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If you have any difficulty locating what you need, you can contact a reference librarian by telephone at 885-1772, via email, or by coming into the library during reference service hours.
The library subscribes to many Web-based databases for use by OIT students, staff, and faculty. Access to these databases is limited to users connected to the Web from an OIT computer. If you are using a non-OIT Internet Service Provider (such as AOL, CDSNET, CVC, etc.) you will need to use your OIT email username and password to access the databases from off-campus. Check the library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) webpage for information on getting loans of books or copies of articles from other libraries. Finding Books - catalogs See Tips for using catalog databases
Use Hedgehog to locate books and journals in the OIT Library. Hedgehog is a Web database containing records for items in the library's collection. OIT purchases books and journals on dentistry and dental hygiene from many publishers. The library also receives federal and state government documents relating to aspects of dental sciences, particularly those from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Use Summit Catalog to locate books at other academic libraries in the Northwest. Summit lets you request books online, when they are available, and have them delivered by courier to the OIT Library or to any other Summit Library, usually within four working days. Summit includes library collections from several colleges with allied health programs.
Use World Cat to locate books, government documents, CDs, videos, and other items at libraries across North America and elsewhere in the world. A  symbol appearing next to a reference retrieved by a search indicates that the OIT Library owns the item. If the book is not at OIT, students, staff, and faculty can make an online ILL (interlibrary loan) request. Books are usually sent to the OIT Library via U.S. mail so may take a week or more to arrive.
Finding Articles - databases
See also Tips for using index databases
Journal articles are the primary means of formal communication among medical professionals. Use an index to identify articles in journals. Indexes are Web databases containing references to specific journal articles but not necessarily the full-text of those articles. Use the SEARCH FOR ARTICLE button to find out if OIT has access to the full-text. These databases are produced by several different companies and have different search software, so remember to check the help screens to find out how to do the most effective search. The following indexes contain significant numbers of references on dentistry- related subjects.
CINAHL
Covers journal literature in nursing and allied health, including dental hygiene, from 1982 to the present. The library's Ebscohost subscription contains full-text of many of the journals, newsletters, and state nursing journals. From CINAHL Information Systems through Ebscohost. Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition
Provides coverage of professional journals focusing on many medical disciplines. It includes many fulltext articles and will indicate directly below each reference retrieved in a search whether or not OIT owns the magazine or journal in which the article appears. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. Full text dates back as far as 1975. From EbscoHost.
Health Source Consumer Edition
Provides coverage of consumer health issues in newsletters and popular magazines. It includes many fulltext articles and will indicate directly below each reference retrieved in a search whether or not OIT owns the magazine or journal in which the article appears. Fulltext dates back as far as 1985. From EbscoHost.
Medline
The premier index for professional journal articles in all areas of medicine, including dentistry. Presently it contains very few full text articles but can link to many. Covers 1966 - present. From the National Library of Medicine in the U.S. National Institutes of Health through Ebscohost. Finding facts - reference resources See also See also Tips for Using Reference Sources and Reference Database Information The library reference area has books with addresses, definitions, data tables and other factual information. Some reference books you may find useful include:
MOSBY'S DENTAL DICTIONARY/ EDITOR, SCOTT STOCKING; ASSOCIATE EDITOR JYOTHIMAI GUBILI.
REF RK27 .M672 2004 or ONLINE
CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICAL & DENTAL MATERIALS / EDITOR, DAVID WILLIAMS ; EXECUTIVE EDITOR, ROBERT W. CAHN ; SENIOR ADVISORY EDITOR, MICHAEL B. BEVER.
REF R857.M3 C64 1990.
BOUCHER'S CLINICAL DENTAL TERMINOLOGY : A GLOSSARY OF ACCEPTED TERMS IN ALL DISCIPLINES OF DENTISTRY / [EDITED BY] THOMAS J. ZWEMER.
REF RK27 .B63 1993.
ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF DENTISTRY / STANLEY JABLONSKI.
REF RK27 .J3 1982.
CDT-2 : CURRENT DENTAL TERMINOLOGY : A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CDT, HCPCS & ICD-9-CM CODING FOR DENTAL PROFESSIONALS AND INSURANCE CLAIMS EXAMINERS.
REF RK28 .C44 1996.
ODA MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY & RESOURCE GUIDE.
REF RK37 .O66.
CLARK'S CLINICAL DENTISTRY / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, JEFFERSON F. HARDIN.
REF RK51 .C56.
DENTAL DRUG REFERENCE / TOMMY W. GAGE, FRIEDA ATHERTON PICKETT.
REF RK701 .G34 1999. Finding Web sites See also
Tips for using Web search engines Tips for using Web search engines
Besides using one of the many Web search engines (some good ones are available as links from the OIT Librarys Web search engines page), there are other ways to identify higher-quality websites on your topic.
Use the Internet Scout Report Archives to identify sites screened for quality and cataloged as part of the Internet Scout Project.
These are some sites providing search capability or links with information on dental hygiene:
American Dental Hygienists Association
Oregon Dental Hygienists Association
American Dental Association
U.S. National Institute of Dental Research & Craniofacial Research
Dental Hygiene Education Internet Guide
University of Washington Dental Hygiene Links
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