Review of Basic Library Services

 

Find out what tools Ministry Library Services offers that can make your work life easier!

If you need to review the clinical journal literature, or just need specific articles, let your Librarians help. PubMed/Medline Phobia? We can help you make informed decisions with the best evidence!

• Search our databases via the Library Without Walls Intranet page or the A-Z Databases List.  
•  Expert Searching / Research : Want us to do the searching for you?   Use the online Literature Search Request form to tell us what you’re looking for.  Your Librarians will run the search in Medline, PubMed, Cochrane, CINAHL (or other appropriate databases) and give you a list of article citations that match your search criteria. 
• Get Articles : Want specific articles? Send us the citations via email, or this Article Request Form, and we’ll send you the articles. In most cases, we can email you PDFs of articles, [following the Fair Use provision of US Copyright]. We have access to over 10,000 online journals. If we don’t have it, we can usually get it for you, at no cost to you. 
• Did you know :

              o   If you use the PubMed link on the Library pages, you’ll tap into our full text?

              o   If you use Google Scholar (as opposed to “plain” Google), you’ll also tap into our full-text offerings?

• Training.  Make an appointment to learn how to efficiently and effectively search PubMed, Medline, Cinahl, Nursing Reference Center, or Clinical Key. We offer training on these specific databases as well as a personalized library orientation geared to your interests and information needs.  Just ask us!
•  The Support Tips and Tutorials LibGuide offers video tutorials, tips, and training for many of our databases including Clinical Key, Nursing Reference Center, Natural Medicines, and more.

•  Our LibGuides, or Research Guides, logically and easily present all our relevant research tools for a given subject area.  Check out ALL our LibGuides in a variety of subject areas including :

o   The Clinical References for Providers Tool Box

o   Nursing Standards

o   Pain Management

o   Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy,  and more …

         

 

Questions, Comments, or Requests? Please contact your Librarians:   
           Michele Matucheski  920-223-0340 or Deb Knippel  715-346-5091

Also available via Outlook.

October is National Medical Librarian’s Month!

The Clinical Reference Tools for Providers LibGuide : A Sandwich Seminar with Library Services June 5

Learn how the Clinical Reference Tools for Providers LibGuide can make your work life easier and smarter in this WebEx session available to all Ministry Associates and Providers.  

Clinical Reference Tools for Providers : Sandwich Seminar

Friday, June 5, 2015   12 noon     Link to Recorded WebEx.

Expected duration : 23 minutes

With the ClinicalReference Tools for Providers LibGuide, we’ve pulled together the most useful resources that a busy health care provider might need to look up info for direct patient care.   

This customizes the Library pages for Providers.

The landing page provides easy access to :

                Clincial Key (with FirstConsult and Procedures Consult)

                Nursing Reference Center

    Access Medicine

                Harrison’s Online

    PubMed / Medline

                Medscape

                National Guideline Clearinghouse, and more …

The tabs across the top lead to more tools for :

                Drug Info

                Diagnosis

                Patient Education

How to get there :

The Source  > Links & Resources > Library

                Clinical Reference Tools ( Under Most Popular)

Clinical ReferenceTools for Providers LibGuide

                Direct url : http://ministryhealth.libguides.com/clinicalreference

This session will be recorded and made  available on the Clinical Reference Tools Page.

Questions or comments?  Please contact your Librarian,  Michele Matucheski.