Mary Bayorgeon Continues on COLAND

In July 2005, Governor Doyle re-appointed Affinity Library Services Director, Mary Bayorgeon to COLAND, The Council on Library and Network Development.

As an outstanding member of COLAND, Ms. Bayorgeon has served the Council, the Governor and the people of Wisconsin for several years. During that time, she has networked with libraries and librarians in the Fox Valley and throughout Wisconsin serving the needs of people in schools, hospitals, public and academic libraries on such projects as WISCAT, Badgerlink and Wiscat Inter-Library Loan.

Hospital libraries (including The Affinity Libraries) are a valuable asset to Wisconsin residents because many are open to the public free of charge and help keep the public informed consumers of health care. Hospital libraries also provide consumer health and patient education information on preventive care which can help keep health care costs down. Therefore, a hospital librarian is a valuable voice on COLAND.

Ovid's New Look

Ovid Search Tools have a new look!
All the Ovid features you rely on -- with some great new enhancements.

Affinity Library Services is pleased to announce that Ovid Technologies has made significant enhancements to its Ovid Web Gateway interface. You’ll immediately notice a cleaner, more contemporary look. But be assured that the tried-and-true features you rely on are still available.

Ovid has added some exciting new features to the new interface:

Find Citation – Find a complete citation when all you have is basic information about a specific article—even if you only have pieces, this can lead you to the complete citation.
Find Citing Articles –Find out where an article may have been cited in the 500 titles in Journals@Ovid.
Find Similar – Streamline your research by linking to other relevant articles.
Find Full-Text – If the full-text article is not available through Ovid, “Find Full-Text” checks ALL the Affinity Libraries’ online resources for the article. Please be aware that the article you seek may NOT be accessible online, in which case, contact the libraries and we will work our magic to get you the article.

Maximize your searching skills
Your library staff is here to assist you in getting the best research results from Ovid.

Want to learn how to use Ovid? Stop by the library and we’ll be happy to guide you through the Ovid Web Gateway search interface. Quick reference cards in pdf format (Basic, Advanced, Books) and an Ovid Tutorial are also available to help you navigate the new interface.

Access to Ovid is available to you 24/7 from your office, the library, or your home – anywhere you have access to the Affinity Library Services Intranet page or via Affinity Remote Access.
Click here to start using the enhanced Ovid Web Gateway interface.

As a reminder, you have access to the following databases, journals and books through our Ovid subscription:

Books@Ovid - Over 160 full-text medical and nursing books
Journals@Ovid - Over 500 full-text medical & nursing journals
MEDLINE – Clinical medical literature
CINAHL - Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
ALL EBM Reviews - Including The Cochrane Library (complete), ACP Journal Club

Questions or Comments? Let us know! mmatuche@affinityhealth.org

LIBRARY HOURS & ACCESS

Question : The library hours don’t fit my schedule. Can you open earlier?

Answer : Medical Staff and Affinity employees have access to the brick-and-mortar libraries 24-hours/7 days week via the following methods :
* Key Fob (MMC Library Professional Entrance only)
* Security Guard – Just show Security your Affinity badge and they will let you into the Libraries.

Access Affinity Library Resources any time of day or night via the following methods :

· Affinity Library Services Intranet Website is available 24-hours/7days a week on the Affinity Intranet at http://intranet.affinityhealth.org/page/library . You may be eligible for remote access allowing you to use the Library Intranet Site from home.
· Library Web Request Forms (Intranet only)

The libraries are staffed 8 – 4:30 pm Monday- Friday.

Please keep in mind that we only have only a few staff-people to cover the libraries, so even if we are not visible, we are probably helping someone else in another part of the library, or retrieving materials from storage. If you leave a message, we will get back to you ASAP.

STE Library Staff -Appleton
Mary Bayorgeon, MALS, AHIP
Voice : 920-738-2325
Fax : 920-831-1265
Pager 554-3820
mailto:mbayorge@affinityhealth.org

MMC Library Staff - Oshkosh

Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP
Voice : 920-223-0340
Fax : 920-223-0343
mmclibrary@affinityhealth.org


It is our pleasure to serve you!