Celebrate Respiratory Care Week!

It’s Respiratory Care Week! Taken together, lung diseases (such as asthma, COPD, flu and lung cancer) are the third leading cause of death in the US. But this MedlinePlus page on Lung Diseases has information to help you breathe easier: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungdiseases.html.

Reposted from the National Library of Medicne's FaceBook page. 

3 New Ortho Books

Affinity Library Services is pleased to offer 3 new Ortho books available online through Books at Ovid (Affinity Access only).
These are also now listed in The Electronic Bookshelf, where you'll find a complete listing of our eBook offerings. Subjects : Orthopedics, Surgery

    Surgical Exposures in Orthopaedics : The Anatomic Approach  (Affinity access only)

Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery : Reconstructive Knee Surgery (Affinity access only)

Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery : Knee Arthroplasty (Affinity access only)

Feel free to bookmark these titles, or any other. These links should work as long as you are using an Affinity computer, or using remote access. Please let me know if you have any problems with access.

Other links of interest :

The Electronic Bookshelf - Affinity Library Services

          Ortho eBooks  15 titles including Campbell's and Rockwood

          Surgery eBooks  24 titles in Surgery

We've Got What You Need ...

It's (not exactly) New at Affinity Libraries, but you might not be aware our basic services.

You need – Articles
 You want a copy of an article you saw mentioned in the newspaper (or Medscape, or a professional newsletter, or another journal article).

        Affinity Librarians will – locate and get the article for you as soon as we can.

You need – Research
You want to find out what has been published on a certain topic (related to patient care or any other work-related tasks).

        Affinity Librarians will – search our available resources to find articles or other information from sources you can trust in order to support your work.

You need – Current Health Information that you can trust for a patient, friend, family member, or for yourself.

        Affinity Librarians will – search our quality print and online resources for materials a layperson can use and understand.

You need -- Training

You are curious about the variety of electronic databases and other resources we offer and would like to learn how to use them.

        Affinity Librarians will – teach you how to use our resources so that, if you wish to search on your own, you’ll be able to build the skills to do so. (However, please remember that your librarians are always happy to do these searches for you.)

October is National Medical Librarians Month. To find out how we can help you, please contact the libraries at Mercy Medical Center (mmclibrary@affinityhealth.org ; 920-223-0342) or St. Elizabeth Hospital (sehlibrary@affinityhealth.org ; 920-738-2324). We look forward to working with you.

Drawings for Dove Chocolates and 4GB Thumb Drive

Enter our free drawings

Help!  Gummy Worms have invaded the MMC Library computer lab.  This is what we've caught so far ...

How many gummy worms in the jar?

Enter your guess online by visiting the library website, or use this web form. 

Or stop by the Libraries at :

*  Mercy Medical Center Library

*  St. Elizabeth Hospital Professional Library

*  St. Elizabeth Hospital Resource Cafe

*  Affinity Health & Wellness Center at the 20th Ave. Oshkosh YMCA

Contest ends October 31.

One entry per person per site.

The closest guess wins an assortment of Dove Chocolates (unless you want the worms instead)!

Door Prize

You could also win a 4GB Data Traveler Thumb Drive!

Good luck!

Librarians Save Time and Money : Celebrate National Medical Librarians Month

As members of the healthcare team, Health Science Librarians:

*   Improve patient care outcomes

*   Enhance staff effectiveness and satisfaction

*   Provide resources for teaching and learning

*   Increase patient and family satisfaction

*   Support innovation, research, and quality improvement. 

October is (once again) National Medical Librarians Month.
Celebrate with Affinity Library Services.
We'll be having special features all month.  Stay tuned!