department of Public Health: Health Statistics
Illinois Prevailing Wage Rate
Illinois Quick Facts. Illinois statistics pulled from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Illinois Statistics by Subject and Agency
State and County QuickFacts: Illinois. From the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book. From the U.S. Bureau of the Census
StateMaster: Illinois. This is a free educational resource with statistical data.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Illinois. Includes employment, unemployment, wages, and price indexes.
U. S. Department of Agriculture: State Facts.
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The American Marketplace: Demographics and Spending Patterns.
Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change. Reference HC 101 .A131222 2014
Consumer Expenditure Survey
Consumer Price Index. Monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
Economic Indicators Prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the Joint Economic Committee.
Economic Statistics Data on industries and GDP's around the world.
FedStats Access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government.
FreeLunch. Economic data on a variety of topics from Moody's Analytics.
Guide to Economic Indicators
OECD Economic Surveys of the United States 2014. This online book examines recent U.S. economic developments, policies and prospects.
Population Reference Bureau. Click on the DATAFINDER tab to find data on a variety of topics including, education, geography, immigration, and health.
StateMaster. This is a free educational resource with statistical data on the 50 states.
Statistical Abstract of the United States Latest print editions at Ready Reference. Older editions at General HA 202 .U5 .S93
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statistics on crime, incarceration, and corrections.
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Statistics on employment, wages, price indexes, etc.
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
U. S. Department of Agriculture: State Facts
U.S. National Center for Agricultural Statistics
U.S. National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
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Complex Emergency Database. International database that monitors and evaluates the health status of populations in emergency situations.
Economic Indicators
Economic Statistics. Data on industries, trade, and GDP's from around the world.
Eurostat. Statistics about Europe, sponsored by the European Commission.
Foreign Statistical Agencies
GeoHive: Global Statistics
International Historical Statistics. Reference HA 154 .M51
International Trade Statistics (WTO). Reference HF 1371 .I584
NationMaster. Statistics arranged by country and topic.
OECD iLibrary. Browse by country and select the statistics you want to view.
Population Reference Bureau. Click on the DATAFINDER tab to find data on a variety of topics including, education, geography, immigration, and health.
Statistical Yearbook (United Nations). Reference HA 12.5 .U63
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific. Reference HA 1665 .S73
The World Bank
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You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the electronic indexes and databases from off-campus. Most databases have an ADVANCED SEARCH link. Many of our General Databases have statistical data in magazine and journal articles on your topic. Use 'statistics' as one of your keywords in the ADVANCED SEARCH Option. The following databases are specific to statistics.
Business Decision. Use this database to find data to use for demographic, competitive, or market analysis. You can search by neighborhood, zip code, and metropolitan area.
JSTOR. This is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
Sage Stats. This database has extensive social science data including topics such as healthcare, crime, education, employment, religion, and government finances.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. This is an authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Click on the link on the left of the search page.
More COD Library journal and newspaper article databases
Explanation of the Difference Between Magazines and Journals
How to Read a Research Article
Are you tired of the criticism leveled against studying Humanities, and the critics who complain that there is no place for them in business world? Then check out these resources for a balanced view of the benefits of studying the Humanities, and how your career choices may be enhanced through a well-rounded Liberal Arts education.
Painting of Edith Sitwell, by Roger Fry [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
The following are articles, blog posts, websites and other sources.
"Leaders in higher education often ask us how they might make a case for the humanities, when students and parents are so deeply concerned about their economic futures. The answers lie in the very numbers that are so often cited as admonitions against the field."
This article gives you, as the title suggests, 11 ways the Humanities DO prepare you for the working world. The article also links to other relevant articles from Business Insider and to the recent Georgetown Study on which majors are most employed.
Makovsky, with extensive business experience says, explains how the Humanities are useful in a business career and himself notes: “As I see it, the study of humanities builds the foundation that supports an array of sophisticated public relations skill sets.”
Janz’ website and the collected information there while focusing primarily on philosophy is applicable to all of the disciplines in the humanities.
Golsby-Smith explains why those trained in the Liberal and in the Humanities may just be what big business needs to tackle more complex problems. Here are just two of the skills he believes studying the Humanities builds: “People trained in the humanities who study Shakespeare’s poetry, or Cezanne’s paintings have learned to play with big concepts, and to apply new ways of thinking to difficult problems that can’t be analyzed in conventional ways.”
President of Brown University, Paxson tackles the question of whether the Humanities are worth it and whether they should be supported. Offering strategies to push back against critics of the value of Humanities, Paxson suggests that, “ A grounding in the humanities will sharpen our answers to the toughest questions we are facing. We don’t want a nation of technical experts in one subject. We want a scintillating civil society in which everyone can talk to everyone.”
From the article: “ As Jordan Weissmann wrote in The Atlantic last week, money is a pretty bad way to measure the value of a college major…” this comment is supported by the later one from The Atlantic which reported that “ humanities and social science majors earn a similar amount as pre-professional majors do over a lifetime.”
Weissmann also explains that there is value in choosing an area of study that you truly care about. "There's something to be said for encouraging students to study something that they enjoy, or have a natural talent for. Namely, they're more likely to stick at it.” And later Weissmann notes, “career-specific skills can often be learned on the job -- whereas critical thinking and problem-solving skills are invaluable benefits of a humanities education …”
This document compiles various quotes and thoughts about the Humanities put together by the Humanities Council of Washington, DC.
Keira Amstutz, president and CEO of the Indiana Humanities Council gets more to the crux of the problem of define the Humanities when she notes that “It’s not about what the they are, it’s what we do.”
Helen Small’s entire book might be of some interest. Reisz’ review of the book distills Small’s arguments, noting that “Small’s book sets out a taxonomy and assesses the five principal arguments that have been used in relation to the discipline.
The first describes the distinctive features of the humanities such as their “high tolerance of ambiguity” and truth claims based on “coherence” and “rightness” rather than “correctness” and “validity”, builds this into a theory of two or three distinct cultures - and then puts the humanities at the top of the tree.
The other arguments propose that the humanities are “useful” in a purely economic sense or beyond; that they contribute to individual or national happiness; that they are worth studying “for their own sake”; and that they perform a gadfly function in democracy.”
by Mike LaBossiere.
Mike LaBossiere takes on the myths of the unemployed and underpaid Humanities major as well as the “uselesslness” of taking Humanities courses. He believes these myths persist because the Humanities may not defend or sell themselves well, the employment rates for their majors are actually higher than those for other disciplines.
The Governor of North Carolina laments that the Humanities are not the bastion of larger universities only. The Editorial Board reminds him that, “Not only does the economy change quickly and unexpectedly, but it also does not exist in a vacuum. In a society that is complex, historical and ever changing, studies in the humanities offer different and equally important perspectives, building communities and producing knowledge in ways that offer benefits beyond the narrow conflation of material worth and value.
Economist Jeffrey Dorfman looks at the long term earnings potential for those who obtain Humanities degrees, challenging the myth that degrees in humanities are "less useful" and than those in the STEM disciplines. Dorfman researched the impact earning a degree in humanities has on individual lifetime earnings compared to an individual with no college education.
Humanities Research is Groundbreaking, Life-changing… and Ignored - from The Guardian newspaper.
The current university education climate presents obstacles to the promotion of liberal education. Nevertheless, the considerable professional and personal challenges of nursing practice in global terms make such an educational preparation essential. If nursing education to degree level is to commence from 2013, these principal features of liberal education, via these educational standards, must be embedded prominently into new programmes.
During the studying, future engineers must realise the dependence of professional activity on calls of the times, the state policy, human needs and at the same time understand that technologies change different life aspects both of the human and all biosphere. According to this thesis, the authors pay attention to the problem of cognitive strategies creation which allow forming the social responsibility principles of future engineers during their education. In the work the comparative analysis method is used, i.e. theoretical and experimental researches were being simultaneously conducted in this field. The goal is to form the educational method which will allow students getting a bachelor's degree in technologies to understand that the engineer influences the world by manufactured goods. As a result of applying the project educational method in the Philosophy course, students have received necessary social cultural skills: realizing the anthropocentricity of the engineering profession and engineer's responsibility towards society, understanding basic tendencies of social development and forming the strategic view on reality.
This survey aimed at measuring students’ critical thinking dispositions in humanities fields. 123 students were randomly selected by stratified sampling method among undergraduate students in the College of Humanities in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran during academic year of 2010-2011. They completed Ricketts’(2003) Critical Thinking Disposition Questionnaire. Overly, finding showed that all subjects achieved optimal level of critical thinking in the moderated level (p < 0.001,t = 17.56), but not in the strict level (p < 0.001, t = -9.20). Implications for applying active learning and problem solving approaches to enhance students’ critical thinking propositions were proposed.
Although Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828) is well known for his organology, i.e., his theory of cortical localization of function largely derived from skull features, little has been written about his ideas pertaining to specific faculties other than speech, and even less attention has been drawn to how the individual faculties might work together in specific situations. Our focus shall be on how Franz Joseph Gall viewed the fine arts, with special emphasis on what one must possess to be outstanding in this field, which he associated with perceiving and understanding relationships, and several higher faculties of mind, including color, “constructiveness,” locality, and recognizing people. How these faculties are utilized, he tells us, will vary with whether an artist does portraits, landscapes, historical scenes, still life compositions, etc., as well as with the selected medium (e.g., oil paints, sketching on paper, stones to be carved). To put Gall's thoughts about the fine arts in context, brief mention will be made of his scientific career, his guiding philosophy, the questions he most wanted to answer, what he construed as “evidence,” how he eliminated the soul or “controller” from his system, and how he presented his work to the public. Some comparisons will be made to what he wrote about having a talent for music.
About two months ago, a second-year medical student e-mailed me to ask about the value of humanities courses. As a humanities major in college, he questioned the overwhelming dominance of required medical sciences in his preclinical classes....
The Career & College Information Collection (CCIC) provides information on educational opportunities, occupational choices and job-seeking skills. This multimedia collection can assist you in planning for your educational, career and employment goals.
Links to several COD and open access databases that provide information on careers, education requirements, salary ranges and vocational biographies.
Your assignment is to develop a research-based outline and a 10-minute class presentation about an architect or designer. Your research and the outline will inform your presentation. Your outline should follow the format detailed in your class assignment and include parenthetical references with a simple bibliography. The images you use in your presentation should be cited.
Examples:
1152 Outline Example
1152 Presentation Example of Image Citations
Search the Library Catalog by keyword for your architect/designer's name and/or the style (stylistic period) that you are interested in. Sometimes you'll get results about the person and about the stylistic period in which they worked, or vice versa, so the library catalog can help you learn about your subject. For instance, when we search for Gerrit Rietveld, we find materials about the De Stijl movement. When we search for De Stijl, we'll find some materials about Reitveld's houses. Also, searching for a stylistic period will sometimes result in survey books about particular design or design elements, such as this book about lighting that has a chapter about the De Stijl period.
Here are a few more sample searches from the Library Catalog:
Eileen Gray
Art Deco
Bauhaus
Dorothy Draper
Michael Graves
There are a variety of encyclopedias and dictionaries about Interior Designers and Architects in the Library's Reference Collection and online. Browse the collection to find similar books:
Encyclopedia of Interior Design
Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture
Global History of Architecture (e-book)
Art & Architecture Complete is a great source for interior design and architecture history but you can also browse the other databases to look for article sources.
Other Database Choices
See the Interior Design Research Databases page for other useful resources.
The Library has compiled a selection of web search tools, here. Use the Library's Evaluating Websites page for criteria to use when selecting your websites. Its important to find websites that are authored by professional people who have some expertise in your area of interest.
You'll create a Sources List that will be attached to your outline. The Sources List is ordered alphabetically by author or website title. Images will be cited on each slide of the presentation.
Contact the Interior Design librarian or visit the Ask-a-Librarian page.
Have you ever left a healthcare appointment feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, confused or scared? Attend this workshop and receive practical tips and suggestions on how you can improve interactions with your health care providers.
Join the discussion, empower yourself as a healthcare consumer and learn how Library resources and staff can improve your personal wellbeing!
Library homepage --> Databases --> Health & Medicine Databases link
Health & Wellness Websites
Recommended by COD Library's Nursing & Health Sciences Librarian, Debra J. Kakuk Smith
We do not diagnose, recommend or suggest treatments!
Health information should be shared and discussed with your health care provider, who can interpret it for you and apply it to your individual case.
Some helpful tips that you can do BEFORE a visit to your healthcare providers:
AHRQ: Questions Are the Answer
From the US Department of Health & Human Services, this section of the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality encourages patients to ask questions and become actively involved in their health care by providing consumers informative video clips, ways to prevent medical errors, and interactive question generators for a variety of medical visit scenarios
Horowitz, D. (2010, August). Consumer Connection: Speak up for good care: Getting the healthcare you deserve. The Costco Connection, p. 13.
MedlinePlus.gov
From the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health, this site provides access to health topics (diseases and conditions), a medical encyclopedia, drug & supplement information, dictionary, links to self-help groups, clinical trials, directories and information in easy-to-read formats & multiple languages
Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People (free PDF)
From the National Institute on Aging (part of the National Institutes of Health), this resource is FABULOUS for people of ALL ages, especially older people. The book is available for download in PDF format or individual chapters are available for online reading--a handy table of contents is available on the main page. Bonus content includes worksheets to help prepare for and properly communicate during Dr visits.
ANYONE can put information on the Internet. As a health care provider, you must carefully select and evaluate health information before using it to treat patients or letting it influence how you perform your duties. Use the evaluating sources section to help you determine the credibility of Web sites. A great test is to ask yourself, "Would I want myself or someone that I care deeply about to be treated based on this information?" If the answer is "no," don't include the information in your academic projects either!
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM)
Greater Chicago Chapter of HIMSS
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Illinois Health Information Management Association (ILHIMA)
National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA)
The National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) is a non-profit organization that represents more than 5,000 cancer registry professionals and Certified Tumor Registrars (CTR®). Its mission is to serve as the premier education, credentialing, and advocacy resource for cancer data professionals.
Cancer Registry Resources
Comprehensive list of important online resources maintained by the National Cancer Registrars Association
National Cancer Registrars Association's Council on Certification
Promotes standardization in the collection and use of cancer data through examination and certification of Cancer Registrars and other cancer data specialists. This site contains exam application, handbook and test preparation information and resources.
COD Health Information Technology Resource Guide
Includes in-depth descriptions and links to finding Health Information Technology and Physician Office Coding & Billing books, videos, journal articles, images and credible websites.
ANYONE can put information on the Internet. As a health care provider, you must carefully select and evaluate health information before using it to treat patients or letting it influence how you perform your duties. Use the evaluating sources section to help you determine the credibility of Web sites. A great test is to ask yourself, "Would I want myself or someone that I care deeply about to be treated based on this information?" If the answer is "no," don't include the information in your academic projects either!
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Illinois Society of Medical Assistants (ISMA)
Medical Assistant Education Review Board (MAERB)
Merriam-Webster Online
Includes medical dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English, unabridged, visual, and ESL
Merck Manual Professional Edition
COD's Career & College Information Collection (CCIC)
Located on the second floor of the Library (3rd floor of the SRC building), CCIC provides online and print information on educational opportunities, occupational choices and job-seeking skills. This multimedia collection can assist you in planning for your educational, career and employment goals. Resources cover writing resumes & cover letters, preparing for certification exams, preparing for job interviews, and occupational information (salaries/wages and job outlook)
C.R.I.S. Community Resource Information System [DuPage County]
A fast and easy way to obtain basic information on social service programs throughout DuPage County [Mozilla Firefox browser is recommended, Internet Explorer/Edge and Google Chrome may not display correctly]
DuPage County Health Department
Promotes physical and emotional health; prevents illness and disability; protects health from environmental risk factors; and strives to assure the provision of accessible, quality services. Web site topics include: asthma, depression, bioterrorism, consumer services, dental services, DuPage safe food site, environmental health services, mental health services and men's and women's health sites
Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce
Promotes businesses, nonprofits and services within Glen Ellyn
Milton Township SALT (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together)
This township web site organizes and shares resources on scams, transportation, food security, housing, safety, communication and more
Village of Glen Ellyn Service Groups & Organizations
A starting point for identifying local services available near Glen Ellyn, available from the Village of Glen Ellyn Web site http://www.glenellyn.org/
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Serves the evolving needs of women and families through programs focused around Safety & Wellness, Education & Training, and Economic Sustainability.
ARUP: Laboratory Test Directory
ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory contains complete, up-to-date test information, including methodology and reporting times, collection and transportation specifications, reference intervals, test notes, and CPT codes. Clients can access entries via an A to Z index located in the upper-left section of the site and search by test name, key word, test number, or mnemonic.
Lab Tests Online
Designed to help the patient or caregiver better understand that many clinical lab tests are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases. The site is a collaboration of professional societies representing the lab community
American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is an organization of 24 approved medical specialty boards. The intent of the certification of physicians is to provide assurance to the public that those certified by an ABMS Member Board have successfully completed an approved training program and an evaluation process assessing their ability to provide quality patient care in the specialty
AMA Physician Select: Online Doctor Finder
The American Medical Association Physician Select database provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 690,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO)
Hospital Compare: Medicare.gov
Find out how well hospitals across the U.S. compare in the care of adult patients with certain medical conditions. It includes a hospital checklist for consumers.
Locate a Hospice
From the Hospice Foundation of America
Illinois Hospital Report Card
Access information about the volume, cost and quality of health care provided in Illinois medical facilities
MEDLINEplus National Library of Medicine Directories
Arranges directory links into categories including physicians, specialists, hospitals, services, and facilities
Physician Profile Search: Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
Search by Physician name to access information profiles on all physicians currently licensed in the State of Illinois. Includes license information, disciplinary and legal actions, primary office locations, hospital affiliations, board certifications, medical school and post graduate education and more
WebMD Physician Directory
Search for a physician by name, medical specialty, distance from your home, HMO plan, hospital affiliation, or other criteria
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
Includes information on new drug therapies in research and those recently approved by the FDA
DailyMed
Maintained by the National Library of Medicine, this site provides high quality drug information including FDA approved labels (package inserts). It is designed to supply health information providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts
Drugs.com
A drug information database for consumers and medical professionals, providing information about prescription and over-the-counter medications, treatment notes for specific diseases and conditions, and topical articles and news related to pharmaceuticals
MEDLINEplus National Library of Medicine
Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications provided through two drug resources -- MedMaster, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the USP DI Advice for the Patient, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
Contains a database of approximately 5,000 product names that is updated regularly including professional monographs derived from FDA approved labeling and patient-oriented monographs
SafeMedication.com
Easy-to-read information on more than 800 drugs sponsored by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information on topics such as: data and statistics; diseases and conditions; emergencies and disasters; environmental health; healthy living; injury, violence and safety; life stages and populations; travelers' health; workplace safety and health; and much more. This site contains information appropriate for adults, teens and kids
MEDLINEplus
Provides access to 900+ health topics, medical encyclopedias and dictionaries, and links to self-help groups, clinical trials, preformulated PubMed searches, lists of hospitals and physicians, health and information in Spanish and other languages. Includes listings of diseases & conditions by body system.
MedScape Reference
An online clinical reference providing in-depth drug & disease information and tools to support clinical decision making. Content is designed for practicing medical professionals and includes diagnostic medical images. Free Registration to MedScape is required. To avoid registering and go straight to an entry in this resource, try Googling the word emedicine and your disease/condition (i.e. emedicine pertussis). Once you access the article, login for full content.
FindLaw: Health Care Law
A collection of policy and regulatory materials related to health care
Legal Information Institute
From Cornell Law School
Illinois Courts
Illinois Courts contains Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Court information, including judges and opinions
Medical and Public Health Law Site
Resources from Louisiana State University's Law School. Information on biotechnology, public health, and related topics
U.S. Supreme Court
Official web site for the Supreme Court of the United States
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
With over 100,000 members, the Academy is the nation's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. It serves the public by promoting optimal nutrition, health and well-being
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics : Home Food Safety
Food safety tips for consumers (some resources are available in Spanish)
COD Library's Nutrition Research Guide
Nutrition-related resources (print, electronic and Internet resources) from the College of Dupage Library's Natural Science Librarian
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) fact sheets
Provides "a current overview of individual vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements. ODS has fact sheets in two versions—Health Professional and Consumer. Both versions provide the same types of information but vary in the level of detail. Consumer [fact sheets] are now available in Spanish."
Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)
Delivers credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel, and consumers.
MEDLINEplus National Library of Medicine
Search for nutrition-related health topics such as: calcium; child nutrition; cholesterol; dietary fats; dietary fiber; eating disorders; food labeling; infant and toddler nutrition; nutrition for seniors; nutritional support; obesity; vegetarianism; vitamins and minerals; weight loss and dieting; and food, nutrition and metabolism
Nutrition.gov
A gateway to the U.S. government offices' information on nutrition, healthy eating, and physical activity
USDA Choose My Plate
Offers numerous food group-based nutrition education resources, including tip sheets, videos, food group quizzes, infographics, recipes and more. Includes audience-specific resources such as: activity sheets, games, videos, and songs for children; activities for families; healthy eating on a budget resources; and MiPlato tipsheets and resources for Spanish speakers.
USDA FoodData Central
"FoodData Central is an integrated, research-focused data system that provides expanded data on nutrients and other foods components as well as links to sources of related agricultural, food, dietary supplement, and other information."
World Health Organization (WHO): Nutrition
Provides information on the numerous nutrition activities supervised by WHO including: growth assessment and surveillance, nutrition in development and crisis, country-focused nutrition policies and programs, and reduction of micronutrient malnutrition
The following websites have been recommended by faculty and the health science librarian as useful for student assignments and professional practice.
Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS)
Contains coding guidelines as well as information on electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs, and a definition for the meaningful use of certified EHR technology CMS is responsible for drafting standards for the certification of EHR technology and the updating of health information privacy and security regulations under HIPAA.
HealthIT.gov
ONC, and its federal partners, created HealthIT.gov to provide critical, reliable information on health IT and electronic health records (EHRs) to wider audiences. This new website offers resources to patients and providers who may have little experience with health IT. This resource answers IT questions in simple, direct language that makes sense to patients and practitioners.
Telligen QI Connect
Telligen has been bringing together healthcare providers for more than 45 years to provide no-cost healthcare quality improvement expertise to people living and working with Medicare. Serving the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma as a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), we’re harnessing the collective power of healthcare providers, communities and individuals to help drive improvement and change.
Illinois Health & Hospital Association
Represents more than 200 hospitals and health systems and the patients and communities they serve
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 20,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting certain performance standards.
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA creates and enforces workplace safety standards.
United States Department of Health & Human Services
The United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
