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Transition to Clinical
Medicine
FAQs
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
NEW!!!
ILLiad for ILL at Penn State Hershey
• will allow you to manage and track all your requests and their progress with
your own individual account
• will deliver articles to your desktop, as permitted by licensing
• will “populate” request form with citation from various search sources
Request It – Track It – Get It
*** coming in Summer ’09 – get ready
*** Penn State Access Account required
http://aset.its.psu.edu/accounts/accountsforms/AccessAccountForm.pdf
(complete and submit in IT box in Library)
*** must be registered in Library system
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/library/eresources/Forms/catregistration.htm
(complete and submit at Circulation Desk)
*** one-time ILLiad registration
more information to come – questions may be sent
to hmcill@hmc.psu.edu or call x8633
Tech Fair 09
Please join us for the annual Tech Fair. Representatives
from the PSU Computer store, Angel, MultiMedia Solutions, Verizon Wireless and your friendly
librarians will be presenting topics and products of interest: PDA resources,
new NIH Public Access Mandate information, web-based impact factors from Journal
Citation Index, Endnote and more....... Prizes awarded every fifteen
minutes. Delicious snacks!
Ovid is changing
OVID is
launching a new interface, OvidSP, February 4, 2008. The
new version provides a simpler faster way to search
using either the Basic or the Syntax Search mode. The
Basic Search mode allows users to enter any search topic
or question. Results are relevancy ranked just like
Google. The Syntax Search mode supports controlled
vocabulary searching using MeSH and Boolean operators.
Saved searches in the previous OVID interface will be
available in the new OvidSP. Call the Reference Desk
(x8634) for OvidSP demonstrations. Both the existing and
new versions of OVID are available on the library web
site until February 3, 2008.
Click on Ovid then "Try OvidSP".
Great Pictures of
Library Orientation 2007
Pictures of 2007
Tech Fair
Pictures
of Library Orientation August 2006
DynaMed
(Dynamic Medical Information System) is a quick and easy-to-use medical
reference system designed for use at the point of care. DynaMed
contains clinically organized summaries of nearly 2,000 topics and is updated
daily from review of the research literature. This means that the reference
information is always current and does not require new editions. DynaMed
is a useful resource in clinical, educational and research settings
Dynamed’s advantages
over similar products such as UptoDate:
- Available off campus
- Allows keyword
searching
- Available for PDAs
- Updated daily
- Monitors the content
of over 400 medical journals
- New evidence
integrated into exiting content
- Conclusions updated
often
Try It:
Tell us what you think of it!
Email the
Reference Librarians
Clinical Skills - Class of 2008
will be preparing for
clinical rotations June 19th to the 23rd.
Take some time to
Review Clinical Library Resources.
LibrareFair 2006
The Library Fair held on April 5th was very
successful with 597 people flowing through the poster sessions and demos.
EXAM MASTER ONLINE is a newly updated USMLE
and board preparation and review tool that
provides access to thousands of basic and
clinical sciences questions. The completely
revised interface allows for quick and easy
navigation, and provides students with the
ability to create very customized practice
exams and study blocks. Detailed score
reporting helps the student target their
studies and identify strong and weak areas.
In November, EXAM MASTER completely revised
the testing interface to closely match what
is actually used on the USMLE exam. This
new test mode interface has excellent
navigational tools, and includes other
features found on the exam including the
ability to attach notes to each question.
This system is in use at over 40 academic
health centers and teaching hospitals.Free
trial period ended February 15, 2006.
The free
trial has ended. The George T.
Harrell Library has purchased a subscription
to this popular new resource! The paid
access will require ePass authentication.
If you registered during the trial, you may have to re-register
using your Penn State email account (xyz1@psu.edu
, xzebra@psu.edu or xzebra@hmc.psu.edu)
Sorry for any inconvenience.
»»Check out the books new to the Harrell Library!
See the latest additions to the Harrell
Library monograph collection. Suggestions for new material in any format can be made
at any time. Purchase suggestion form.
»»Harrell Library Suggestion Box
The Harrell Library has a suggestion box located on the first floor near the
circ desk. We invite you to make
constructive suggestions. You are also welcome to submit comments electronically via
the link at the bottom of this page and by telephone (8631).
View notices that previously
appeared in the What's New section.
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