Table 2 Skin Conditions Specialist Library resource and information types. Resource and information types that are included in the National Library for Health Skin Conditions Specialist Library, and those that are excluded from it.
From: Introducing the National Library for Health Skin Conditions Specialist Library
Resource and information types included in the Skin Conditions Specialist Library |
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   - Health policies and strategies |
   - Health initiatives |
   - National standards |
   - National and selected international guidelines and guidance |
   - Commissioning statements and service specifications |
   - Health Care Needs Assessment (HCNA) |
   - Pathways (from http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/pathways/) |
   - Audit |
   - Skin disease statistics |
   - National Service Frameworks (NSFs) – when available |
   - Systematic reviews |
   - Sources appraising primary research |
   - Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) |
   - Clinical answering services (e.g. http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?cv1=37 has two dermatology questions as at 31 January 2005) |
   - Selected research studies on skin conditions (as determined by the Editorial Team) |
   - Bibliographic databases |
   - Internet resource guides and gateways |
   - Special resources and tools (e.g. special collections of electronic journals, diagnostic aids, and dermatology images – http://libraries.nelh.nhs.uk/skin/searchResponse.asp?categoryID=8947&dg=224) |
   - Education, teaching and continuing professional development resources |
   - Evaluated patient information |
   - Professional bodies and health organisations |
   - Patient support groups and societies |
   - News |
   - Events |
Resource and information types are excluded from the Skin Conditions Specialist Library |
   - Research protocols or research in progress |
   - Cochrane protocols – the full systematic review will be added once it is published |
   - Product information provided by product manufacturer or supplier that has not been independently evaluated |
   - Web sites of commercial organisations (e.g. pharmaceutical companies, private hospitals) |
   - Personal Web sites |
   - Sites under construction (unless significant information is available to Editorial Team at the time of assessment) |
   - Information in a language other than English |