INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET AND HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET AND HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET prepared by Literature Searching Team Library, Faculty of Medicine, UGM 2012

OUTLINE • Definition of Internet and Local Area Network • Internet Access • Online Resources Accessible from the Faculty of Medicine, UGM • Free Resources for Health Professionals 2

INTERNET AND LOCAL AREA NETWORK • Internet is publicly accessible network of interconnected computers which communicate via software protocol standards. • Internet has become a global infrastructure with no central control. • A Local Area Network (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link. 3

MODEL OF COMPUTER NETWORK AT FM UGM 4

COMMON TERMS ON THE INTERNET • Website A collection of pages that contain numerous types of information (text, image, voice) which can be either static or dynamic • Domain Name A unique name used to identify the name of a computer server such as web server or email server in the computer or internet. Examples: fk. ugm. ac. id, libmed. ugm. ac. id 5

METHODS OF THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY • Subscription to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). • Using a telephone line (telkomnet instant, speedy, etc) and extra device called modem. • Using GPRS / 3 G modem, generally found in cellular phones. 6

FACTORS AFFECTING SPEED OF THE INTERNET ACCESS • Bandwidth capacity • Number of computers in a local area network • Connection instability caused by computer virus • Server capacity in supporting simultaneous access 7

METHODS OF ACCESSING INFORMATION THROUGH INTERNET • Direct access to the website address This is made possible when we know the website address we want to access. • Accessing through a search engine When we do not know the website address we want to access, we can use search engines such as: google. com, search. yahoo. com, search. msn. com, bing. com, etc. 8

MODES OF INTERNET ACCESS AT FM UGM • Cables, provided for – Teaching & Administrative staff – Server Utilities • Wireless, provided for – Students & Staff – Currently there are over 20 spots for access 9

MEDICAL HOTSPOT CONNECTION • You have to register for a Wi. Fi access • Prior to access you have to complete registration form and submit a copy of your library card to staff at IT Room Floor 2. • Access through login portal to get connected to Intranet as well as Internet. • One account can only be used for one laptop/ access device. 10

MEDICAL HOTSPOT LOCATIONS AT FM UGM • Library Building • Histology Building 1 st Floor • Lobby of Auditorium Building 1 st Floor • Grha Wiyata Building • Taman Medika • Radiopoetro Building 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd floor • Microbiology Building 1 st Floor 11

MEDICAL HOTSPOT LOCATIONS AT SARDJITO HOSPITAL • Department of Radiology • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology • Library at Education & Training/Parking Building 12

SERVERS AT FM UGM • Intranet – academic. med. ugm – international. med. ugm – infolib. med. ugm • Internet – fk. ugm. ac. id – libmed. ugm. ac. id – gamel. fk. ugm. ac. id 13

Online Fee-Based Databases Accessible from Faculty of Medicine UGM 14

ACCESS THROUGH : LIBMED. UGM. AC. ID http: //libmed. ugm. ac. id 15

CINAHL WITH FULLTEXT http: //search. ebscohost. com 16

THE COCHRANE LIBRARY –SOURCE OF CLINICAL EVIDENCE http: //www. thecochranelibrary. com 17

CLINICAL KEY http: //www. clinicalkey. com 18

EMERALD http: //www. emeraldinsight. com 19

EBSCO MEDLINE WITH FULLTEXT http: //search. ebscohost. com 20

SCIENCE DIRECT UGM subscribes to Health, Agriculture & Biology packages http: //www. sciencedirect. com 21

SPRINGER LINK http: //www. springerlink. com/? MUD=MP 22

IGI GLOBAL http: //www. igpublish. com/globalpro-ebooks/ 23

Free Resources for Health Professionals 24

DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS http: //www. doaj. org/ 25

FREE MEDICAL JOURNALS http: //freemedicaljournals. com 26

HIGHWIRE STANFORD UNIVERSITY http: //highwire. stanford. edu 27

PMC http: //www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/pmc/ 28

MEDICAL STUDENT http: //www. medicalstudent. com 29

MEDSCAPE http: //www. medscape. com/welcome/journals 30

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