Volume 24, Number 3 (2005)

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    Autism Resources for Public Libraries: Issues, Challenges, and Recommended Resources
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Bloomquist, Shannon
    One of a public library’s true callings is to meet the needs of the community in which it exists. For public libraries, “community need is the dominant factor in selection” of library materials for the collection. People often think of factors like age, ethnicity, or socio-economic factors when they attempt to describe the makeup of a community. Often overlooked, however, are a community’s disabled and special needs clientele. People with disabilities exist in every age group, ethnic, and socio-economic categories in Indiana communities. According to the United States Census Bureau (2000a), roughly 8% of the 5 to 20-year-olds in Indiana are affected with some disability. Roughly 17% of Hoosiers aged 20 to 65 have a disability; and 44% of Hoosiers over the age of 65 have a disability (United States Census Bureau, 2000b, 2000c). Public libraries have a responsibility to respond to their communities with library collections that include resources which support, encourage, and educate people with disabilities and their advocates.
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    Cover
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Indiana Libraries
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    Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Finding Information About Preventable Birth Defects
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Tierney, Bridget
    A pregnant woman is bombarded with information about diet, exercise, breastfeeding, and options for delivery. Random strangers start giving her advice on coping with morning sickness, and people start asking very personal questions. Everywhere she turns there is a book, magazine, website, or chat room devoted to pregnancy. Surprisingly, however, little information regarding the effects of alcohol on a developing fetus is presented. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term representing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND), Alcohol-Related Birth Defects (ARBD), and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE). FASD describes the range of adverse effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These adverse effects may include physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities.
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    From the Editor's Desktop
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Burek Pierce, Jennifer
    This general issue, with its focus on health information, represents a touchstone for me, first because it explores a compelling area of professional interest and also because it is the last issue of Indiana Libraries of my editorship. Connecting with the professionals who have worked on these essays (as well as those that have come before) has been a thought-provoking experience. Essays addressing a range of health information topics written by librarians with diverse insights into health as a professional concern form the content of this issue.
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    The Healing Power of Music: An Overview and Resources Guide for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Modalities
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Hook, Sara Anne
    In my career, I have been fortunate to be able to move from being a librarian, to Associate Dean for a major university campus and now to my current position as Professor and Associate Dean for a brand new school, the Indiana University School of Informatics at Indianapolis. Yet I also have a desire to serve the community as well as an interest in music that has spanned nearly 40 years of participation in bands and orchestras. For many months, I questioned how I could use music to serve in more personal fashion than as a member of a larger group. Fortunately, while browsing in a music store, I discovered The Healing Musician by Stella Benson, which describes the emerging field of therapeutic or “healing” music. Around the same time, I noticed an ad in Early Music America for the Music for Healing and Transition Program (MHTP).
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    Health Literacy: Challenges and Implications for Consumer Health Librarians
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Orban, Elizabeth
    In recent years libraries have experienced a bigger demand from the general public for accessible and reliable health information sources and services. Not only have public libraries been responding to the growing needs of America’s health-conscious consumers, but many academic and hospital libraries have responded as well, opening their doors to worried patients and inquisitive community members in search of valuable, even life-saving, medical information. Extending health information services to the layperson involves unique challenges that all librarians must recognize and address if they are to effectively meet the diverse information needs of today’s health consumer. Because consumers may rely on the health information they obtain from libraries to make important decisions regarding their personal well-being, it is imperative that the librarians responsible for selecting and disseminating consumer health information are mindful of the far-reaching implications of their services. This paper will explore some of the most important issues involved in providing patrons with consumer health information, and, more importantly, offer practical strategies for managing these issues.
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    IN Health Connect: Connecting Local Health Services to Quality-Filtered Health Information
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Richwine, Peggy
    To many librarians, the term MEDLINE has connotations of a huge, complex database that returns far too many citations with little relevance or readability for most library users. And although some might expect that MedlinePlus is more of the same, it is really QFWBFTCHI – quality-filter, web-based, full-text, consumer health information. Unlike MEDLINE, MedlinePlus is relevant and readable for the library user seeking health information. Librarians in Indiana have contributed to a unique dimension of MedlinePlus, IN Health Connect, which offers state residents consumer health information specific to the region where they live. Some background on MedlinePlus prefaces the development of this initiative.
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    Indiana Health Resources: 2004 Update
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Brahmi, Frances A.
    In 1982, I compiled a chapter on Indiana health information resources that was published by the Midwest Health Science Library Network: Basic Library Management for Health Science Librarians, Indiana Edition, 2nd edition. Since then, the World Wide Web has become the provider of choice for such resources, making them more accessible and enabling them to be updated more frequently. This article updates the earlier compilation and includes Web addresses and annotations, as well links to useful databases. Not intended to be comprehensive, it may serve as a starting point for librarians new to Indiana.
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    Indiana Libraries Submission Guidelines
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Indiana Libraries
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    The Indiana State Department of Health as a Source of Consumer Health Information
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2005) Maguire, Susan
    Americans are increasingly turning to the Internet for authoritative health information. Even the most conservative statistics estimate that about 40 percent of Americans with access to the Internet use it to obtain health information. These consumer health information (CHI) seekers share a number of characteristics: they use search engines more frequently than recommendations or advertisements; they are concerned about the credibility of online sources; and more than half believe that health information found online is accurate.