LIBRARY 101 for Health Sciences Patrons

Rebecca Raszewski, MS, AHIPAssistant Information Services Librarian &

Assistant Professor

Class Agenda

Overview of UIC Library System Services Electronic Databases, E-books, E-Journals Getting Help

Overview of UIC Library System

Five Libraries Few Hundred Databases Several Thousand E-Journals and E-books Manuscripts and Rare Books University Archives

Overview of LHS

GMR Serves Health Sciences Colleges and

Schools and UIMC UIC Prep, et al

I-card & Library Account

Need This to Set Up Library Account Requesting Books

– Library Number begins with 28198– Different from UIN Number

Services

Checking Out Books/Journals

– Book Stacks-4 Weeks Renew Books-online, on the phone

– Reserve Varies by Location Personal Copies (Instructor’s Copies) No Renewal

– Study Guides (Open Reserve)-1 Week, no renewal

– Journals Vary by Location

I-Share

Consortium of over 70 libraries in Illinois that UIC patrons can borrow books from

Books Only

Returning Books

Can Return Books to UIC Library or Any I Share School

Ask for Receipt

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

For Articles, Dissertations, Books Not Available at UIC or I-Share, etc.

No Charge for UIC Community No Limit on Number of Requests

LIBRARY E-RESOURCES

Library Catalog Research Guides

– Databases– E-Journals– E-books– Images– Mobile Resources

LIBRARY CATALOG

Find both print and electronic resources

Other Ways to Find E-Journals/E-books

E-journals E-books

Electronic Databases, E-books, and E-Journals

Research & Subject Guides

Databases Health Sciences Health Sciences Tutorials & Instructional

Guides Monthly Health Observances Mobile Medicine @ UIC Course Guides

Major Health Sciences Databases

CINAHL MEDLINE

– PubMed (always access PubMed through UIC)– Ovid

PsycINFO

Additional Health Sciences Databases

Cochrane Library EMBASE ERIC HAPI Web of Science

Managing Your Citations

RefWorks– Need to Create an Account

Clinical Tools

UptoDate– On campus use only

ACP Pier DynaMed Essential Evidence

Plus

MD Consult Nursing Reference

Center

E-book Collections

AccessMedicine– Anesthesiology– Emergency Medicine– Pediatrics– Pharmacy– Physiotherapy– Surgery

Books@Ovid Credo Reference Current Protocols Dentistry and Oral Sciences

Source

Ebrary MD Consult Oxford Scholarship

Online R2 Nursing Library Sage eReference Springer Stat!Ref Wiley

E-Journals

AMA AJP ASM BioMed Central BioOne Journals Elsevier JSTOR

Karger Lippincott, Williams, &

Wilkins Nature Oxford Springer Wiley-Blackwell

Audio, Video, and Images

Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination

New England Journal of Medicine Procedure Videos

an@tomy.tv CSA Illustrata: Natural

Sciences Springer Images Most Clinical Tools

have this content

Mobile Resources

Some library resources have free apps and/or mobile websites

Keeping Up with Library

Blog Facebook pages Twitter Newsletter

GETTING HELP

In Person– By Appointment– Library Liaison

Telephone Online

– Email– IM– Text

QUESTIONS?