October is National Medical Librarians Month. We are proud of the work we do to connect people like you with quality health information. Put us to the test! All you have to do is ask.
Do you have a story about how a librarian made a difference in your teaching or research? We’d love to read about it in the comments.
Access at: http://neuroscienceupdate.cumc.columbia.edu/
Description directly from the site:
“Taught by lecturers at the forefront of their fields, this course covers a broad range of topics in the neurosciences. Topics include basic neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, neurochemistry, and neurogenetics.
The course is intended for clinical psychologists as well as graduate physicians and residents in neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.”
See the Internet Scout Report for additional description.
PDAs and Smartphones are important as information seeking and gathering tools, especially in the health professions. Explore the following library webpage to learn more: PDA & Smartphone resource guide.
Audio files of interviews with the founders of the Boonshoft School of Medicine are now available online in Wright State’s institutional respository, CORE. This Oral History Project, conducted from 1983 - 1985, was designed to “preserve the history of the School of Medicine through its founders’ experiences and opinions.” To listen, read brief descriptions of the interviews, or browse by subject or author (interviewee), please go to http://core.libraries.wright.edu/handle/2374.WSU/3125 .
Medical librarian and blogger David Rothman has compiled an annotated list of health video web sites that allow you to embed their video content into your own web pages.
Check it out at:
http://davidrothman.net/2008/09/10/where-to-find-embeddable-health-information-videos/
If you want regular updates on what has been published on your latest research topic, we can set up current awareness alerts for you in the relevant databases.
Contact your subject librarian if you want alerts created for you or if you want help setting up your own alerts.
The Ohio Textbook Portal can save you about 50 percent off the price of a new print textbook. Delivered in digital formats, these textbooks support note-taking, bookmarking, and searching — ideal study aids when organizing your studying or preparing for a test. These digital texts are the ecological choice, but if you want to print several or many pages of the text you can do that, too. To see if your textbook is available through this program click here .
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information, and Knowledge was released in August 2008 and profiled in the Scout Report. You can access the full report at:
Library staff members are available to help you find answers to the many questions you might have as you get started with this quarter of school. We have several ways you can contact us.
Come to the Fordham Library Information Desk when it is open and ask for help. Fall Quarter hours are:
Monday - Thursday 9am-8pm
Friday 9am-5pm
Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 1pm-5pm
You can also call us at 775-2005 when the Info Desk is open.
Use our “Email a Librarian” form:
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/services/ask/reference.html
IM us:
Our buddy name is AskWSULibrary
IM hours are:
Monday - Thursday 8am-10pm
Friday 8am -5pm
Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 1pm-10pm
Use the chat service through OhioLINK and KnowItKnow. It’s available anytime! Click the icon to learn more.
Here is a sampling of new journals recently added to the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC):
Biomolecular NMR Assignments
Brain Imaging and Behavior
Cases Journal
Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
Debates in Neuroscience
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
Journal of Disability Policy Studies
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Journal of Hematology & Oncology
Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions
Journal of School Nursing
Medical Molecular Morphology
Medical Oncology
Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
Respiratory Medicine CME
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Security and Human Rights
Social Psychology
Tobacco Induced Diseases