Transcript Consumer Health Complete - Western Beaver County School

© Pennsylvania Department of Education 2006
What is CHC?
• Consumer Health Complete (CHC) is an
interfaced designed by EBSCO for the
everyday consumer of health care
information.
• Covers topics such as aging, cancer,
diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness,
nutrition & dietetics, children’s health,
men & woman’s health.
CHC Contains
• Full text for 176 health reference books and
encyclopedias
• Thousands of full text evidence-based, health
reports
• 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets
with more than 4,700 brand names from LexiPal Drug Guide.
• Hundreds of medical images and diagrams
• More than 700 physician-generated videos
The CHC Home Page
Basic
Search
Quick Find
Health
Highlights
Browse
Popular
Sources
Search By
Topic
The Search Area
Glaucoma
The Result List
Source Type
Refining your search
If you click on The Refine
Search link, you are
returned to the Basic
Search Screen. Your
search terms are
remembered.
Starting Over
If you click on CHC Logo,
you will be returned to the
Basic Search Screen. All
your search terms are
CLEARED.
Quick Find
The Quick Find feature on the Home
Page provides easy access to
health reports on common
diseases. Conditions and injuries.
Conditions & Procedures
Achilles Tendinitis Article
Related Information
For additional
information
related to the
selected
condition,
click on the
links in the
Related
Information
Box.
Medical Dictionary
Medical Dictionary included:
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary
Abrasion Definition
Browsing Popular Sources
Several popular
encyclopedias
and healthrelated
reference books
are available
from the home
page.
Guide to Prescription Drugs
Basic information
about the book.
Alphabetical Listing of
Contents.
Topic Search
When you click a topic in
the Search by Topic
column. A list of subtopics
appears on the right hand
side of the Screen.
Alternative Treatments
The Advanced Search
The Advanced Search link
offers keyword searching,
search history, and limiters to
help you focus your search.
Limiters
Guided Search Box
Document Types
Limiters
Publication Search
• The Publication Authority File lists the
information contained in a database
according to journal or magazine name.
• The Publication link is located in the
Advanced Search area.
Translation Features
• CHC screens are presented in English
by default.
• To change the language of the interface,
select a language from the drop-down
list.
Full Record Views
• Citation View
– Includes a summary or an abstract. Your
original keywords are highlighted
• HTML Full Text View
– The text is displayed formatted and ready for
printing. A brief citation is always included at
the end of the article.
Full Record Views
• PDF Full Text View
– These articles open with Adobe Acrobat
Reader. To print this type of article, you use the
print capability from the Reader.
Print/Email/Save
Print Email and Save options are always available at the
top of each of the articles.