meds 1 library orientation 2010

Top Five for MEDs 1 - 2010

Robin FeatherstoneClinical Medicine Librarian

Slides: www.slideshare.net/featherr

Libraries

Top 55. Where’s the library?

Your Library: Taylor

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www.lib.uwo.ca

•100s of thousands of E-books

•10s of thousands of E-journals•Specialized clinical tools (DynaMed, ACP PIER)

•Image databases

SMART Imagebase

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Top 55. Where’s the library?

6. How do I book a study room in the library?

Booking a Study Roomwww.schulich.uwo.ca :

Booking a Study Roomwww.lib.uwo.ca/taylor

Top 55. Where’s the library?

6. How do I book a study room in the library?7. How do I find course books on reserve?

Library’s UME Pagehttp://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/undergraduatemedicaleducation/

Select: Browse by Program

Select: Medicine and Dentistry>> Undergraduate Medical Education

www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/undergraduatemedicaleducation/

Use this page to find selected resources for the UME program

... including links to the catalogue records for your required texts

Reserve Desk

For “TAY desk” items, note the Call # & then give it to the Service Desk staff member

Top 55. Where’s the library?

6. How do I book a study room in the library?7. How do I find course books on reserve?

8. How can I access the library from off-campus?

129.100.*.*

Off-Campus Access

Why are they asking me to pay??

Off-Campus Access

Option A: Log in at www.lib.uwo.ca

Option B: Use the EZ Proxy button

Option C: Use customized bookmarks created with the EZ Proxy Link Generator: https://www.lib.uwo.ca/offcampus/ezform.html

How to Log In

Accessing Full-Text

• Once logged in to the proxy server, look for the “Get it @ Western” button

Full-Text from PubMed

Remember to use the PubMed link from the library website.

How to: Get it @ Western

Option 1: Link to Full-Text

Option 2: Check the catalogue

Full-Text from Pubget

Remember to use the Pubget link from the library website & to log in to the proxy server.

Exercise

Find the PDF of the following article:

Segev, D. L., et al. (2010). Perioperative mortality and long-term survival following live kidney donation. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 303(10), 959-966. PMID: 20215610

Top 55. Where’s the library?

6. How do I book a study room in the library?7. How do I find course books on reserve?

8. How do I access the library from off-campus?9. Can you help me design a search strategy? ...Learn

how use RefWorks? ... Search MeSH in PubMed? ... Set up an RSS feed? ... Install DynaMed to my

iPhone? ... Etc...

YES! We’re here to help– Research Help: General or access type questions

• Phone: 519 661 3168• Email, Chat: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/taylor/researchhelp.shtml

– Robin Featherstone, Clinical Medicine Librarian for Western• Phone: 519 661 2111 ext: 86383• Email: rfeathe@uwo.ca• Skype: robinfeatherstone• Instant Messenger:

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/undergraduatemedicaleducation/

– Selinda Berg, Clinical Medicine Librarian for Windsor• Phone: 519 253 3000 ext: 3196• Email: sberg@uwindsor.ca