Find-It Article Linker in MDConsult

MDConsult (MDC) now allows you to tap into our full range of Affinity full-text journal offerings.  That means, if you do a search in MDC and the full-text is not available in MDC, you’ll see a “Find It” link that will check to see if we have the full-text from another source :

Click on “Find It.”  Be patient …

You’ll see a screen listing the options where we have online access.

          Click on ONE of the Article links to go to the full-text.

At present, we have access to over 12,000 online journals. However, we do not have access to the entire world of online journals. If you run into an article and you can’t get the full-text, contact Library services. We have other connections. Let us work our magic for you!

The Find It-Article Linker will work best when used on an Affinity computer. If you use MDConsult off-site with your personal account, the full-text links may not work because the other online journal vendors won’t be able to recognize that you are an Affinity user.

Questions or Comments? Please contact your Librarians :
         Michele Matucheski (MMC) 3-0340
         Margo Lambert (STE) 8-2325

Optimized Search Results in MDConsult

MDConsult recently changed the way search results come up.
Now when you put in a search term, the results are optimized as to what seems to make the most sense according to your search terms. Now you can easily jump to the section you want in Recommended Resources [Overview, Signs & Symptoms, Etiology, Diagnosis, Therapy, Management, Prognosis, Screening and Prevention] :

 
Formerly, results came up all in a jumble, and you had to work hard to figure out if what came up was useful for you. This should make it a lot easier. More like Up-to-Date or eMedicine/Medscape.


This works well for common topics like arthritis, otitis media, diabetes, and other garden variety health conditions.

Not quite what you wanted? On the RIGHT side of the screen, you’ll find options to refine your search. Below that, links for Patient Education Handouts. Obscure topics may still come up with the jumbled keyword results.

Questions or Comments? Please contact your Librarians :
      Michele Matucheski (MMC) 3-0340
      Margo Lambert (STE) 8-2325