Badgerlunch Spring Training : Health Resources in Badgerlink

Thursdays 12-12:45 April – May 2013

BadgerLink is available to ALL Wisconsin residents at http://www.badgerlink.net/ 
Links on the Affinity Library Intranet site.     
Learn to use these FREE health resources over lunch with these April webinars.

4.4 AHFS Consumer Medication Information and Consumer Health Complete
AHFS provides education on medications for patients including information in Spanish.
Consumer Health Complete provides consumer health content, covering all areas of health.
Click Here To Join

4.11 Health Source: Consumer and Nursing/Academic Editions
Consumer Edition is a collection of consumer health information, including full text, consumer health magazines on many health topics.
Nursing/Academic Edition provides access to scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Click Here To Join

4.18 MEDLINE
An authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Click Here To Join

4.25 Encyclopædia Britannica
A reference site synthesizing images, video, editorially reviewed websites, and the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Click Here To Join

5.2 PubMed
Brought to you by the US National Library of Medicine, PubMed has more than 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
Click Here To Join

More information including a FAQ with technical info.  Registration not required.
*  Can’t make the live sessions? All sessions will be archived for later viewing.
*  Need a computer? Stop by the MMC Library computer lab to sit in on a session.
*  Need help with any of these databases, ask Your Librarian, Michele Matucheski.

BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries and Technology. The project is funded through the Wisconsin Universal Service Fund with partial support provided by the Library Services and Technology Act using funds received from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Accessing AudioDigest MP3s Just Got Easier!

Audio Digest Foundation

Many of you are familiar with these high quality AudioDigest CME/CE programs on audio CD.
Now you can access these files as MP3s.

We’ve created a tutorial complete with screenshots to help you download and listen to AudioDigest MP3 audio files on your own computer or MP3 player. The process is simpler than it used to be!

This tutorial is for Affinity access only because it contains the username and password needed to access the Library subscriptions. Once you have the tutorial saved or printed, you can access and download the AudioDigest MP3s wherever you have internet access.

*  You do NOT need to be at an Affinity computer to access the MP3s.

*  Although most specialties in the series are available through the above access, for AudioDigest Family Practice, use this Road Map instead.
Please note : To obtain CE Credit, send in the paper test form (request these forms from MMC or STE Libraries) via fax or snail mail to AudioDigest.  At this point, A-D cannot track online CMEs for individual members of institutional subscribers (ie Libraries).

What AudioDigest Series are available through Affinity Library Services?

Anesthesiology (MMC)
Emergency Medicine (MMC)
Family Practice (STE)
Gastroenterology (MMC)
General Surgery (MMC)
Internal Medicine (MMC & STE)
Neurology (MMC)
Obstetrics & Gynecology (MMC & STE)
Opthalmology (MMC)
Orthopedics (MMC)
Otolaryngology (MMC)
Pediatrics (MMC & STE)
Psychiatry (MMC & STE)
Urology (MMC)

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

Ask a Librarian : Find Full-Text Articles with DOI and the A-Z List

Previously, we showed you how to use the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) in Google to locate the full-text of an article. In come cases, Affinity full-text access to a particular article may reside on the “invisible web” in a subscribed full-text collection like Cinahl-FT or MDConsult, rather than directly at the publisher’s website. Contrary to popular belief, Google tends to miss these deep links. In these cases, we have another tool to help us track down the full-text.


If you know the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for a particular article (example: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00665.x), you can often use the DOI for quick access.

Use the search box on the Affinity A-Z Journals List.

How to get there : Affinity Intranet > Library > A-Z Journals List

Click on the drop-down arrow to change the default from PubMedID to DOI.


Enter the DOI and click Search. Tip : A quick cut and paste may be the easiest option to limit typos.

Magically, the citation will appear without you having entered any of the parts.

In this case, the article is “Harry Potter & the Curse of Headache” in the clinical medical journal Headache.
     Below the citation, you’ll see our Affinity options for full-text.
     Click on one of the Article links to see the full-text.

In this case, we’re taken out to the publisher’s website.

     * You can read the full article on your computer screen as html.
     * Click on the PDF link if you want to print a copy on paper.

If you still can’t get to the full-text, contact your Librarians. We have a few more tools to get you the info and articles you’re looking for. Let us do the searching for you. ;-)

Questions or comments? Contact your Librarians via phone or Outlook :
          Michele Matucheski 3-0340 MMC Library
          Margo Lambert 8-2857 STE Library

Getting to the Full-Text Tutorials [Affinity Access Only]:
          When You Have a Citation – Part 1 ) Using the PubMed Citation Matcher
          When You Have a Citation – Part 2) A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut
          When You are Searching – Part 3) Google Scholar and Affinity Full-Text
          When You Have a DOI - Part 4) Using Google and DOI
          When You Have a DOI – Part 5) Using the A-Z List and DOI

Ask a Librarian : Find Full-Text Articles with DOI

If you know the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for a particular article (example: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00665.x), you can often use the DOI to quickly access the full-text of an article. You can find DOIs wherever articles are referenced : article citations online and in print, tables-of-contents, emails, twitter posts, etc.
The easiest way is to copy and paste the DOI string into a Google search box :



Because the DOI is unique to a particular digital document, the first item that comes up is usually the one you’re looking for :


Clicking on the link will take you to the publisher’s website where the full-text of this particular article lives.

In this case, the article is “Harry Potter & the Curse of Headache” in the clinical journal Headache. It’s the first item in the search results list. Library Services pays for online access to this journal, so getting to the full-text is easy!

Bonus : If the article you are looking for is one of the 12,000 e-journals for which Affinity Library Services has brokered access, you’ll be able to get the full-text hassle-free--as long as you're using an Affinity computer.

Note : If you did this same search at home, the Publisher would ask you for your credit card number to proceed to the full-text. As long as you’re at an Affinity computer, and it’s a publisher who recognizes us, you’ll be able to get through.

In this case, we’re taken out to the publisher’s website where you can read the full article on your computer screen as html. Or click on the PDF link if you want to print a copy on paper.

Questions or comments? Contact your Librarians via phone or Outlook :
          Michele Matucheski 3-0340 MMC Library
          Margo Lambert 8-2857 STE Library

Getting to the Full-Text Tutorials [Affinity Access Only]:
          When You Have a Citation – Part 1 ) Using the PubMed Citation Matcher
          When You Have a Citation – Part 2) A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut
          When You are Searching – Part 3) Google Scholar and Affinity Full-Text
          When you have a DOI - Part 4) Using Google and DOI

Getting to the Full-Text Article when You Have a Citation : A Step-by-Step Tutorial with Screenshots

Part 1 - Using PubMed Citation Matcher

There are several ways to get to the full-text when you have a citation in hand, as from a reference list. This method uses the PubMed Citation Matcher and taps into our Affinity full-text.

Affinity Library Services has access to nearly 12,000 full-text journals that are not otherwise available for free on the internet. We subscribe to some of these, and take advantage of other full-text options available to us, like Badgerlink.

These are the secrets only your Librarians will tell you!

Go to the Tutorial [Affinity access only].

Getting to the Full-text Tutorials :
When You Have a Citation – Part 1) Using the PubMed Citation Matcher (This one)

When You Have a Citation – Part 2) A-Z List PubMed ID Shortcut

When You are Searching - Part 3 ) Google Scholar and Affinity Full-Text

Search Help for Ebsco CINAHL

In early October, our access to the CINAHL Nursing & Allied Health database changed from Ovid to Ebsco.

How do I find CINAHL on the Affinity Intranet?
Affinity Intranet Home > Library >
Scroll down to the very bottom of the page.
CINAHL is the last thing in the right column under “Most Popular Links.”

Here are some resources to help with the transition of getting used to Ebsco CINAHL :

Ebsco CINAHL with Full-Text Database Guide from Ebsco

CINAHL Search with Subject Headings – Duke University Medical Center Library. This is a 5 minute video that demonstrates using Subject Headings to search CINAHL. It requires Macromedia Flash and speakers.

Using CINAHL - From the University of Florida Health Sciences Center Libraries, this website offers interactivity in the form of narrated examples and click-to-learn tutorials. It also provides valuable information pertaining to CINAHL navigation and search strategies.

In addition, Affinity Librarians, Margo (STE ext. 8-2325) and Michele (MMC ext. 3-0340) are available for one-on-one sessions to help staff get used to the new Ebsco CINAHL. We can show you the basics of searching CINAHL to more advanced techniques like subject and keyword searching, using limits, full-text access, and saving searches/creating alerts.

If you would prefer, we are also available to search CINAHL on your behalf. Just tell us what you’re looking for, and we’ll craft the search strategy and present you with a list of relevant citations.

OvidSP is HERE!

If you search Affinity's MEDLINE, CINAHL, or Cochrane Library databases, you’ll notice that Ovid has a whole new look and feel beginning February 4, 2008.

Affinity Librarians will be available to help with the transition of getting used to using the new OvidSP. Contact Michele Matucheski or Margo Lambert via Outlook. We will be happy to sit down with you and lead you through the new interface.

We have OvidSP Quick Reference Cards available. Stop by the Libraries to pick one up or request that one be sent to you.

Remember to take advantage of the Help Files, OvidSP User's Guide, and the Database Field Guide available at the top of every page of the Ovid databases.

If you want a more formal online tour, try the following tutorials on the new interface from health science libraries around the US :

Online Tutorials:

OvidSP Tutorials – Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University
OvidSP –Medical College of Wisconsin Library
OvidSP –University of Michigan Taubman Medical Library
Using PICO to search the OvidSP CINAHL Nursing Database – North Colorado Medical Center Medical Library

Documentation / Handouts:

Multiple Search Modes in OvidSP for MEDLINE (and more): What to Expect – Himmelfarb Library
Natural Language Searching Medline (and more) on OvidSP – Himmelfarb Library
RSS Feeds on OvidSP –Himmelfarb Library
OVID databases starter workbook (pdf) –University of Leeds Library
OVID databases advanced workbook (pdf) –University of Leeds Library