Mobile MDConsult

MD Consult Mobile provides small screen access to MD Consult with a new interface optimized to work on Smartphones and mobile devices most commonly used by physicians including:

· iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad · Blackberry Storm and Bold · Palm Treo · T Mobile G1 (Android) · HTC – Fuze · Nokia N85

MD Consult Mobile includes the following functionality:
· Browse MDC content through growing list of Recommended Resources pages which direct user to best resources efficiently

· Search MDC reference content focused specifically on Reference Books, Clinics, Practice Guidelines and Journals/Medline

· View the full text of all of the searchable content plus Images included in the articles and books

· Share content links – by email with a colleague or to themselves for later review

How to Register for MDConsult (Affinity only) Tutorial with screenshots

Mobile MD Consult FAQ

Mobile MDC Training Guide

Mobile Computing Resources - What else do we offer? (Affinity only)

Find Us on FaceBook

Affinity Library Services has a brand new Facebook page. The goal of the new page is to share news, information, tips, tutorials, and useful links with interested readers.

If you want to keep track of us on FaceBook, Become a Fan.
When you get to our page, click on Like (formerly “Become a Fan”).

Ask a Librarian : PubMed & Full-Text Options

Question : PubMed is so frustrating. Every time I find the perfect research article, I click to find that the full-text is not available unless I pay a fee.

Answer : The PubMed database includes complete article citation info and abstracts whenever possible. PubMed shows links with options for obtaining the full-text but not the full-text itself. On occasion, these options are free, but publishers often require a fee to see the full-text.

Anyone in the world can use PubMed at http://pubmed.gov/ . However, if you use this PubMed link or the one the Affinity Library Services website, you’ll see additional icons in this version of PubMed, because it ties into our Affinity full-text offerings. Feel free to bookmark this link or make a short-cut. As long as you are using an Affinity computer, or remote access, the full-text links should work. The following icons can help lead you to Affinity full-text :

In some cases where we have relationships with the publishers for certain titles, the publisher icons will also work.

Please be aware that the publisher icons will appear whether or not we have agreements with them for online access.

PubMed indexes thousands of subscription journals, many more than any single library could afford. In the current economic climate, libraries have had to make hard decisions about which subscriptions to maintain, and what to let expire. Fortunately, Affinity Library Services is part of a strong network of medical libraries around the world. If we don’t have immediate access to a particular article you need, the chances are very good that we’ll be able to borrow a copy from another library within a day or so.
If you have any questions on this, please feel free to contact your Librarians :

Michele Matucheski (MMC Library) 3-0340 or Outlook
Margo Lambert (STE Library) 8-2857

Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

The National Library of Medicine has a new tutorial on How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet.

It is about 16 minutes long.

Current Health News via MedlinePlus

If you want to keep up with what your patients are reading, check out the Current Health News via MedlinePlus. Sources include Reuters Health Information, HealthDay, and recent press announcements from major health organizations.

You can see these updates in a number of ways:

Visit the MedlinePlus website
Receive Current Health News via email (simply click on the link to News and follow the instructions
Have the updates sent to your RSS Reader (such as Google Reader or Bloglines)

You can often link to more detailed information within the articles.

Please contact Michele at Mercy Medical Center (223-0342) or Margo at
St. Elizabeth Hospital (738-2324) if you would like more information about MedlinePlus or if you need help signing up to receive health news updates.

Consumer Health Info in Your In Box

Want to keep up with the latest developments in health and medicine?
Confused by the technical jargon in professional medical journals?
Affinity Library Services offers access to consumer health newsletters in plain language from reliable sources like Harvard Medical School and Mayo Clinic.

YOU can receive emailed updates for each new issue, with links to the full-text articles.
Just let us know which ones you want, and we’ll do the rest!

Contact Affinity Library Services to register for email alerts for the following newsletters.

For a sneak peak at the content, click on the blue links, then choose the current year to see available issues.

Consumer Reports on Health (Badgerlink/EbscoHost)
Harvard Health Letter (EbscoHost)

Harvard Heart Letter (EbscoHost)
Harvard Men's Health Watch (EbscoHost)
Harvard Mental Health Letter (EbscoHost)
Harvard Women's Health Watch (EbscoHost)
Mayo Clinic Health Letter (EbscoHost)
Mayo Clinic Women's Health Source (EbscoHost)
Nutrition Action Health Letter (EbscoHost)
Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter (EbscoHost)

For questions, comments, and assistance, please contact your Librarians :

Michele Matucheski (MMC) at 3-0340

or Margo Lambert (STE) at 8-2325.

Obtaining Tax Forms and Information

Spring has sprung, the birds are singing and daylight savings time has begun.

All of this can mean only one thing … it is THAT time of year … time to file our taxes.

Your local public libraries often have the most frequently used forms. However, you can also use these links to get the forms you need AND file electronically if you wish.

IRS

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Consumer Health Complete (via Badgerlink)

Consumer Health Complete makes health information available online to citizens of Wisconsin through Badgerlink and Wisconsin Libraries (including Affinity Library Services).

Watch this 5-minute tutorial or PowerPoint to learn how to get the most out of Consumer Health Complete for patient education and consumer health info. PowerPoint Version.

Consumer Health Complete offers the following :
6,000 Evidence-based Reports in easy-to-understand language
175 Encyclopedias and Reference Books
Fact Sheets and Pamphlets
Drug and Herb Info
Alternative and Complimentary Medicine
Images & Diagrams
Videos and Animations
English and Spanish languages

Where is it on the Library Pages?
Affinity Intranet > Library > Consumer Health Complete (under Most Popular Links)

Affinity Intranet > Library
> Find Patient Education Handouts > Consumer Health Complete

If you would prefer a more personal session, your Librarians are available to walk you through it. Call, stop by the libraries, or email via Outlook.

Margo Lambert at STE 8-2325
Michele Matucheski at MMC 3-0340

Easy-to-Read Patient Education Materials in MedlinePlus

Are you looking for patient education materials that are easy-to-read?
Medical concepts and language are very complex. People need easily understandable health information regardless of age, background or reading level. Try the following free sources :

MedlinePlus Easy-To-Read (National Library of Medicine) includes patient education handouts, many in Spanish as well as English.

MedlinePlus Interactive Tutorials
The Patient Education Institute offers a series of interactive tutorials that can be set to run for patients. Viewers can “page” through it if they are comfortable with computers, or it can run by itself. The tutorial will READ the content to the patient, so even if they don't read (or don't like to), they can still take in the info by hearing it. This is also great for people for whom English is not their first language. Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. There's also a printable 1-page text summary that can be used as a handout.

Find additional consumer health and patient education resources here.

St. Elizabeth Hospital Health Science Professional Library Now Open

We are pleased to announce that the Health Science Professional Library at St. Elizabeth Hospital is now open in its new location.

The new library is much smaller than the previous space and, while there are still network computers and a table and chairs, there is no longer a lounge area. Some of the newspapers and magazines are located in the doctor's lounge (the current one and, eventually, the new one) and others are located in the Resource Café Library.

For safety and security reasons the professional library will only be open to Affinity staff. Patients and visitors will be welcome to use professional library resources, but instead of getting them in person they will need to go to the Resource Cafe Library and request those materials from library staff.

Fiction and general interest audio books are now shelved in the Resource Café Library. (Cassettes are on the spinning rack by the desk and CDs are on the shelf behind the computer terminal on the left.)

In addition to the Book Return outside the professional library there is a locked book return box just outside the entrance to the coffee shop/Resource Café Library (look down and to your right as you enter the coffee shop). Materials from the professional library may be returned there and we will make sure they get back to the right place.

Please know that, even though we are in a different location and in a smaller space, we still offer the same services to which you have grown accustomed and can provide you with the information that you need in order to perform your duties.

While we are happy to see you we understand that it may be difficult for some of you to get to the new library location. If you need information or library materials and cannot come to the library in person, please email, call, or fill out an online library request form and we can send the resources to you via email or Interoffice Mail.

The process of planning the new library and substantially editing the collection to fit into the space has been long but ultimately very rewarding. We are very happy with our new space and look forward to seeing how the rest of the STE Hospital Revitalization progresses.

We look forward to your visit.

Best regards-

Margo A. Lambert, MLIS
Karen Witz, MS
St. Elizabeth Hospital Library Staff

St. Elizabeth Hospital Health Science Professional Library is Moving!!!

The St. Elizabeth Hospital Health Science Professional Library is moving and will be closed from Friday, February 26 – Wednesday, March 3. Computers and the color copier/printer will be unavailable during that time.

If you need library assistance while we are closed, you are welcome to contact the library at Mercy Medical Center (mmclibrary@affinityhealth.org; 920-223-0342). The librarians at Mercy will be glad to assist you with your research and other projects.

The professional library will reopen in its new location on Thursday, March 4. You will find us in the lower level of the 2006 Hospital Addition near the lab. The most direct way to get to the library will be to take the elevator near the gift shop to the lower level. Exit the elevator, turn right, and you’ll see the library just to the right of a small stairwell.

What will change?

• Library materials and computers will be in the same room.
• For safety and security reasons, access to the new professional library will be limited to Affinity employees. Patients and visitors should be directed to the Resource Café Consumer Health Library by the coffee shop.
• Our collection of fiction and general interest audio books will now be housed in the Resource Café library.


What will stay the same?

• Though smaller, the professional library will still provide four Intranet computers for Affinity Staff, and a table and chairs for those who need work space.
• Library hours will remain the same (8 AM – 4:30 PM Monday through Friday).
• We will continue to provide professional, friendly, high-quality research, document delivery, and other library services for those who use the library from remote locations as well as those who visit in person.
• Affinity employees will still be able to use the library 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (Those using the library after hours will need to ask a security officer for access.)

As we all work together during this latest hospital revitalization, the library staff at St. Elizabeth Hospital wants to assure you that, while the professional library will be smaller and in a different location, we will continue to strive to provide the most useful information and the highest quality service to assist you in caring for patients and other responsibilities. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you very much!

Margo A. Lambert, MLIS
Librarian – St. Elizabeth Hospital Libraries
mlambert@affinityhealth.org
920-738-2325

PubMed Advanced Search, Limits, and Homepage Revised

This article from the NLM Technical Bulletin (Jan-Feb 2010) includes screen shots and explanations of the latest changes to PubMed.

Remember to use the PubMed Link on the Affinity Library website to take advantage of our full-text offerings, not otherwise available to the general public.

PubMed is the “free” version of Medline, the journal citation index for medicine and life sciences. It currently covers 19 million citations, and continues to grow.

PubMed offers QuickStart Tutorials for searching PubMed, and doing common tasks like
· Searching for a specific citation
· Searching for a specific author
· Searching for a specific subject / topic
· Explaining the search results

Your Librarians, Margo Lambert (STE) and Michele Matucheski (MMC) are also available for live help on searching PubMed. Just ask!

AudioDigest as Mp3 files

AudioDigest programs published 2007-current are available as downloadable MP3 files.
A-D is an excellent source for continuing medical education credits.
Each program is about 1 hour long.

Series Subject areas include the following:

Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics / Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Urology

Library Services has purchased subscriptions so that staff can access the excellent content. You can download the programs to your MP3 player (or other mobile device) or listen on your computer (no MP3 player needed).

Here’s a tutorial (Affinity access only) with step-by-step screen shots to lead you through the process. Contact Michele Matucheski (3-0340) with any questions.

Please Note : To get CE Credit, you still need to send in the paper form (request from MMC or STE Libraries) via fax or snail mail, until A-D finds a way to track online CMEs for individual members of institutional subscribers (ie Libraries).

Do you prefer the old Audio CDs?
Use the AHS Library Services Journal Article Request Form to have a CD sent to you.
To obtain credit ...

Badgerlink on the Radio!

BadgerLink staff have been working to get the word out about BadgerLink’s terrific information resources to a larger audience. Starting this month radio listeners around Wisconsin will hear ads on popular radio stations for BadgerLink. These ads were created by the marketing team at EBSCO in cooperation with the staff of Wisconsin's Reference and Loan Library, as part of the company’s package of services. The spot, although created by EBSCO, discusses ALL the information resources and not only those provided by EBSCO. The spot will initially run for the next few weeks.

For a preview go to: http://www.ebscohost.com/custom/uploads/topicFile-363.mp3 .

The ads will appear on the following Fox Valley radio stations:

Station Name City Station Type Radio Frequency

WAPL-FM Appleton Album Oriented Rock 105.7
WIXX-FM Appleton Contemporary Hit Radio 101
WNCY-FM Appleton Country 100.3

WAPL-FM Green Bay Album Oriented Rock 105.7
WIXX-FM Green Bay Contemporary Hit Radio 101
WNCY-FM Green Bay Country 100.3

Go to the Affinity Library Services website to find a link to BadgerLink.

--Adapted from Channel Weekly

Copyright Compliance and Sharing Articles

Do you need to share published articles with a group or team? It’s a great way to make informed decisions. However, did you also know that forwarding a PDF of copyrighted material to a group of people is in direct violation of copyright laws and guidelines? There are work-arounds that are permissible (and legal).

One option is to share a url (or link) to the article like this :

Melnyk BM, Fineout-Overholt E, et al. Evidence-based practice: step by step: the seven steps of evidence-based practice. Am J Nurs. 2010 Jan;110(1):51-3. PMID: 20032669. Available at : http://tinyurl.com/ya8xftr Accessed 6 January 2010.

This way, you’re sharing the TRAIL to where the article lives in our licensed databases, not generating multiple copies for all your friends and acquaintances. All your team members have to do is click on the link in the citation to get to the full-text article. Then individuals can decide if they want to print or save the article future reference.

Affinity Library Services has access to over 12,000 journals online. We’ve probably got what you’re looking for.

Contact your Librarians, Michele Matucheski (MMC) or Margo Lambert (STE), for assistance in 1) formatting citations and 2) finding the right url/link for the article you want to share. It’s not always as easy as harvesting the link out of the browser location box. Some of those urls are temporary and won’t work a day later, or they may be ridiculously long. Margo and Michele have some tricks to make that easier and smoother. Just ask us!

Free to a Good Home : Old Audio Digest CDs

The MMC and STE Libraries have 1 year's worth of older AudioDigest tapes available for FREE. Although these audioCDs are too old to apply for CE credits, they do still offer much good information for Physicians, PAs, Nurses, and other health professionals.

Subject areas include the following :

Anesthesiology

Emergency Medicine

Family Practice (on tape)

Gastroenterology

General Surgery

Internal Medicine

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Ophthalmology

Orthopedics

Otolaryngology

Pediatrics

Psychiatry

Urology

Look for them on the book sale tables at each library beginning Jan 4, 2010.

Why are we giving them away?

--limited shelving space for audiovisuals

--CE credits are available only for 3 years since date of publication

--Our libraries emphasize the most up-to-date info, so we want to make room for more recent issues.
-- Newer editions are available on AudioCD and MP3 files that can be downloaded to your computer or MP3 player. Contact Michele Matucheski for more details on accessing the AudioDigest MP3 files from your desktop.

New eBooks in StatRef for 2010 (available now!)

We’ve updated our online book holdings at Stat!Ref. Now available, you’ll find the following new titles :

Cancer Pain Management (2007)
Clinical Guide to Antineoplastic Therapy: A Chemotherapy Handbook - 2nd Ed. (2007)
Current Diagnosis & Treatment Critical Care – 3rd Ed. (2008)
Current Diagnosis & Treatment Emergency Medicine - 6th Ed. (2008)
Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care, 2nd Ed. (2009)
Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices (AORN) - 2009 Edition

Feel free to bookmark these titles, or make shortcuts to your desktop.
See the whole collection of 28 eBooks at Stat!Ref.
On the Library Intranet web page, scroll down until you see the StatRef link on the right side.


These eBooks (and many more!) are also available through the Affinity Libraries Electronic Booskshelf.

Please contact your Librarians for questions or comments :
Michele Matucheski (MMC) 3-0340
Margo Lambert (STE) 8-2325

Holiday Library Hours

Please note the following holiday hours:

Thursday, November 26 – Libraries Closed
Friday, November 27 – Libraries Closed

Although the libraries will be closed, current Affinity employees can access the libraries. If you need to get into the library or computer room, please ask a security officer to unlock the room for you. Also, the Affinity Library without Walls is available 24/7 via the Intranet.

The Affinity Library Staff wishes you and yours a Very Happy Thanksgiving!

Emailed Tables-of-Contents to Neurology & Neurosurgery Journals

The following is a subset of professional and clinical journals focusing on Neurology & Neurosurgery. You can receive emailed updates for each new issue, with links to the full-text articles (as long as you’re using an Affinity computer or remote access).

Sneak a peak at what you’ll get for the titles below.
Click article titles to access full-text.
Sign-up for email notices if you like what you see.

Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders (Ovid) Table of Contents

Contemporary Spine Surgery (Ovid) Table of Contents

Epilepsia (Wiley) Table of Contents

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience (ScienceDirect) Table of Contents

Journal of Neurosurgery (Publisher) Table of Contents

Journal of Neurosurgery : Spine (Publisher) Table of Contents

Neurology (Ovid) Table of Contents

Neurosurgery (Ovid) Table of Contents

Spine (Ovid) Table of Contents

Spine Journal (ScienceDirect) Table of Contents

Stroke (Ovid) Table of Contents

See the complete set of over 135 eligible journals here.

Questions, comments, or assistance, please contact your Librarians :
Michele Matucheski (MMC) at 3-0340 or Margo Lambert (STE) at 8-2325.

National Medical Librarians’ Month - 2009 Prize Winners

The Affinity Library Services Staff wishes to extend a hearty “Thank You” to all who participated in the National Medical Librarians’ Month contests.

From the Clark Family Library at Mercy Medical Center:

Crystal Neiling (NHP) had the closest guess for the amount of Dove Chocolates in our 2009 “Choco Challenge” and won the candy.

Shirley K., a regular library visitor, won the drawing for a $20.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.

From the Health Science and Resource Café Libraries at St. Elizabeth Hospital:

Kimberly Huntley (Peds/Gyn) had the closest guess for the 2009 “Choco Challenge” at the Resource Café Library and Stephanie Runde, (PACU) had the closest guess for the 2009 “Choco-Challenge” at the Professional Library. Kimberly and Stephanie won the chocolate from their respective libraries.

Jennifer Schultz (Med/Oncology) won the drawing for a $20.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.

Again, thanks to all who participated from your Affinity Library Staff (Michele and Ann at Mercy; Margo and Karen and St. E’s)