New Books in the Biomedical Libraries – April 2013

Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine
Matthews-Fuller Library
R725.55 .C33 2012

Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease
Matthews-Fuller Library
RA645.O23 L873 2012

First Aid, CPR, and AED Essentials
Matthews-Fuller Library
RC86.7 .T474 2013

Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
Dana Library
RM301.27 .G65 2013

Evolution: Making Sense of Life
Dana Library
QH366.2 .Z526 2013

Evolution’s Wedge: Competition and the Origins of Diversity (Organisms and Environments)
Dana Library
QH408 .P44 2012

Trees of Life: A Visual History of Evolution
Dana Library
QH361 .P53 2012

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Lexicomp Drug Information Trial Access

We currently have trial access to two related drug information products, Lexicomp and Fact and Comparisons.  The trial runs to March 15.  During the trial, access is open to anyone on the Dartmouth or DHMC computer network (authenticated by ip range.)

• Lexicomp Online
• Facts and Comparisons eAnswers

Note: there are no current plans to subscribe to these products, but this is an opportunity to see a couple interesting products on the market.

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Open House: Come Visit the New Dana Library at 37 Dewey Field Road

When:  Monday, April 22

Reception:  3:00pm – 5:00pm  Refreshments, music, and more

Remarks by:

• Laura Cousineau, Director, Biomedical Libraries
• Jeffrey Horrell, Dean of Libraries and Librarian of the College
• Richard J. Simons, MD, Geisel Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Associate Vice President for Health Affairs at Dartmouth

The Dana Biomedical Library is now located on the 3^rd floor of 37 Dewey Field Road. The students found us within minutes of opening on Monday, and all had big smiles on their faces as they toured their new space. We look forward to welcoming more faculty, students, researchers and staff to our new facility.

For the latest information, please see “Dana Library has Moved!“

Please Note:

• Access is via the lower level entrance after 6:00 pm and on weekends, and requires a Dartmouth ID.
• Reserves, new books, and a small rotating specialty collection have moved with us to 37 Dewey Field.
• Other material will be housed at the new Dartmouth Library Depository at 56 Etna Road. These materials can be delivered to any Dartmouth library upon request. Dartmouth College Library couriers make trips twice daily to all the libraries.

Click on the image below for a larger view of the Library Hours:

Open Study Area

Information Desk

Cafe and GreenPrint Area

Classroom Space

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Check Out an iPad

The Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries are pleased to offer iPads for checkout to Dartmouth and DHMC faculty, staff and students . There are 5 iPads available at the Dana Biomedical Library and 5 at the Matthews-Fuller Health Sciences Library at DHMC. The availability of these iPads is part of a partnership with the Geisel School of Medicine, meant to increase the use of educational technology for enhancing teaching and learning for Geisel, the Life Sciences, and the greater Dartmouth College/DHMC community.

Give one a try!  See our info page or our policy for more information.

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UpToDate: Psychiatry Now Included

UpToDate, a clinical decision support system, has added Psychiatry to its list of specialties.  Specific topics include:

• Anxiety disorders
• Bipolar disorders
• Child and adolescent mental disorders
• Depressive disorders
• Eating disorders
• Personality disorders
• Substance use disorders
• And much more

For more information contact a Biomedical Research & Education Librarian: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/biomed/services/askchat.html

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“Gear Up!” Event – Build Your Research Toolkit

Get ready to GEAR UP!  with an information fair showcasing tools to manage your papers, find funding, store your data, and make working with information and data more effective.

“Gear Up!”  -  Build Your Research Toolkit

Coming Soon To A Location Near You:

• Thursday, November 29^th from 1pm-3pm   (Fairchild Tower)
• Monday, December 3^rd from 11am-1pm   (MacLean Engineering Sciences Center)
• Wednesday, December 5^th from 11am-1pm   (Life Sciences Center)

Tasty refreshments  …  Lots of helpful folks … Drop by any time during the event.

Take advantage of the latest tools, apps, resources, and support available to help you with research information, funding, data, and collaboration.

For graduate students, researchers, and faculty, “Gear Up!” will showcase information management tools, apps, and research support systems to help you tune up your research, including:

• Learn about Pivot to help you find funding sources, research collaborators and keep your profile updated.
• Find out about data management and storage using RSTOR, statistical consulting services, and other support from Research Computing.
• See how RefWorks, Mendeley, and Zotero can make handling your papers and citations easier.
• Talk to an expert about copyright for your publications and dissertation.
• Take a look at apps and readers for mobile devices that can help you in research, teaching, and general productivity.
• Explore Lynda.com to make better use of research and educational software.
• Learn about the Eagle-I Network, where you can discover scientific resources both at Dartmouth and at other universities and laboratories (Note: Dec. 5th session only).
• And more!

Get Help Building Your Own Toolkit from Computing, the Library, and Office of Sponsored Projects!

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New Books in the Biomedical Libraries – October 2012

Rabid:  A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus
Dana Library
RC148 .W37 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visual Strategies:  A Practical Guide to Graphics for Scientists & Engineers
Dana Library
Q223 .F73 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overfishing:  What Everyone Needs to Know
Dana Library
SH329.O94 H55 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adult Psychopathology and Diagnosis
Matthews-Fuller Library
RC454 .A324 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marks’ Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach
Matthews-Fuller Library
QP514.2 .L54 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice
Matthews-Fuller Library
R727.8 .P75 2013

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SPSS Statistics Workshop

Representatives from IBM SPSS will present information and instruction on SPSS Statistics on Oct. 29th (11:00-4:00 lunch provided). This workshop will provide information and resources specific to academic users, as well as live product demonstrations of key features and functionality. Whether you’re new to SPSS or an experienced user, please join us for this unique opportunity to discuss SPSS with the experts and your fellow Dartmouth colleagues. This is not a hands-on training!

To register, go to the Academic Computing Workshops.

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How-To Videos on Document Delivery

The Biomedical Libraries now offer quick online videos for learning about DartDoc and our other document delivery services.  These videos are available in several formats and can be played on most computers and mobile devices:
How-To Videos on Document Delivery

Learn how to:

•  Sign up for DartDoc
•  Change your DartDoc password
•  Order articles using the “Get It” Button
•  Register to use PubMed’s Loansome Doc service
•  Order articles with PubMed’s Loansome Doc service

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Endnote’s Find Full Text Feature

For those of you using EndNote version X or newer, there’s a preference setting that will increase your capture rate of full text articles when you click on the “Find Full Text” icon:

In Endnote preferences, select “Find Full Text”.  Put this URL into the “openURL path” box (it may be empty or you may have to first delete what’s there):  http://RY2UE4EK7D.search.serialssolutions.com/
This link gives EndNote direct access to Dartmouth full-text subscriptions.

Please note that you have to be on campus or at DHMC or use the VPN in order for this to work.

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