Library Home: Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) Resources: Start Here

Intro to Medical Laboratory Technician Field

If you are just starting out: Read this RESEARCH STARTER for Medical Laboratory Technician.

Of course, Artificial Intelligence is being integrated into all career options. Here is a search strategy for keeping up on AI in MLT:

You can click this link to see what is popular on Google in Med Tech & AI (limited to published within last month)

Look for links from organizations you recognize and that have a reputation to protect.

It is also a good idea to look at actual job descriptions so you have an idea just what skills are being hired.

FVTC Library Subscriptions

CINAHL Plus with Full Text - ADVANCED Search (EBSCO)
◦ Help Guide: CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
International Clinical Educators (ICE) video database
OvidSP: SEARCH Nursing Journals
◦ Helpguide: OVID - Nursing, health & medical
OvidSP: NURSING JOURNALS - Title List

Badgerlink Subscriptions

EBSCO Health Resources (EBSCO from BadgerLink)
Using new EDS Search form. Access point to EBSCOhost health-specific databases. For high school, college, and adult researchers.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (BadgerLink)
MEDLINE (EBSCO from BadgerLink)
NOT Full-Text. Would need to order these through Interlibrary loan form Bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals used by health care professionals, nurses, clinicians, and researchers.
PTSDpubs (Was PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress) This database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It provides citations and abstracts to the international literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health sequelae of traumatic events.(1871 - current) Literature related to traumatic stress - journal articles

Databases (Topical collection of articles, books, videos, etc.)

Merck Manuals (merckmanuals.com)
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Bookshelf (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
OpenMed.com Health Site Directory - Medical Dictionary (openmd.com) Directory of Popular Health related websites, with notes about ease of use, free, or subscription. Use multiple sources.

Simplified search and results
Top tabs with most commonly used limits: Full text, Peer-reviewed, Last 5 Years
Example screen shot of search narrowed down to full text, peer-reviewed, and 5 years
Biggest change: Top browser link now the permanent link instead of a temporary dynamic link!

ARTICLES, BOOKS, VIDEOS's: Catalog Search: Example search for "research topic"
Use Photo ID to borrow (check out) items.
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ARTICLES: Research and decision worthy peer-reviewed articles: Example search for "research topic"
E-BOOKS: Ebsco Academic Books: Example search for "Research Topic"
VIDEOS: Films on Demand (FOD): Example search for "research topic"
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INTERNET SEACRH EXAMPLE: site:edu for "artificial intelligence OR ai OR a.i."
Results will include only websites allowed to use .edu (education) domain.
Authoritative when posted by departments or professors with a reputation to risk.
INTERNET SEARCH EXAMPLE: site:gov for "artificial intelligence OR ai OR a.i."
Results will include only websites allowed to use .gov (government) domain.
Authoritative source of data, statistics, guides, definitions, procedures, etc.
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>>>> Ask: What do they GAIN by getting you to act on their information?
If the gain is significantly higher than the potential risk from using biased information, take that into consideration.
>>>> Ask: What do they RISK by giving you misleading information?
Institutions that have a reputation to risk are more apt to be careful about the authority and integrity of information they share and promote.