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The A.T Still Memorial Library has issued its first eNewsletter for Spring 2013. This quarterly newsletter focuses on new resources, exciting services and library news for our community of library users. Check it out to find what you are missing, so that you can be the best evidence-based practitioner or scholar in your field!
Check-It-Out@ATSMLib is mobile-friendly and can be accessed here.
Natural Standard is a comprehensive evidence-based database of foods herbs and supplements. This systematic review of scientific literature, peer reviewed by Natural Standard editorial contributors, provides in-depth coverage of the efficacy, adverse effects, interactions, pregnancy, lactation, pharmacology, toxicology, dosing, standardization, and products tested by third-party laboratories. It includes evidence table and discussions, statistical analysis, and quality rating of available clinical trials for natural alternative treatments. The reviews are cross-referenced to other monographs by health condition
The URL for this nine-minute introductory video of the library’s resource is http://www.naturalstandard.com/webinars/?f=NaturalStandardDemo.mp4.
An app to access this resource is available here.
According to the NCBI website, PubMed and NCBI will no longer support the IE7 browser as of 1/1/2013. In order tosearch PubMed and other NCBI databases users will need to connect using Internet Explorer 8 or above or another web browser. A list of accepted browsers can be located at the NCBI website.
To check your IE browser version, click on the Help menu, and then, click the About Internet Explorer link. Your browser version will be listed in the pop-up window.
Working with current rotating students, Tammy Kriegshauser, and Dr. Suzewits; the library has designed a website specifically to support students on rotations. Divided up by content areas for quick access, this page formats to mobile devices and iPads quite handilly. Some examples of the content featured are Top Research Resources, E-Books & Topical Review Sources, and Point-of-Care Resources. If you see something, which is not currently available, let us know and we will be happy to add it.
The URL is http://guides.atsu.edu/clinicalrotationmo and is located on the right menu named “Program Links” of the library’s main page under “Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine” or on the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine’s program pag.
Bookmark it on your clinical rotation device, laptop, iPad or smart phone for quick access to the library’s resources most relevant to you!
ClinicalKey will no longer require log in to access the PDF version of Journal content. Book content will still require a log in to access full text PDF versions.
ClinicalKey will now offer ExitCare developed patient education handouts. There will be over 15,000 handouts covering a wide range of topics in almost every specialty, with almost 11,000 being offered in Spanish. Most handouts are written at the 6th to 8th grade level. There are over 300 ‘Easy-to-Read’ handouts written at a 2nd to 4th grade reading level.
The Thieme E-Book Library collection may now be accessed to download books to your iPad.
Using the free iPublishCentral Reader app available in the iTunes store users can download and read all titles available within ATSU’s Thieme E-Book Library collection. Instructions are found here.
A.T. Still Memorial Library invites you to explore “Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine”, a six-banner traveling exhibition that explores the African American men and women who served as surgeons and nurses during the American Civil war showing in the AZ campus library from Dec 7, 2012 – Jan 23, 2013.
If you are unable to see the exhibit on campus, explore the accompanying web site from the National Library of Medicine.
