Staff Publications and Publications about SIS Resources

• Consumer Health
• Disaster Information Management Research
• Education
• Environmental Health and Toxicology
• HIV/AIDS
• Outreach
• Web Evaluation

Consumer Health

• Doszkocs, Tamas
  Seeking Health on the Web.
  In: Positioning the Profession: the Tenth International Congress on Medical Librarianship.
  Brisbane, Australia, (1-31). August 31-September 4, 2009.
• Dutcher GA.
  Collaborating with community organizations: consumer health information projects sponsored by the National Library of Medicine.
  Health Care on the Internet. 2002; 6(4): 3-20.
• Dutcher GA, Hamasu C.
  Community-based organizations’ perspective on health information outreach: a panel discussion.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Oct;93(4 Suppl):S35-42. PMID: 16239956
• Keselman A, Rosemblat G, Kilicoglu H, Fiszman M, Jin H, Shin D, Rindflesch TC
  Adapting semantic natural language processing technology to address information overload in influenza epidemic management.
  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 2010 61(12), 2531-2543.
• Keselman A, Smith CA.
  A classification of errors in lay comprehension of medical documents.
  J Biomed Inform 2012 Dec;45(6):1151-63. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.07.012. Epub 2012 Aug 20.
• Knoben JE.
  LactMed fills information gap on medication use during lactation.
  AAP News 2009 30:11.
• Loo JL, Chang HF, Hochstein C, Sun Y.
  Generating PubMed chemical queries for consumer health literature.
  AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2005;1035. PMID: 16779322
• Smith CA, Hetzel S, Dalrymple P, Keselman A.
  Beyond readability: Investigating coherence of clinical text for consumers.
  Journal of Medical Internet Research 2011;13(4):e104

Disaster Information Management Research
See also Publications about the Disaster Information Management Research Center

• Arnesen SJ, Dutcher GA, Love CB, Phillips SJ.
  Medical librarians in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.(PDF, 1.9 MB)
  Poster session presented at: MLA '08. Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association; 2008 May 16-21; Chicago, IL.
• Chaffee MW.
  Hospital response to acute-onset disasters: the state of the science in 2005.
  Nurs Clin North Am. 2005 Sep;40(3):565-77
• Chaffee MW.
  Making the decision to report to work in a disaster: Nurses may have conflicting obligations.
  Am J Nurs. 2006 Sep;106(9):54-7. PMID: 16954765
• Chaffee M.
  Reality check. How prepared are we for disasters?
  Am J Nurs. 2006 Mar;106(3):13. PMID: 16534365
• Chaffee MW.
  Nursing practice in disasters and emergency management.
  In Cowen PS and Moorhead S (Editors); Current Issues in Nursing (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO : Mosby Elsevier; 2011
• Chaffee MW, Lavin, R, and Slepski L.
  Nursing practice in homeland security.
  In Cowen PS and Moorhead S (Editors); Current Issues in Nursing (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO : Mosby Elsevier; 2006
• Chaffee MW and Oster NS.
  The role of hospitals in disaster.
  In Ciottone GR (Editor). Disaster Medicine (3rd ed.). St. Louis, MO : Mosby Elsevier; 2006
• Chaffee M.
  Willingness of health care personnel to work in a disaster: an integrative review of the literature.
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Mar;3(1):42-56
• Collins H.
  Preparing for the burn surge and its unique challenges.
  Emergency Management. 2011 Mar/Apr:48,50,52
  (Article quotes Dr. Steven Phillips, Director of Specialized Information Services and Associate Director of the National Library of Medicine)
• Dutcher G and Pers D
  Disaster Information for Special Populations (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  Poster session presented at: MLA '08. Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association; 2008 May 16-21; Chicago, IL.
• Hochstein C, Arnesen S, Goshorn J, Szczur M.
  Selected resources for emergency and disaster preparedness and response from the United States National Library of Medicine.
  Med Ref Serv Q. 2008 Spring;27(1):1-20. PMID: 18689200
• Just in time, just what I need. Emergency Preparedness and Response. Custom supplement.
  Government Computer News and Washington Technology. 2008;s5
  (Includes interview with Dr. Steven Phillips, Director of Specialized Information Services and Associate Director of the National Library of Medicine)
• Just in time, just what I need. Emergency Preparedness and Response. Custom supplement.
  Government Computer News and Washington Technology. 2007;s12
  (Includes interview with Dr. Steven Phillips, Director of Specialized Information Services and Associate Director of the National Library of Medicine)
• Love CB, Cuddy C, Fusscas T, Livinski AA, Reynolds P, Rice B, Rollins AE, Spitzer LM.
  Disaster information specialist: an emerging subject specialty for informationists?(PDF, 890 KB)
  Poster session presented at: MLA '09. Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association; 2009 May 15-20; Honolulu, HI.
• Love CB, Fusscas T, Livinski AA, Rice B, Rollins AE.
  Local libraries' emergency preparedness partnership ensures mutual aid and promotes disaster information outreach. (PDF, 802 KB)
  Poster session presented at: MLA '09. Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association; 2009 May 15-20; Honolulu, HI.
• Love CB, Norton EF.
  Core competencies for disaster information specialists. (PDF, 235 KB)
  Poster session presented at: MLA '10. Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association; 2010 May 21-26; Washington, DC.
• Norton EF, Love CB, Arnesen S.
  Analyzing disaster health information sources: a snapshot in time. (PDF, 12.4 MB)
  Poster session presented at: MLA '10. Annual Conference of the Medical Library Association; 2010 May 21-26; Washington, DC.
• Phillips SJ.
  Disaster Information Management Research Center of the National Library of Medicine.
  Bulletin: Member Magazine for the Polk County Medical Society 2008 Nov/Dec; 80(6):11,22-4
• Phillips SJ, Love CB, Arnesen SJ
  New Disaster Information Management Research Center at the National Library of Medicine: Update for public health workers.
  Presented at: American Public Health Association, November 3-7, 2007. Washington, DC.
• Phillips SJ and Worthington GR, U.S. Navy (Retired).
  When Disaster Strikes
  Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute 2009 Oct; 135(10):1,280
• Worthington GR and Phillips SJ.
  Are American Hospitals Behind the Disaster Curve?
  Human Events. 2009 Jul 3

Education

• Keselman A, Levin DM, Hundal S, Kramer JF, Matzkin K, Dutcher, G.
  Teaching environmental health science for informed citizenship in the science classroom and afterschool clubs.
  The International Journal of Science in Society, 2012 3(3), 31-44
• Keselman A, Levin DM, Kramer JF, Matzkin K, Dutcher G.
  Educating young people about environmental health for informed social action. (PDF, 500 KB)
  Umwelt und Gesundheit Online, 2011; 4, 1-8
• Levin DM, Kramer JF, Keselman A, Barnes-Whitlock B.
  Making the argument: Students use a free, authoritative online resource for environmental health issues that supports argument-based inquiry. (PDF, 630 KB)
  Science Teacher, summer 2012, 46-50.

Environmental Health and Toxicology

• Arnesen SJ.
  Environmental health information resources: healthy environments for healthy women and children.
  J Midwifery Womens Health. 2006 Jan-Feb;51(1):35-8. PMID: 16399608
• Doszkocs, TE.
  Semantic Search Engines Mean Well.
  ONLINE Magazine. 2010 July-August;34(4):36-42
• Dutcher GA, Spann M, Gaines C.
  Addressing health disparities and environmental justice: the National Library of Medicine’s Environmental Health Information Outreach Program.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):330-6. PMID: 17641769
• Fonger GC, Goshorn JC, Snyder JW.
  Toxicological information resources at the National Library of Medicine.
  Toxicologic Pathology. 2006;34(6):812-813.
• Fonger GC, Knoben J, Publicker S, Wexler P, Whiting G.
  World Wide Web Biomedical, Chemical, and Toxicological Information Resources from the National Library of Medicine.
  Chapter 39 in: Salem H, Katz SA; Alternate Toxicological Methods. Boca Ration, FL: CRC Press; 2003.
• Goshorn J.
  Information resources for the twenty-first century: Web-based databases and other resources developed by the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program of the USA National Library of Medicine.
  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2004; 197(3):225-225
• Hakkinen, Pertti J.
  New Studies About Everyday Types of Chemical Exposures: What Readers Should Consider (Commentary).
  JAMA Internal Medicine. Published online on January 21, 2013. In print expected in February, 2013.
• Hochstein C.
  TOXMAP: A GIS tool for exploring environmental health data. (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  Public Health GIS News and Information. 2004 November;(61)
• Hochstein C.
  TOXMAP: A geographic information system (GIS) tool for exploring environmental health data.
  NLM Tech Bull. 2005 Jan-Feb;(342):e7
• Hochstein C.
  TOXMAP: A geographic information portal.
  MLA News. 2005 June/July;(377)
• Hochstein C.
  TOXLINE® unified.
  NLM Tech Bull. 2006 Jul-Aug;(351):e6.
• Hochstein C, Arnesen S.
  Skill Kit: Overview of resources from the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP).
  NLM Tech Bull. 2006 May-Jun;(350):e7
• Hochstein C, Arnesen S.
  Skill Kit: Basic searching of the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB®).
  NLM Tech Bull. 2007 Mar-Apr;(355):e12
• Hochstein C, Arnesen S, Goshorn J.
  Environmental health and toxicology resources of the United States National Library of Medicine.
  Med Ref Serv Q. 2007 Fall;26(3):21-45. PMID: 17915629
• Hochstein C, Dooley E.
  TOXMAP. (PDF, 484 KB)
  Environ Health Perspect. 2004 March;112(3)
• Hochstein C, Goshorn J, Chang F.
  United States National Library of Medicine Drug Information Portal
  Med Ref Serv Q. 2009 Summer;28(2):154-63
• Hochstein C, Szczur M.
  TOXMAP: A GIS-based gateway to environmental health resources.
  In: Thomas C; Standards for Success: GIS for Federal Progress and Accountability. Redlands, CA: ESRI Press; 2006
• Hochstein C, Szczur M.
  TOXMAP: a GIS-based gateway to environmental health resources.
  Med Ref Serv Q. 2006 Fall;25(3):13-31. PMID: 16893844
• Knoben JE.
  LactMed Fills Information Gap on Medication Use during Lactation.
  American Academy of Pediatrics News. 2009;30.
• Knoben J, Hochstein C.
  Expert searching. New NLM database on drugs and lactation.
  MLA News. October 2006:1,11.
• Knoben JE, Phillips SJ, Szczur MR.
  The National Library of Medicine and drug information. Part 1: present resources.
  Drug Inf J. 2004;38:69-81.
• Knoben JE, Phillips SJ, Snyder JW, Szczur MR.
  The National Library of Medicine and drug information. Part 2: an evolving future.
  Drug Inf J. 2004;38:171-180.
• Love CB, Kramer JF.
  Resources for wildlife professionals.The Wildlife Professional. 2007;1(3):36-39
• Love CB, Szczur M, Higgins MW, Aspinall EF.
  Tox Town: An Internet Introduction to Environmental Health and Toxic Chemicals.
  Children, Youth and Environments. 2005;15(1): 307-317
• Nuss C, Chang HF, Moore D, Fonger GC.
  Automated indexing of the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB).
  AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003;954. PMID: 14728459
• Paulson JA, Arnesen SJ.
  The Use of the Internet for Children's Health and the Environment.
  Pediatr Clin North Am. 2007; 54(1): 135.e1-135.e39. PMID: 17306688
• Publicker, SP.
  Enviro-Health Links: Environmental Health Subject Guides from the National Library of Medicine.
  J Electron Resour Med Libr. 2008; 4(3):1-9
• Wexler P, Phillips S.
  Tools for clinical toxicology on the World Wide Web: review and scenario.
  J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 2002; 40(7):893-902. PMID: 12507059
• Wexler P.
  Online toxicology resources in support of risk assessment from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2008 Nov 15;233(1):63. Epub 2008 Jul 2. PMID: 19013304
• Wexler P.
  The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program.
  Toxicology. 2004 20 May; 198(1-3):161-168. PMID: 15138039
• Wullenweber A, Kroner O, Kohrman M, Maier A, Dourson M, Rak A, Wexler P, Tomljanovic C.
  Resources for global risk assessment: the International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER) and Risk Information Exchange (RiskIE) databases.
  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2008 Nov 15;233(1):45-53. Epub 2008 Jul 2. PMID: 18655804

HIV/AIDS

• Cadden C, Dutcher G, Heier R, Love C.
  How Physicians Access and Use the Federal Treatment Guidelines (PDF, 3MB)
  Poster session presented at: The American Conference for the Treatment of HIV (ACTHIV); 2007 May 31 - June 3; Dallas, TX.
• Dancy NC, Dutcher G.
  AIDS Community Outreach to Special Populations (PDF, 1.6 KB)
  • AIDS Community Outreach Handout (PDF, 144 KB)
  • Case Studies (PDF, 104 KB)
  Poster session presented at: Embracing Our Traditions, Values, and Teachings: Native Peoples of North America HIV/AIDS Conference, May 2-6, 2006, Anchorage, AK
• Dancy NC, Dutcher G.
  HIV/AIDS information outreach: a community-based approach.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):323-9. PMID: 17641768
• Dupont G, Dutcher GA.
  AIDS Information and the National Library of Medicine.
  Med Ref Serv Q. 1990 Summer;9(2):1-19. PMID: 10113020
• Dutcher GA.
  AIDSTRIALS and AIDSDRUGS. (PDF, 30 MB)
  NLM Tech Bull. 1989 July;243:17-27.
• Katz D, Dutcher, G, Toigo, T, Bates, R, Temple F, Cadden C.
  The AIDS Clinical Trials Information Services (ACTIS): a decade of providing clinical trials information.
  Public Health Rep. 2002 Mar-Apr;117(2):123-30. PMID: 12356996

Outreach

• Arnesen SJ, Cid VH, Scott JC, Perez R, Zervaas D.
  The Central American Network for Disaster and Health Information
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):316-22. PMID: 17641767.
• Bartlett L, Maez P, Murray K.
  Arctic Health Web Site: An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of our planet’s northern most inhabitants (PDF, 2.73MB)
  Poster session presented at: International Congress on Circumpolar Health; 2009 July 11 -16 ; Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
• Bartlett L, Rieke J.
  National Library of Medicine’s American Indian Health Web Portal: Access to reliable health information for American Indians (PDF, 988KB)
  Poster session presented at: Indian Health Summit; 2009 July 7 – 9; Denver, Colorado.
  • Handout accompanying the poster presentation
• Bartlett L, Rieke J, Duther G.
  Reaching Out: Community Participation in Developing a Culturally Relevant Resource. (PDF, 1,178 KB)
  Poster session presented at: Medical Library Association, May 21-26, 2010; Washington, DC.
• Bartlett L, Manuelito B, Rodriguez C, Rieke J, Duther G.
  Digital Storytelling: A New Media Tool for Engaging American Indians (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  Poster session presented at: Medical Library Association, May 13-18, 2011; Minneapolis, MN.
• Cid V, Bartlett L.
  Government information outreach in social media and virtual worlds.
  The USA Services Intergovernmental Newsletter. 2007 Fall; 20:38-40.
• Dancy NC, Woods R.
  Spring of Life Wellness Center. (PDF, 95 KB)
  Poster session presented at: Symposium on Community-based Health Information Outreach; National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; December 3, 2004.
• Dancy NC, Dutcher G.
  HIV/AIDS information outreach: a community-based approach.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):323-9. PMID: 17641768
• Dutcher G, Hill C, Brewer E, Jackson D.
  Developing a Tribal Consumer Health Information Center. (PDF, 1,065 KB)
  Poster session presented at: Medical Library Association, May 21-26, 2010; Washington, DC.
• Dutcher G.
  Environmental health information outreach to African American faculty, graduate students, and community organizations. (PDF, 703 KB)
  Poster session presented at: American Public Health Association, December 10-14, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
• Dutcher GA, Hamasu C.
  Community-based organizations’ perspective on health information outreach: a panel discussion.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Oct;93(4 Suppl):S35-42. PMID: 16239956
• Dutcher GA, Spann M, Gaines C.
  Addressing health disparities and environmental justice: the National Library of Medicine’s Environmental Health Information Outreach Program.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):330-6. PMID: 17641769
• Kiyoi S, Bartlett L.
  Social Workers and Consumer Health Information: Waiting in the Bullpen. (PDF, 713.9 KB)
  Poster session presented at: Medical Library Association, May 18-23, 2012; Seattle, WA.
• Locatis C, Gaines C, Liu WL, Gill M, Carney J, Foster J, McCall V, Woods M.
  A blended training approach using videoconferencing for distance education.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 October; 94(4): 464-468. PMID: 17082845
• Love C, Dutcher G, Arnesen SJ.
  Lessons learned: Environmental health information outreach to Native Americans. (PDF, 917 KB)
  Poster session presented at: American Public Health Association, December 10-14, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
• Maez P, Murray K, Bartlett L.
  Arctic Health Web Site: An Information Portal to Issues Affecting the Health and Well-being of Our Planet's Northern-most Inhabitants. (PDF, 730 KB)
  Poster session presented at: Medical Library Association, May 21-26, 2010; Washington, DC.
• Oubichon T, Jones S, Allen C.
  Colorful Medicine: Breaking Barriers, Stereotypes, and Making Strides. (PDF, 247 KB)
  Poster session presented at: Medical Library Association, May 14-19, 2005, San Antonio, TX.
• Peacock J.
  Outreach to the Ronald McDonald House: Health Information Needs. (PDF, 2.59 MB)
  Poster session presented at: Medical Library Association, May 18-23, 2012; Seattle, WA.
• Siegel ER, Wood, FR, Dutcher GA, Ruffin A, Logan RA, Scott JC.
  Assessment of the National Library of Medicine's health disparities plan: a focus on Native American outreach.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Oct;93(4 Suppl):S10-20. PMID: 16239954
• United Negro College Fund Special Programs - eHealth: The New Frontier. (PDF, 347 KB)
  Poster session presented at: The United Negro College Fund Special Programs/National Library of Medicine-HBCU ACCESS Project eHealth Conference. George Washington University, Washington, D.C. June 9, 2007.
• Whitney, W., Dutcher, G., Keselman, A.
  Evaluating evaluations of health information outreach: towards developing a toolkit for identifying best practices. (in press 2013)
  Journal of the Medical Library Association.
• Wood FB, Siegel ER, Dutcher G, Ruffin A, Logan RA, Scott JC.
  Assessment of the National Library of Medicine's Health Disparities Plan: A Focus on Native American Outreach. (PDF, 162 KB)
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 October; 93(4 Suppl): S10-S20. PMID: 16239954
• Wood FB, Siegel ER, Dutcher GA, Ruffin A, Logan RA, Scott JC.
  The National Library of Medicine’s Native American outreach portfolio: a descriptive overview.
  J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Oct;93(4 Suppl):S21-34. PMID: 16239955
• Wood FB, Siegel ER, Dutcher G, Ruffin A.
  The National Library of Medicine's Hispanic Outreach Portfolio: A Descriptive Overview. (PDF, 378 KB)
  Poster session presented at: Medical Library Association, May 19-24, 2006, Phoenix, AZ

Web Evaluation

• Keselman A, Cid V, Perry M, Steinberg C, Wood FB, Siegel ER.
  Adapting Web 1.0 evaluation techniques for e-government in Second Life.
  Journal of Usability Studies. 2011 Aug;6(4):204-225.
• Wood FB, Siegel ER, Feldman S, Love CB, Rodrigues D, Malamud M, Lagana M, Crafts J.
  Web Evaluation at the US National Institutes of Health: Use of the American Customer Satisfaction Index Online Customer Survey.
  J Med Internet Res. 2008 Feb 15;10(1):e4. PMID: 18276580

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