UpToDate - Now Available from Offsite!
Good news! UpToDate is now available to you from home, office, or on the road, as are the Libraries' other information resources. This long-desired remote access is the result of coordinated effort by the Biomedical Libraries, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinical Informatics, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Information Systems during renewal of our license. Always use the Dartmouth College or the Dartmouth-Hitchcock VPN to access UpToDate and other library information resources from off campus. To learn more about setting up the appropriate VPN, click on "Off Campus Access" in the Biomedical Libraries Web's banner, or go to http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/home/help/off-campus.html |
PubMed® Redesign!
A redesign of the PubMed interface has been released. See below for a preview. The goals of the PubMed Redesign 2009 are to make PubMed easier to use, simplify the interface, refresh the look, better organize the text on the screen, and promote scientific discovery. Click here for additional information about the changes to PubMed.
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Come to the Craft Fair!The Dartmouth College Library Staff Association (DCLSA) will be holding its 18th annual Craft Fair on Friday, November 20, from 10am to 4pm in Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center, in downtown Hanover. A percentage of the proceeds goes to help fund the DCLSA scholarship program. If you are a craftsperson and would like information on selling your work at next year’s fair, please contact Fair co-chairs Danelle Sweeney (650-1747, Danelle.Sweeney@dartmouth.edu) or Marilyn Milham (650-1653, Marilyn.Milham@dartmouth.edu). |
New Anatomy Study ToolsLooking for a new tool to help you study anatomy? The Biomedical Libraries recently made Ovid's Primal Pictures Regional and Systematic Anatomy modules available to users. Each module provides three-dimensional models that you can rotate and examine layer by layer, along with text, labels, and quizzes. To access the modules, log on to Ovid from the Biomedical Libraries Web under "Resources." From the database list, choose "Primal Pictures Silver Package Regional Perpetual Access" or "Primal Pictures Silver Package Systemic Perpetual Access." Links to these modules are also available from the Dartmouth College Library catalog, the Biomedical Libraries list of databases, and the DMS 1&2 Portal. There is a limit of five simultaneous users for each module. The regions covered by the Regional module are:
Click on a structure on the image to display text relating to it. Rotate the 3D model using the arrow buttons. Strip away anatomical layers, from Superficial to Deep, using the Layer Controls. The Systematic module works similarly, but takes a systematic approach and has more explanatory text. The sections for this module are:
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Our Wish ListPrompted by recent budget cuts, the Biomedical Libraries are maintaining a list of items large and small that are unfundable, but things that we’d like for the Libraries and our clients. Dana Biomedical Library
If you can think of other things you’d like to see us have – or if you would like to make a tax-deductible donation enabling us to purchase one or more of the above items - please contact Dana Access Services Supervisor Susan Jorgensen at 650-1562 (email: Susan.C.Jorgensen@dartmouth.edu). Thank you! |
Summon: Easily Discover the World of Library Content
While working from the Dartmouth College Biomedical Libraries Web, you may have noticed a bright orange button labeled "Summon Beta Test Try it out.” What is Summon? Summon is a simple and fast search engine that helps you discover relevant information on any topic from the Dartmouth College Library collections. It is the place to start your research in scholarly journal and newspaper articles, books, videos, maps, manuscript collections, music scores, and more. Dartmouth College has been working with a company called Serials Solutions to help shape the future of information searching by being one of the first beta test sites in the development of this new tool. Serials Solutions foresees- "...that Summon will do for libraries what Google has done for the web." Summon already contains lots of citations and full text of scholarly materials that the Dartmouth College Library owns or provides access to, including:
These numbers are growing daily as other content providers join this effort. View a list of participating journal and database publishers. In your own research, you may have turned to PubMed, OVID, the Library Catalog, or Google Scholar to find articles or information you need. Doing the same search using Summon not only allows you to find items within all of these databases at one time, but may also help you find additional, more multidisciplinary sources of information. Since Summon is still very much in the developmental stage, we need your help. We would like to hear what you have to say about working in this new discovery tool. Go to the Biomedical Libraries Web and look for the bright orange Summon Beta button at the top of the page. Then start searching! We have already found that:
Tell us what you think! It’s exciting that Dartmouth is one of the first institutions to be involved in the development of such a promising tool. Your comments will be reviewed not only by the Dartmouth Summon Beta Team, but also by Serials Solutions. Join the effort to help shape the future of search! |
Tips for Using Journals@OvidJournals published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins are only available online through the Journals@Ovid platform. Using the Ovid system to look for full-text journals can be tricky, due to our license's limit of one user of each journal at a time. If you don't navigate through the journals properly, you'll end up competing against yourself for the one seat, which will then not free itself up for 15 minutes. Here are some tips for using Journals@Ovid:
Once you get used to it, Journals@Ovid works nicely. Just look for the navigation buttons within the Ovid screen. Or, if all else fails, click on “Logoff” to free the journal and then start again to see a new article. Stop by one of the Biomedical Libraries for a demonstration if you'd like. |
Consumer Health Corner: Kid's Health
KidsHealth 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children: Weight-Control Information Network National Institute American Academy of Pediatrics National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Child and Adolescent Mental Health
For additional information on children’s health, please visit any of the following DHMC patient libraries (all are open to the public and have a lending library available to patients and their families and the general public): |
Doctors’ Stories: Personal Narratives from the Biomedical Libraries’ CollectionIn addition to our many textbooks, journals, and DVDs, the Biomedical Libraries also house a collection of physicians’ narratives. These include anecdotes by physicians, their stories, and biographies, as they recount their medical training and careers. These stories provide reflections of their experiences that will be of interest to many. Below is a list of some of the physician-narratives in our collection. Check our online catalog for additional titles or suggest a title for our collection that you think we should acquire:
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Staff NewsDirector of Biomedical Libraries Bill Garrity has assumed the additional role of Director of Internal Communication for Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). In that role, Bill will lead the School’s new initiatives to enhance communication within DMS and between DMS and its partner institutions in the College, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, and the VA Medical Center. This will be approximately a 25% commitment for Bill, with regular office hours at DMS Administration on Rope Ferry Road. Also, Associate Director/Health Sciences Library Cindy Stewart has assumed leadership of the Biomedical Libraries’ education and outreach programs, in addition to continuing to lead the Libraries’ work at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Cindy’s position title has changed to Associate Director/Clinical, Research, and Education Services. The College Library and the Medical School worked together to affect these important changes that make the best use of Bill and Cindy’s talents to the benefit of Dartmouth. Congratulations to Research and Education Librarians Karen Odato and Pamela Bagley on their promotions to Library Professional IV in the Dartmouth College Library. The rank of Library Professional IV is the highest professional rank in the Dartmouth College Library, "reserved for individuals who have made original, creative, and distinctive contributions to the Library and to the profession over a significant period of time." Pulse co-editor and Library Services Assistant, Marcia Welsh, has left the Biomedical Libraries for a position in the Dartmouth College English Department. Marcia worked evenings at the Matthews-Fuller Library for four years, commuting in all kinds of weather conditions, and always willing to help in any capacity. She helped represent the Biomedical Libraries at a variety of health fairs, and was always available to help out with staff coverage at both Matthews-Fuller and Dana Library. Please join us in wishing Marcia well in her new job! |
Newsletter CreditsThe Pulse is a quarterly publication of the Dartmouth College Biomedical Libraries. William Garrity, Director of Biomedical Libraries (William.Garrity@dartmouth.edu) Cindy Stewart (Cindy.Stewart@dartmouth.edu) Danelle Sweeney, Editorial Assistant Don Fitzpatrick, Website Manager All photos by David Izzo, unless otherwise noted. |
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