Rowland Medical Library

The Library is currently offering a trial to the EBSCO database Nursing Reference Center. NRC seeks to enhance patient care by providing a point-of-care tool for nurses designed to provide relevant evidence-based medical information. NRC is the first truly point-of-care tool for nurses providing an array of vital non-journal content which can be integrated into any electronic health record (EHR) system in order to streamline nursing efficiency and reduce medical errors.

NRC features the CINAHL Nursing Guide, including 3,600 evidence-based lessons on procedures including Quick Lessons; clinically-organized nursing overviews that are designed to map the nursing work flow, and Evidence-Based Care Sheets; evidence-based summaries on key topics incorporating the best available evidence through rigorous systematic surveillance. The point-of-care tool also includes unique nursing reference books, lab & diagnostic test overviews, legal cases, point-of-care drug information for nurses and customizable patient education information.

Nursing Reference Center enables nurses to quickly access the best available evidence on conditions or diseases and to review the leading nursing reference books at the point-of-care which can be integrated into their nurses’ workflow. By infusing evidence-based content into the workflow, NRC is designed to improve the consistency of care and ensure that the latest guidelines and medical alerts are known by the entire nursing staff. NRC allows nursing administrators to compile pertinent information on nursing standards, common conditions & treatment, diagnostic tests, research instruments, questionnaires and drug information on a floor by floor or department by department basis.

Use your library login & password to access the NRC trial here: http://www.library.umc.edu/umc (a vendor required login & password are provided). Also be sure and take the survey.

Resources Database, Nursing, Resources, Trial

The library has added the USP-NF Online to its Electronic Reference Resources Pages. USP-NF online format provides the same quality content found in print, along with viewable chemical structures for more than 700 impurities; extensive search capabilities; a glossary of frequently asked questions; and quick search, bookmarking, printing, and copy/paste functions. It also includes “My USP–NF”, a special online tool that lets you save frequent searches, bookmark important pages, and create a custom table of contents.

Beginning in FY10 the online edition can be printed in PDF format and will include 3-D molecular images and pronunciations.

Resources E-Resource, Resources, USP

Try the KIC (Knowledge Imaging Center) scanner / color or black & white copier/printer at the Library’s Circulation desk. KIC makes it easy to improve the quality of your reports and papers by creating crystal-clear color, grayscale and black-and-white images from excerpts from books, magazines and journals. KIC’s Bookeye color book scanner can capture images from virtually any size book as well as flat material, from postage stamp size to 17” x 24” (allowing you to scan two sides of an open book at once creating a single image or two separate images). With the use of the included monitor, KIC is straight-forward and intuitive. KIC walks you through the entire scan process. Capture your images to a flash jump drive or print in color or black & white.

Charges are for printing only: $.10 for black & white or grayscale and $.50 for color per page. There is no charge to scan and save.

For PowerPoint Instructions.

Services Copying, KIC, Scanning, Services

Resources ExamMaster, Nursing, Resources, Test Review

The library has recently added the electronic version of McGraw-Hill’s Clinical Anesthesiology (4th ed., 2006) by G. Edward Morgan, Maged S. Mikhail and Michael J. Murray.  It is  now available (along with over 300 other electronic textbooks) on the library’s e-text resource pages (library login required).

“Clinical Anesthesiology integrates succinct coverage of basic principles and clinical considerations in the anesthetic management of patients. It features up-to-date discussion of all relevant areas within anesthesiology, including equipment, pharmacology, regional anesthesia, pathophysiology, pain management, anesthetic management, and critical care. Extensive use of case discussions, figures, and tables in each chapter promotes application of the concepts to practice.”

Resources E-Texts, Resources, Web Page

RRN: Rapid Research Notes at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rrn is a new archival service developed as a means to rapidly communicate current research published on newer online venues.  NLM initially conceived the archive to share research information about the worldwide outbreak of HlNl.  PLoS Currents: Influenza (created by PloS: The Public library of Science) is the first collection archived in RRN. Users can acess and cite the research provided by participating publisher programs. NLM expects that RRN archive to expand to include additional collections in other biomedical fields.

News NLM, Swine Flu

The National Library of Medicine has prepared a comprehensive PubMed search on the Electronic Health Record.  This search includes links to full text journal articles and web resources and is saved for your use on the PubMed Special Queries page.  To access this service: login to the library web page (http://www.library.umc.edu) and select PubMed under the Quicklinks list.  On the PubMed page, look in the blue sidebar on the left under PubMed Services and select Special Queries OR go directly to http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/ehr.html.

You may contact a Reference Librarian at 984-1231 for additional assistance  on a focused search.

Resources, Services NLM, PubMed, Resources, Services, Web Page

The Library has added The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy to its electronic textbook page. REP is now regarded as the definitive resource in the field. Featuring 2,000 original entries from a team of over 1,300 of the world’s most respected scholars and philosophers, the REP has accumulated rave reviews and awards, including selection by Library Journal as one of its 50 Sources for the Millennium, and recognition as an Outstanding Reference Source by the American Library Association.

REP Online expands this acclaimed Encyclopedia well beyond print reference boundaries. The full content of the classic 10-volume set remains at its core, but REP Online is also a living, growing resource designed to grow along with the discipline itself. Taking full advantage of the flexibility of the Web format, each year the REP editorial team brings a diverse range of new material, including newly commissioned entries by leading scholars, making REP Online the essential philosophy reference for faculty and students in a wide range of disciplines.

As well as regular additions of new articles, REP Online also provides editorially reviewed links to other sites and resources on the web, revisions and updates of key entries, and periodic upgrades of the user environment. In keeping with the 1998 print set’s tradition of first class editorial work and unparalleled breadth of subject matter, all new and revised entries are carefully integrated into the REP style and format and are connected to earlier material by the same kind and level of cross-referencing.

Key Features Include

• Covers an unparalleled breadth of subject matter, including Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy
• Over 25,000 hot-linked cross-references between articles and new links to other editorially reviewed websites
• An invaluable resource for all levels of users – students and general readers gain a rapid orientation with accessible summaries at the beginning of every in-depth article
• Regularly upgraded with new material, revisions, and bibliographic updates,REPprovides access to the latest scholarship and major developments in philosophical inquiry worldwide

For additional information or assistance, contact the Reference Desk at 984-1231.

Resources E-Resource, E-Texts, Nursing

Rowland Medical Library’s databases have a new Interlibrary Loan link that automatically populates the library’s ILL form with the citation information.  Users need only register once for a Document Delivery account.  Registered users may then order articles directly from the databases by simply entering their username and password and submitting.

Please see our brief Powerpoint tutorial for information on how to get started.  Please also see our policies for borrowing.

Services Interlibray Loan, Services

LibX is now available for Internet Explorer, as well as the Firefox browser.  With LibX you can search the library catalog, databases, e-journals and more, from wherever you are on the web via the LibX toolbar.  LibX also allows you to select text on a web page and right-click for a menu of search options.  Look for the embedded RML logo cue on search results in Amazon, New York Times Book Reviews and others.  LibX also provides AutoLinks to ISBNs, ISSNs, PubMed IDs and DOIs to Rowland’s print and licensed e-resources.

Browser requirements for Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. Works best with Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher. Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 or higher is required for the LibX IE installation process. (Download .Net)

For more information visit the LibX homepage at http://www.libx.org/. Screenshots on the sidebar explains the features. You may also access the University of Michigan’s LibX and Firefox tutorial.

Download the Rowland Medical Library’s LibX extension at
http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=3FEA57E0.

Resources E-Resource, LibX, Web Page