From the NIDDK Reference Collection

Locating those hard-to-find resources has gotten easier with a new database from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

The NIDDK’s Reference Collection is a free, online, searchable database that helps health care professionals, health educators, patients, and the general public find educational materials not typically referenced in most other databases.

Visit catalog.niddk.nih.gov/resources to access the Reference Collection. The Reference Collection currently houses more than 8,000 summaries that include a resource’s title, author(s), publisher, abstract, and keywords. Also included is information about how to get full-text copies of nonjournal resources such as foreign-language materials, books and book chapters, brochures, pamphlets, fact sheets, CD-ROMs, coloring books, bibliographies, audiovisual materials, posters, computer programs, government documents, product descriptions, newsletters, and manuals.

Collection Spotlight

A recent addition to the Reference Collection is an article about the use of biofeedback therapy in pediatric urology.

Biofeedback is a unique treatment option to manage voiding dysfunction in children. It uses monitoring devices and strategically placed electrodes to obtain and relay visual or auditory cues to children to empty their bladders. These cues help train the child to sense, interpret, and respond to the body’s messages related to voiding activity.

The article reviews the historical use of biofeedback techniques to manage urological problems, the methods and equipment used, anticipated outcomes, nursing and research implications, and cost effectiveness. “Biofeedback Therapy in Pediatric Urology” appeared in the June 2005 issue of Urologic Nursing.

NIH Publication No. 07–5743
November 2006