TML News and Notes: February 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Introduction to Searching CINAHL
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Using the VCU Libraries e-Books Collection (Health Sciences)
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Thursday, March 3, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
PubMed
Online
Hello, my name is Roy Brown and I am one of the newer members of the Tompkins-McCaw Library staff. I have only been here since after Thanksgiving, and I am really enjoying getting to know about VCU and exploring the Richmond area. I am originally from North Carolina so coming to VCU was very exciting as it has allowed me to move back closer to home after living Oklahoma the past five years. I come to TML after spending 14 years as a high school teacher both in the classroom and in the online environment, before receiving my Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Oklahoma. After attaining my MLIS I worked for a time as a reference librarian the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and also as a solo librarian for a state psychiatric hospital.
I am the liaison to the VCU School of Nursing and I am here to support the research and educational needs of the students here at VCU. I am here to provide library instruction classes, as well as one-on-one or group consultations. My main focus is to insure that those I help gain the knowledge and skills necessary to meet their literature searching needs, as well as gain information literacy skills needed to become a lifelong learner.
I am interested in making information more accessible and helping people become more information literate. People are bombarded with information from a myriad of sources on a day-to-day basis. It is crucial that individuals be able to effectively discern what is credible and what is not. Without these skills people cannot make well-informed decisions and can be easily mislead. Whether you need help with a specific assignment, just want to know more about one of the library's databases, or just want to know where the research guides are on the library website, I am here to help.
Please feel free to contact me at 804-828-1592 or send me an email at rebrown2@vcu.edu, if I can be of any assistance.
Monday, February 21, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Library Orientation
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Advanced PubMed
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
RefWorks
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Friday, February 25, 2011
2:00 - 3:30 PM
UNC Minority Health Conference Internet Broadcast
Distance Education Room, 2-010
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Brown Bag Research Lunch: Discovering VCU's Research Resources
First Floor Conference Room, 109
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
PubMed
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Thursday, February 17, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Finding Medical Images
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
VCU Libraries is pleased to announce the availability of AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill. This new online resource features over 60 medical book titles, drug information, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment programs, case files, diagnostic tools and the ability to download content to a mobile device.
The Clinical Library includes such well-known and trusted book titles as:
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
- Hurst's The Heart
- Schwartz's Principles of Surgery
- Williams Obstetrics
- Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
The Lange Educational Library provides access to texts in basic science and clinical medicine, including titles in the Current Diagnosis & Treatment series.
AccessMedicine also includes these other online resources and features:
- Drug Database - Gold Standard's Clinical Pharmacology drug database with full length drug monographs, patient handouts in English and Spanish, and full-color photos of formulations
- Over 35,000 images, downloadable for presentations and educational use
- Q&A for Board Review - USMLE-formatted questions for Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3; self-assessment questions with answers and detailed explanations from Harrison's Online and other leading textbooks.
- Diagnostic Tests and Diagnosaurus - laboratory and imaging tests from Nicoll's Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests and a differential diagnosis tool that links directly into AccessMedicine for more learning.
- Videos & Audio - online Grand Rounds, procedural videos, audio clips and podcasts, and weekly online medical updates.
- Health News - from The Center for Advancing Health, including "What Your Patients are Reading Now" and "Systematic Reviews in the News."
- Practice Guidelines - from the latest edition of Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care.
- Case Files - clinical cases from Toy's best-selling series with discussions, clinical pearls and review questions.
- Patient Education -- over 100 topics from Postgraduate Medicine that can be customized and printed for patients.
- Clerkship Corner - readings for students rotating through Internal Medicine.
- Curriculum Tools - available for program directors to design custom learning modules with resources for clinical rotations.
- MyAccessMedicine - a personal account to access the mobile version of the site, save and download images, email content and bookmark favorite sections.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Library Orientation
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Film: Partners of the Heart
TML Learning Center@Hunton
Thursday, February 10, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
CINAHL
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
