Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Moving Beyond Doctor Google: Providing Consumer Health Literacy In The Library, Beth M. Transue

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

Presented virtually at PaLA Frontline Conference, 2024

This session will help library public services staff to identify credible sources of health information that assist patrons with increasing health literacy skills. It will review credible health websites and discuss evaluation criteria for medical information. The session will also discuss professional boundaries that library staff need to maintain when providing health information.

Moving Beyond Doctor Google: Finding And Evaluating Quality Health Information Online, Beth Transue

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

• Identify quality health websites
• Evaluate health websites
• Improve communication with your health care provider

This was presented as part of a Pathways Institute for Lifelong Learning course.

Ppp: Preparing For The Publication Process, Beth M. Transue, Tara Jankouskas

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

Nurses want to publish, because it will:

• Disseminate new knowledge
• Add to the body of evidence
• Improve patient care beyond your practice

What should an author consider when wanting to publish a scholarly article?

• Writing a Journal Article
• Choose a Journal
• Avoid Predatory Publishers when researching or publishing
• Peer Review Process
• Choose Keywords
• Copyright considerations
• Open access
• Disseminating Results

Not Just Another Assignment: Partnering With Faculty To Assess Student Information Literacy Skills, Beth M. Transue

Library Staff Presentations & Publications

A teaching collaboration with an undergraduate nursing assignment. The librarian graded 114 assignments and then provided grades to classroom faculty.

57 nursing students,1 CINAHL Worksheet each,1 PubMed worksheet each