User:Mcbrarian

Introduction

My name is Denise Smith. I am an academic librarian in Ontario, Canada. I research Wikipedia as a public health information resouece and consumer health information behaviour.

Research interests and academics

I research Wikipedia as a health information resource and health information behaviour
I am (slowly) working towards becoming a more active editor on Wikipedia and Wikidata making any contributions of value that fall within my skill set or expertise
Feel free to ask me about my research interests or for comment on qualitiative research methods, systematic reviews, health librarianship and information/digital literacy

Wikipedia related publications and research

Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: a scoping review (PLOSOne) ^[1]
Does the packaging of health information affect the assessment of its reliability? A randomized controlled trial protocol^[2]
Wikipedia and consumer health
Wikipedia: An unexplored resource for understanding consumer health information behaviour in library and information science scholarship (Journal of Documentation)^[3]
It's Time to Recognize Wikipedia as a Health Information Resource (Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet)^[4]
"I'm Comfortable With It": User Stories of Health Information on Wikipedia" (First Monday)^[5]
Leveraging Wikipedia in undergraduate health sciences education: A key tool for information literacy & knowledge translation^[6]
Citations in Wikipedia for understanding research reach^[7]

↑ Smith, Denise A. (2020). "Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: A scoping review". PloS One 15 (2): e0228786. ISSN 1932-6203. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228786.
↑ Raj, Leela; Smith, Denise; Heilman, James (2021). "Does the packaging of health information affect the assessment of its reliability? A randomized controlled trial protocol". WikiJournal of Medicine 8 (1): 1. ISSN 2002-4436. doi:10.15347/wjm/2021.001.
↑ Smith, Denise A. (2021-01-01). "Wikipedia: an unexplored resource for understanding consumer health information behaviour in library and information science scholarship". Journal of Documentation 78 (3): 696–708. ISSN 0022-0418. doi:10.1108/JD-03-2021-0049. Archived from the original on 2021.
↑ Smith, Denise A. (2023-04-03). "It’s Time to Recognize Wikipedia as a Health Information Resource". Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet 27 (2): 210–220. ISSN 1539-8285. doi:10.1080/15398285.2023.2211498. Archived from the original on 2023.
↑ Smith, Denise A. (2023-08-12). "“I’m comfortable with it”: User stories of health information on Wikipedia". First Monday. ISSN 1396-0466. doi:10.5210/fm.v28i8.12897.
↑ Smith, Denise (2023-12-01). "Leveraging Wikipedia in undergraduate health sciences education: a key tool for information literacy and knowledge translation". Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada 44 (3). ISSN 1708-6892. PMC PMC11081111 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 38737529 Check |pmid= value (help). doi:10.29173/jchla29688.
↑ Smith, Denise; McKinnell, Jennifer; Young, Jack (2024-05-22). "Citations in Wikipedia for understanding research reach". Journal of the Medical Library Association 112 (2): 88–94. ISSN 1558-9439. PMC PMC11305477 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 39119167 Check |pmid= value (help). doi:10.5195/jmla.2024.1730.

[1] Smith, Denise A. (2020). "Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: A scoping review". PloS One 15 (2): e0228786. ISSN 1932-6203. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228786.

[2] Raj, Leela; Smith, Denise; Heilman, James (2021). "Does the packaging of health information affect the assessment of its reliability? A randomized controlled trial protocol". WikiJournal of Medicine 8 (1): 1. ISSN 2002-4436. doi:10.15347/wjm/2021.001.

[3] Smith, Denise A. (2021-01-01). "Wikipedia: an unexplored resource for understanding consumer health information behaviour in library and information science scholarship". Journal of Documentation 78 (3): 696–708. ISSN 0022-0418. doi:10.1108/JD-03-2021-0049. Archived from the original on 2021.

[4] Smith, Denise A. (2023-04-03). "It’s Time to Recognize Wikipedia as a Health Information Resource". Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet 27 (2): 210–220. ISSN 1539-8285. doi:10.1080/15398285.2023.2211498. Archived from the original on 2023.

[5] Smith, Denise A. (2023-08-12). "“I’m comfortable with it”: User stories of health information on Wikipedia". First Monday. ISSN 1396-0466. doi:10.5210/fm.v28i8.12897.

[6] Smith, Denise (2023-12-01). "Leveraging Wikipedia in undergraduate health sciences education: a key tool for information literacy and knowledge translation". Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada 44 (3). ISSN 1708-6892. PMC PMC11081111 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 38737529 Check |pmid= value (help). doi:10.29173/jchla29688.

[7] Smith, Denise; McKinnell, Jennifer; Young, Jack (2024-05-22). "Citations in Wikipedia for understanding research reach". Journal of the Medical Library Association 112 (2): 88–94. ISSN 1558-9439. PMC PMC11305477 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 39119167 Check |pmid= value (help). doi:10.5195/jmla.2024.1730.

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