Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Changes to CINAHL Access

If you search the CINAHL Nursing and Allied Health Database, you may notice some changes.

As of Sept. 30, our online access to CINAHL will be through Ebsco instead of Ovid. Contact Library Services for help with the transition. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Featured Database: BadgerLink

If you are looking for reliable information outside the field of medicine,
check out Badgerlink.

Goal of this resource is to provide quality online information on a number of topics to Wisconsin residents.
Find information in the areas of business, education, and literature as well as medicine.
Get articles from thousands of newspaper and magazine titles, image files, and other specialized reference materials and web sites.
Access specialized resources not available through Google or other Internet search engines.

Access Badgerlink here or from the Library web page under “Most Popular Links”.

For more information about this resource, please call Michele Matucheski at MMC (920-223-0340) or Margo Lambert at STE (920-738-2325).

Monday, September 15, 2008

Featured Database - eMedicine

If you are a clinician and want evidence-based, peer reviewed information,
check out eMedicine.

Intended audience is health professionals
This Clinical Knowledge Base contains 30,000 multimedia files (articles, images, etc.) on 7,000 diseases and disorders
Evidence-based content is regularly updated and peer-reviewed by nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors
Get the latest practice guidelines in 59 specialties

Access eMedicine here or from the Library web page under “Most Popular Links”.

For more information about this resource, please call Michele Matucheski at MMC (920-223-0340) or Margo Lambert at STE (920-738-2325).

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

AHRQ Helps Consumers Navigate the Health Care System

Dr. Carolyn Clancy of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality prepares easily understood advice columns for consumers (and healthcare employees) to help them navigate the health care system.

Columns address issues such as how to recognize high-quality health care, how to be an informed health care consumer, and how to choose a hospital, doctor, and health plan. Affinity staff can also glean ideas in how to make our health system the top choice of health care consumers.

Dr. Clancy's advice column: http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/cc.htm

More about AHRQ: http://www.ahrq.gov/