Using the EBSCO Database in the Area III Polyclinic of Cienfuegos in 2009

• Main Authors: Beatriz María Fúster Cabrera (Author), Regla Pérez Águila (Author), María Elinor Dulzaides Iglesias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1727-897X
• Keywords: bases de datos bibliográficas; bibliografía de medicina; Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Medisur, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 29-35 (2011)

<strong>Background</strong>: EBSCO is the full text database that provides relevant information related to biomedical sciences. It contains excellent collections, very helpful for professional practice and research. <strong><br />Objective</strong>: To revise how professionals and students of the ¨Cecilio Ruíz de Zárate ¨ Polyclinic, in Cienfuegos, use the EBSCO database and to develop informative skills in order to access all these information from the library. <strong><br />Method</strong>: An exploratory descriptive research was conducted in order to revise how professionals and students of the ¨Cecilio Ruíz de Zárate¨ Polyclinic, in Cienfuegos, used the EBSCO database in 2009 and to design a course in order to develop information skills to access EBSCO from the library. <strong><br />Results</strong>: 11.4% access EBSCO through he library's bibliographic fund, which demonstrates total ignorance. Only 36.9% use the database for assistance-related questions and 25.5% for academic work, while 48.9% of participants never use the database at all and 63.2% declares to have limited skills. <strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: It is obvious that skills required to exploit the possibilities offered by EBSCO have not been developed in students and professionals, even though the Health Ministry pays a high fee to provide this free access.