Reed Medical and Allied Health Library’s Blog
Added Unbound MEDLINE to the page for free PDA software. Added Android (Google) – free Skyscape applications to the page for free PDA software.
Open regular hours through Wednesday, November 25.
Open 8am-11pm Wednesday, November 25!
Closed November 26-28 (Thanksgiving Break)
Sunday – November 29 – 2pm-11pm
Monday, November 30 through Tuesday, December 15: open until midnight Sundays – Thursdays
(Open 8am-4:30pm on Fridays, 10am-5pm on Saturdays)
Open 8am-4:30pm December 16-18, 21,22
Closed December 19, 20
December 23 - LMU administrative offices and library close for Holiday Break
January 4 – library reopens at 8am
Added the online FITNE video series, Nursing Theorists: Portraits of Excellence Volumes 1 and 2, to the theorists section of the Nursing Program Resources Web page. Volume one includes videos on Virginia Henderson, Dorothy Johnson, Imogene King, Madeleine Leininger, Myra Levine, Betty Neuman, Margaret Newman, Florence Nightingale, Dorothea Orem, Rosemarie Parse, Ida Orlando Pelletier, Hildegard Peplau, Martha Rogers, Sister Callista Roy, Reva Rubin, and Jean Watson. Volume two includes videos on Patricia Benner, Helen Erickson, Afaf Meleis, Merle Mishel, Nola Pender, and Pamela Reed.
Added Overlayer from Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Academic Computing Services to the histology section of the molecular fundamentals of medicine section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages; also added it to the pathophysiology section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages. Thanks for the link, Phil Singer!
PubMed is now available only in a redesigned format. Please see the article which describes changes to PubMed here. A new article describes changes not announced previously here. If you have any questions, please check with a librarian.
Take a breather and look at the new page of fun links here.
The library now has a site license to The Medical Letter Inc. It includes Medical Letter Inc.’s well-regarded newsletters, CME/CE, an adverse drug interactions program, a handbook of antimicrobial therapy. There is a link to a demo on the bottom left of the main page. The institutional access does include free downloads for PDAs with Palm OS.
To access The Medical Letter Inc., click on “Full Text Journals” on the medical library homepage. In the box to the right of “Title begins with” type in medical letter and then click search. You will want to clink the link for “Single Journals” within the entry for “Medical letter on drugs and therapeutics (English ed.).”
If you have any questions, I’d be glad to answer them.
Added The Medical Letter Inc. to the page for free PDA software. It is listed under M for Medical in the alphabetical list.
Added link to demo to institutional site license demo for The Medical Letter Inc. to the Provider-Created Tutorials section of the tutorials page.
Combined Bill’s and Lisa’s schedules into one page; click on the link for “Schedules for Bill and Lisa” on the homepage to see them. Renamed Lisa’s Blog as Reed Medical and Allied Health Library’s Blog. Click on “Library News” on the homepage to see the blog; the lastest two blog entries are always visible on the library homepage.
Open regular hours through Wednesday, November 25.
Open 8am-11pm Wednesday, November 25!
Closed November 26-28 (Thanksgiving Break)
Sunday – November 29 – 2pm-11pm
Monday, November 30 through Tuesday, December 15: open until midnight Sundays – Thursdays
(Open 8am-4:30pm on Fridays, 10am-5pm on Saturdays)
Open 8am-4:30pm December 16-18, 21,22
Closed December 19, 20
December 23 - LMU administrative offices and library close for Holiday Break
The library now has access to American Botanic Council. It includes informative articles, reviews, monographs, a magazine, and a newsletter on herbs. HerbalGram Online allows one to access the archives back to 1990 of the peer-reviewed journal of the American Botanical Council. HerbClip Online provides summaries and critical reviews of seminal articles on herbal medicine from popular and scientific literature around the world. Healthy Ingredients provides consumer information for herbs used in cosmetics, aromatherapy, and dietary supplements. Commission E Monographs includes 380 monographs of the Complete German Commission E Monographs, which has approved uses, dosage, contraindications, side effects, drug interactions, and other therapeutic information. Expanded Commission E Monographs updates and expands 107 of the Commission E Monographs. HerbMedPro allows one to access the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health; a simple search by common or Latin herb name lists results by evidence of efficacy, warnings, methods of preparation, formulas/blends, and activity as well as short summaries of clinical studies that permit users to make easy selections.
You can find it within the databases and electronic resources on the right side of the medical library home page. It is also listed in the A-Z, Athletic Training, Medical Technology, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine, and Physician Assistant listings of databases. Click here to access it. You log in like you do for other library resources with firstname.lastname as your user name and your LMU email password as your password.
You can also find it within the consumer health section of the patient information section as well as the pharmacology section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages.
Added links to Human Embryology Chapters, Embryology Images Online, The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Embryology – Human Embryology Movies, and Development of Human Embryology to the embryology section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages. Thanks for the links, Magdalena Farbisz!
Added link to SonoWorld: Cases to the pathophysiology sections of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages.
Here are solutions to printer messages on the first-floor printer in LMU-DCOM.
If the LMU-DCOM first-floor printer beeps and flashes the message “Add MP Paper,” you will have to flip down the bypass tray on the right and add paper. Add the paper with the long side against the machine.
If the LMU-DCOM first-floor printer beeps and has the message “Load MP Tray Statement” on the screen, click the down button once. The message “Use alternative? Letter” will appear. Click okay.
If you need help with a jam or anything with the printer in LMU-DCOM, Lisa Travis or someone in Medical Information Services will be glad to help.
Added link to Human Embryology Animations to the embryology sections of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages. Thanks for the link, Liz Hills!
October is National Medical Librarians Month
The library now has access to Medical Evidence Matters, an easy-to-use evidence-based medicine tool that helps you find the best therapy options for patients with a confirmed diagnosis. Results are organized into summary graphs and tables.
You can find Medical Evidence Matters within the databases and electronic resources on the right side of the medical library home page. It is also listed in the A-Z, Osteopathic Medicine, and Physician Assistant listings of databases. Here’s the link: http://ezproxy.lmunet.edu/login?url=http://www.umi.com/pqdauto. You log in like you do for other library resources with firstname.lastname as your user name and your LMU email password as your password.
If you haven’t done so already, please welcome Gabriel Morley, Director of Library Services, to LMU. He began work on September 21, and his office is on the second floor of the library. Welcome Gabriel!
Added Chest X-ray Atlas to the pathophysiology sections of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages. Thanks for the link, Matt Tipton!
Added LUMEN Histology and JayDoc HistoWeb to the histology section of the molecular fundamentals of medicine section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Thanks for the links, Stacy Bullock!
Added The Anatomy Lesson to the general section of the anatomy section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page and the general section of the anatomy and physiology sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, Physician Assistant, and Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web pages. Thanks to Kari Jones for the link!
The wireless access points in the library have been fixed.
Currently there are a few wireless access points (AP’s) that are out of service at the LMU library and are causing dead spots in the wireless signal. The LMU Help Desk is aware of the issue and have scheduled the repair. If you are planning on studying at the library you may want to take along your Ethernet cord to insure reliable connectivity until the wireless is repaired.
A new version of the library catalog is up and running. If you have any questions, we’d be glad to answer them.
Fixed link for Harvard’s Whole Brain Atlas since the link had been broken.
Added Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JB&JS) to the surgery section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages.
Added Spot the Fake Smile to the mental health section of the Nursing and Social Work Program Resources Web pages as well as the psychiatry section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages.
Added Micromedex to the pharmacology and pathophysiology sections of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page; also added it to the consumer health section within the patient information section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Added Micromedex to the pharmacology and pathophysiology sections of the Physician Assistant Program Resources Web page; also added it to the consumer health section within the general medical resources section of the Physician Assistant Program Resources Web page. Added Micromedex to the pharmacology and pathophysiology sections of the Athletic Training and Nursing Program Resources Web pages.
The medical library Web site redesign is up and running and a work in progress. It is best viewed in Firefox. Please feel free to provide comments and recommendations.
Improvements in the design include:
1. The medical news box on the home page now scrolls and includes more stories
2. The latest “library news” blog entries are shown on the home page
3. The “toggle subjects” button within the program resources allows you to get rid of the categories, thus making the area with the links and descriptions wider
4. Web 2.0 technology (Digg, Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, etc.) is being incorporated into the site (see the blog entries on the home page, for example)
5. Featured resource box on the home page
Thanks to Joshua for his hard work on this. I have compiled a list of bugs and made Joshua aware of them. Please feel free to let me know of any bugs since I may not have found them all.
I’m sorry for any inconvenience that may have been caused by its going live on Thursday; I was not aware it was going to go live that day.
All the best,
Lisa Travis
Medical and Allied Health Librarian
We have redesigned and updated our website. Tell us what you think and please let us know if you spot any bugs!
If you have not done so already, please welcome new Medical and Allied Health Librarian, Bill Stevens, to LMU. He began work on August 3, and his office is in the medical library. He will be the primary liaison for nursing and allied health programs.
Added Blue Histology, a great Web site from The University of Western Australia, to the histology section of the molecular fundamentals of medicine section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Thanks for the link, Matt Tipton!
STAT!Ref Medical’s new interface has been giving us trouble, and STAT!Ref is working to resolve the problems. For this reason, the link has been changed back to how it was in the spring. Three new electronic books (Emergency Medicine: Comprehensive Study Guide, Patient History, and Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Emergency Medicine) will be able to be accessed from the Piper online library catalog sometime soon. Thanks for your patience with this.
Added Electronic Fetal Monitoring to the women’s health section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added Amputation Videos by Level to the surgery section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages.
Added HeartScape to the cardiovascular system section of the anatomy & physiology sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages.
Added Micromedex to the A-Z, athletic training, LMU-DCOM, kinesiology, nursing, and physician assistant lists of databases. Also added it to the medical library home page’s fast links for databases and electronic resources. Micromedex is a comprehensive medical reference on drugs, diseases, acute care, toxicology, alternative medicine, and patient education and care; it is not to be used for clinical decision-making.
Lisa’s office has moved from the medical library to LMU-DCOM room 120.
Added iTunes store applications for iPhones to the page for free PDA software.
Added a link within each entry on the page for free PDA software that allows users to leave comments or view comments on the resources.
Added tutorials Lisa created for Computer-assisted Learning in Pediatrics Program (CLIPP), Web Initiative for Surgical Education (WISE-MD), and finding full-text journals by title and topic to the Librarian-Created Tutorials section of the tutorials page. Added links to numerous PubMed tutorials and one The Cochrane Library tutorial to the Provider-Created Tutorials section of the tutorials page.
Added Web Initiative for Surgical Education (WISE-MD) to the fast links for databases and electronic resources on the medical library home page as well as the listing of databases for LMU-DCOM.
Deleted the link for an animation for muscles activated during the gait cycle from the kinesiology links since the link is now broken.
Add “Lisa’s pick” notations or images to Web sites that are favorites of the medical librarian and students. Many of Lisa’s picks are useful for assignments.
The links for Primal Anatomy now go through the LMU proxy. To log in, the user name is firstname.lastname, and the password is the same as your LMU email account.
Added Epocrates Online to the fast links for databases and electronic resources on the medical library home page as well as the listings of databases for athletic training, nursing, LMU-DCOM, and physician assistant programs. Also added it to the pharmacology sections of the Athletic Training, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine, and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages. To use this resource, you must register and create your own login.
Readings for family medicine rotations have changed to be briefer. Required readings are posted in Blackboard. Optional readings are available from a CDC Web site and from within Epocrates Online. The syllabus in Blackboard has been updated to reflect these changes.
Changed the link to STAT!Ref Medical so that it now goes to its new interface, which includes Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. STAT!Ref Medical no longer allows one to conduct an advanced search to search only certain books. According to STAT!Ref Medical, they are working on restoring this functionality.
Removed fast links for ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences database and ProQuest Health & Medical Complete database from the medical library home page. Links for these resources remain within the listings of databases.
Lisa’s office in LMU-DCOM has moved from room 129 to 120. Room 120 is near the printer and Jason McConnell’s office.
Some readings for family medicine rotations have been uploaded into Blackboard; the remainder will be posted in Blackboard soon.
A Power Point presentation on how to access and use CLIPP for pediatrics rotations has been emailed to the LMU-DCOM class of 2011, uploaded into Blackboard, and added to the Librarian-Created Tutorials section of the tutorials page.
Added Wireless Information System Responders (WISER), Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM), and National Library of Medicine Resources for the Mobile Clinician to the free PDA software Web page, which is a link on the medical library home page. Also added National Library of Medicine Resources for the Mobile Clinician to the international section of the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added MedAlert, MedWatch, Handheld Computer Resources in the NCBI Bookshelf, .911 Free Emergency Management Resource, Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator, QxMD, and PalmEKG to the free PDA software Web page, which is a link on the medical library home page.
Added a new page for free PDA software as a link to the medical library home page. The page currently includes links to Diagnosaurus, EBM Calculator, Geriatrics At Your Fingertips (GAYF), MedStream by Skyscape, Mobile MerckMedicus, Shots 2009, Archimedes medical calculator, Medical Mnemonics, ABG Pro 2.2, and Epocrates Rx and DocAlert.
Deleted several links and modified a link in the health literacy section of the Nursing, Physician Assistant, and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages per Lynn Nielsen’s request. Added or edited descriptions to all remaining links.
Added PDR.net to the pharmacology section of Osteopathic Medicine and Nursing Program Resources Web pages.
Added A-OPTIC.org to the general medical education resources and graduate medical education opportunities sections of the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added eMedicine to the lists of athletic training, nursing, and osteopathic medicine databases as well as to the fast links for databases and electronic resources on the medical library home page.
Added DiagnosisPro to the diagnosis section of the Nursing Program Resources Web page as well as the newly-created diagnosis sections of the Physician Assistant and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages.
Added The Cochrane Library to the A-Z, athletic training, DCOM, kinesiology, and nursing lists of databases. Also added it to the medical library home page’s fast links for databases and electronic resources.
Added FreeForAll: Free Articles to Those in Need to the international resources section of the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
The Official Osteopathic Thesaurus was added to the medical terminology section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Temporarily removed A-OPTIC.org from the general medical education resources and graduate medical education opportunities sections of the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added link to Classic Type I-IV Hypersensitivity Reactions in the Skin to the dermatology sections of the Nursing and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages.
Added the Athletic Training Education Journal to a newly-created section for general athletic training resources within the Athletic Training Program Resources Web page.
Added A-OPTIC.org to the general medical education resources and graduate medical education opportunities sections of the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added PediatricEducation.org and PedCases.com: Pediatrics for Medical Students to a new section for pediatrics within the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Updated my normal work schedule for spring 2009, which is to be used in conjunction with the weekly schedule of Carnegie-Vincent Library reference desk hours and DCOM office hours. These can be found here.
Added Annual Reviews to the electronic books section of the medical library home page. It is also listed in the A-Z databases list, the DCOM databases list, and the Natural Sciences databases list.
Reorganized the links in the graduate medical education opportunities section of the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page into the following categories: applying, matching, and opportunities. Within the graduate medical education opportunities section, added Residency Matching Program for Urology and the San Francisco Matching Program to the matching section, CareerMD and FindAResident to the opportunities section, and a note about the Specialities Matching Service (SMS) to the entry for the National Resident Matching Program in the matching section. Fixed link for ADA Technical Assistance CD-ROM within all of the relevant free resources sections of the program resources pages.
Reorganized the EPC section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page into sections for EPC III and EPC IV. Added four existing links (Association of Technical Opticians, Basic Knot Tying and Suturing, and two Radiological Terrorism links) to the EPC IV section of the EPC section of Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page
Fixed link for Physiology of the Kidney for urinary section of the anatomy and physiology sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages as well as the urinary section of the physiology section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Removed link for Interactive Kidney Illustration from the urinary section of the physiology section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page since it is very simplistic.
Added links to ResidentSwap.org, National Matching Services Inc. – AOA Intern/Resident Registration Program; Roadmap to Residency: From Application to Match and Beyond, 2nd edition; and Strolling through the Match, 2008-2009 to the graduate medical education opportunities section of the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added Facial Muscle Action Illustrated to the muscular sections of the anatomy and physiology sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages as well as the anatomy and physiology sections of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added Teaching Materials for Pathology to the pathophysiology section and molecular fundamentals of medicine’s newly-created histology section within the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added EPC and women’s health sections to the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Added The Global Library of Women’s Medicine to the surgery section and newly-created women’s health sections of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Added four existing links (Case Studies: Abnormal Chest X-Rays, HEAL Normal and Abnormal Chest X-Rays, Module One: Chest Radiology, and Procedures Consult) to the newly-created EPC section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
The library hours have been extended to midnight on Monday through Thursday for December 1-4 and Sunday through Thursday for December 7-12.
Hours for Thanksgiving Week
Saturday, November 22, 2008, 10am-5pm
Sunday, November 23, 2008, closed
Monday – Wednesday, November 24-26, 2008, 8am-4:30pm
Thursday – Saturday, November 27-29, 2008, closed
Sunday, November 30, 2008, 2-11pm
Added Edheads to the surgery section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added link for cell motility, myosin, and extravasation to the cells section of the molecular fundamentals of medicine section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page and the cells sections of the anatomy and physiology section of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages.
Added Laboratory Dissections Practice Practical to the dissection images and videos section of the anatomy section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages. Thanks to David Feaker, OMS 1, for the link!
Added The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education to the general section of the anatomy section as well as the pathophysiology section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page and the anatomy and physiology sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, Physician Assistant, and Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web pages.
Added CountryWatch, Health Information in Multiple Languages, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Ethnomed, and a collection of other links for health information in multiple languages to the international resources section of the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added Health Literacy Videos Online to the health literacy section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added the Association of Technical Opticians Web site to the the pathophysiology section and the neuroscience section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page; also added it to the eyes section of the anatomy and physiology sections within the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Removed link for Drug Therapy in Nursing since the link is now broken.
Added Module One: Chest X-Ray to the pathophysiology section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page and the radiologic anatomy section of the anatomy section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added descriptions to all of the fast links on the medical library home page. The descriptions appear when a user holds the cursor over the item.
I am happy to announce that LMU-DCOM has obtained access to the internal medicine modules within Procedures Consult.
This subscription provides access to 42 internal medicine procedures with videos and tests. Users can choose to view a quick review or full details for each procedure. Procedures Consult includes defibrillation, general splinting techniques, local anesthesia, lumbar puncture, nasogastric intubation, and much more.
Links to Procedures Consult are now included on the medical library home page, in the A-Z list of databases, and in the list of DCOM databases.
October is National Medical Librarians Month
Added link to the Veterinary Support Personnel Network to the general resources section of the Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web page.
Removed link to the Vision Simulator since the Web site appears to be down.
Removed link to University of Washington’s Normal Distal Thigh Anatomy since the link now redirects to a different Web site.
Added Physician Assistant Program Resources Web page.
Added note from Shannon King to LUMEN Cross-Sectional Tutorial, which is listed in the anatomy section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page as well as the anatomy and physiology section of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Physician Assistant Program Resources Web pages.
Added links to the CIA World Fact Book and to World Health Organization – Countries to a newly-created section for international resources within the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added link to Case Studies: Abnormal Chest X-Rays to the pathophysiology section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Added link to HEAL Normal and Abnormal Chest X-Rays to the pathophysiology section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page as well as the radiographic anatomy section of the anatomy sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages.
September 8, 2008
Removed link to Active Learning Centre from pharmacology sections of the Athletic Training, Nursing, and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages since the quizzes are not working. Lisa contacted the Web master to inform him of the problem, and he replied that it would be fixed soon.
August 27, 2008
Added link to VisualDxHealth to newly-created sections for dermatology within the Nursing and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages.
August 26, 2008
Removed link for West Virginia University Professor William A. Beresford’s anatomy Web site from the dissection images and videos sections of the anatomy sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages since the PowerPoint presentations no longer open properly.
August 25, 2008
Added links to animations for normal and abnormal clotting to the blood sections of the anatomy & physiology sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, and Nursing, Program Resources Web pages, the hematology section of the Medical Technology Program Resources Web page, and the hematology section of the molecular fundamentals of medicine section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages.
August 18, 2008
Added link to Harvard’s ECG Wave-Maven to the ECGs sections of the Nursing and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages. Added link to University of Michigan’s Medical Gross Anatomy Learning Resources to the general sections and dissection images & videos sections of the anatomy sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages. Also added University of Michigan’s Medical Gross Anatomy Learning Resources to the surgery section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page; thanks to Alex Phillips, OMS 2, for the link.
July 31, 2008
Added link to Janssen’s MINDSTORM to the newly-created psychiatry section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page; also added it to the newly-created mental health sections of the Nursing and Social Work Program Resources Web pages.
July 25, 2008
Added link to WeBSurg World Electronic Book of Surgery to the surgery section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
July 18, 2008
July 10, 2008
Removed the link for Arterial Blood Gases (ABG) Tutorial since the Web site is no longer available.
July 3, 2008
Removed the links for KU Radiographic Anatomy, Arrhythmia Quiz; Exam: Chapter 27: The ECG, Heart Sounds, Pulse; Rhythm Master; Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination, 4th Edition; Life Cycle Diagrams, Parasitology Lab Quizzes, Parasitology Picture Keys, and Worm Jeopardy since the Web sites are no longer available. Removed link for MODRN Magazine since the magazine has been discontinued.
Added Kansas University School of Medicine’s Physiology of the Kidney Web site to the urinary system section of the physiology section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page and the urinary system section of the anatomy & physiology sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, and Nursing Program Resources Web pages.
Added the freely-available collection of books, Early American Manual Therapy, to the electronic books fast links on the home page.
Added Primal Anatomy to the home page.
May 27, 2008
Added American Veterinary Medicine Collections to the general resources section of the Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web page.
May 13, 2008
Added Lexi-Comp ONLINE to the pharmacology sections of the Osteopathic Medicine and Nursing Program Resources Web pages.
Added a link to Get Body Smart’s blood and blood cell quizzes to the hematology section of the Medical Technology Program Resources Web page.
Added links to the basic tutorial on library research at LMU and the tutorial on nursing research at LMU to the games, tutorials, and simulations section of the Nursing Program Resources Web page.
Added link to a Web site on basic knot tying and suturing to the games, tutorials, and simulations section of the Nursing Program Resources Web page.
From now until May 1, the library is now open until midnight on Sundays through Thursdays.
Added links to Online Physical Exam Teaching Assistant and Online Physical Exam Teaching Assistant: A Pediatric Companion to the physical assessment section of the Osteopathic Medicine and Nursing Program Resources Web pages.
Added link to the Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) to the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added link to the Family Medicine Digital Library Web site to the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page per recommendation of OMS I student, Aimee Foster. Thanks for the telling the library about the resource, Aimee!
The library hours for March 21 through March 29 follow.
Good Friday, March 21, closed
Saturday, March 22, closed
Easter Sunday, March 23, closed
Monday, March 24, through Friday, March 28, 8am – 4:30pm
Saturday, March 29, closed
Added link to the Neuronal Migration Disorders Information Page within the neuroscience section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page per Dr. Lynn Nielsen’s request.
Added links to The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and the National Resident Matching Program to the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Moved the medical education section from within the general medical resources section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page to its own separate section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
March 3, 2008
Added two links to a newly-created section for blood within the A&P section of the Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web page per student request.
February 21, 2008
Added two links to videos of patients with Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia to the neuroscience section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page per Dr. Nielsen’s request.
Added DIRLINE, a directory of health organizations, to the government resources sections of the general medical resources sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine, and Social Work Program Resources Web pages. Added an animation on nephron function to the urinary system section of the physiology sections of the Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Medical Technology, Nursing, and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages.
February 20, 2008
The library has activated the drug database, Lexi-Comp ONLINE. Links to the database are on the library home page and the databases Web pages. Lexi-Comp ONLINE includes non-biased information on drugs and natural products as well as medical calculations, a drug ID component, an interactions component, I.V. compatibility information, FDA special alerts, updates on medical safety issues, and more.
Added two searchable databases of graduate medical education programs to the medical education section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
February 15, 2008
Within the A&P section of the Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web page, per students’ requests, Lisa added Get Body Smart to a newly-created section for general A&P resources and added two Web sites to a newly-created section for the cardiovascular system.
Deleted link for Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology on the Internet from the Neuromuscular & Neuroscience section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page since the link is broken.
February 11, 2008
Added link to a Web site on basic knot tying and suturing to a newly-created section for surgery within the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
February 9, 2008
The library has activated a new database – ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences College Edition. This database includes over 1,000 full-text journals that are useful to biology, nursing, osteopathic medicine, psychology, veterinary technology, and other programs of study. Links to the database are on the medical library home page and the databases Web pages.
The library has all but one of the spring 2008 DCOM textbooks. We are awaiting arrival of Functional Neuroanatomy and the new 13th edition of Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases (we have the 12th edition, which is the one on the textbook list).
Added hematology, microbiology, and urinalysis links to the Molecular Fundamentals of Medicine section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
January 10, 2008
The library has five study rooms with whiteboards for use by students. There are also study areas in other areas of the library.
Did you know that you may print needed materials in the library? Ask Lisa if you need assistance with printing. She can show you how to add a printer, print handouts, print booklets, change the background color to white within PowerPoint to save toner, and more.
Added MedEd Portal, Blackboard, and Mediasite to the newly-created medical education section within the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
January 7, 2008
Posted Lisa’s Spring 2008 schedule; please check back often for changes. Added link to recommended textbook within the Molecular Fundamentals of Medicine section within the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
January 4, 2008
Happy New Year! Added a link to Nursing Theorists Overview to a new section for Theorists within the Nursing Program Resources Web page.
December 19, 2007
The library will be closed December 22, 2007, through January 1, 2008.
November 15, 2007
See the Thanksgiving break hours here.
Added parasitology and gait sections to the Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web page.
November 13, 2007
Separated anatomy and physiology links within the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page. Consolidated the skull and skeletal system section links, keeping only the skeletal system section, in all of the anatomy and physiology sections for all of the programs. Added a brachial plexus link to the upper extremities section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.
Added a section for breeds within the Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web page. Added links for cells and tissues within the anatomy and physiology section of the Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web page.
October 23, 2007
Added links to Keith Bower’s podcasts and David Lane’s HyperStat Online Statistics Textbook to the statistics section of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page per Dr. Lynn Nielsen’s request.
Added a link to an Evidence-Based Practice government Web page to the general medical resources sections of the Nursing and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages. Added a link to the National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties to the organizations section of the Nursing Program Resources Web page. Added a link to the National Institute of Nursing Research to the research and general nursing sections of the Nursing Program Resources Web page.
Added link to streaming videos of Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination, 4th edition, to the auscultation and newly-created physical assessment sections of the Nursing and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages. Created sections with links for associations, general resources, and pathology to the Veterinary Technology Program Resources Web page.
News items now link to the modified Web pages. Simply choose the appropriate section from the Web page.
Added eMedicine to General Medical Resources sections of the Nursing and Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web pages.
The dedication of the Lon and Elizabeth Parr Reed Medical and Allied Health library occurred over the weekend. Please drop in and look at the wonderful changes that have been made in the library.
New links to YouTube videos chosen by Dr. Nielsen have been added to the Neuroscience and Statistics sections of the Osteopathic Medicine Program Resources Web page.