Did you know … The Library articles that appear in The Weekly are archived on The What’s New at Affinity Libraries Blog?
Visit us here!
Or Affinity Intranet > Library > What’s New?
Wish you could find a particularly helpful article from 6 months ago?
Use the “Search this Blog” feature (Above).
Or browse back in time on the archive of past posts (Left).
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Archives Week : National Medical Librarians' Month
Photos from The Tank Family Farm, Oshkosh, WI.
Sneak a peak at some of our archival scrapbooks and photo albums online.
Affinity Archives Web Albums on Picassa
These days, many of the pictures we’re acquiring for the Affinity Archives come in digital format. While this poses some unique preservation challenges (Will they be around 100 years from now? Think about the fate of 8-track tapes from the 1970s …), it does allow us to make these pictures much more accessible to people.
If you have pictures (digital or paper) that you would like to donate to the MMC or STE Library Archives, contact us :
Michele Matucheski at MMC mmatuche@affinityhealth.org
Margo Lambert at STE mlambert@affinityhealth.org
What are we looking for?
People, places, and events from around Affinity, and Affinity in the Communities.
Examples :
Nurses Week
Heritage Days
Retirements
Affinity Packer Picnics
Anything that captures the spirit, culture, and times of Affinity.
If you’ve got pictures, we’d love to have copies for the Archives!
How is this useful?
At MMC, the Hallmarks of History exhibit includes photos from The Tank Family Farm, the farm that was on the building site of the present Mercy Medical Center. Not long ago, some neighbors of the Tanks from years ago asked about the Tank Family Farm Pictures. They had been removed from the exhibit. By making the pictures available as a web photo album, we were easily able to share the photos. The family was very pleased!
Sneak a peak at some of our archival scrapbooks and photo albums online.
Affinity Archives Web Albums on Picassa
These days, many of the pictures we’re acquiring for the Affinity Archives come in digital format. While this poses some unique preservation challenges (Will they be around 100 years from now? Think about the fate of 8-track tapes from the 1970s …), it does allow us to make these pictures much more accessible to people.
If you have pictures (digital or paper) that you would like to donate to the MMC or STE Library Archives, contact us :
Michele Matucheski at MMC mmatuche@affinityhealth.org
Margo Lambert at STE mlambert@affinityhealth.org
What are we looking for?
People, places, and events from around Affinity, and Affinity in the Communities.
Examples :
Nurses Week
Heritage Days
Retirements
Affinity Packer Picnics
Anything that captures the spirit, culture, and times of Affinity.
If you’ve got pictures, we’d love to have copies for the Archives!
How is this useful?
At MMC, the Hallmarks of History exhibit includes photos from The Tank Family Farm, the farm that was on the building site of the present Mercy Medical Center. Not long ago, some neighbors of the Tanks from years ago asked about the Tank Family Farm Pictures. They had been removed from the exhibit. By making the pictures available as a web photo album, we were easily able to share the photos. The family was very pleased!
Monday, October 15, 2007
What's New at Affinity Libraries? Audio Book Drive
By Margo Lambert, MLIS
If you regularly listen to recorded books and are wondering what to do with that rapidly growing collection of tapes and CDs to which you’ll never listen again, please consider donating them to the Affinity Libraries and help to enhance our patients’ experiences.
The Affinity Libraries wish to develop a collection of general interest recorded books to be made available to patients. Since the purchase of non-medical materials falls outside the scope of acceptable uses for library funds, we are inviting AHS staff members to donate gently used books on cassette or CD. We would welcome fiction, history, humor, biography, or any other titles that might entertain and help pass the time for those facing longer periods of hospitalization or for those who must undergo lengthy treatments. It is our hope that, by providing this type of material to our patients, we will be able to increase patient satisfaction with our facilities.
Of course, staff members would also be welcome to check out these materials.
We will be accepting donated audio books at the following locations:
Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh
The Clark Family Library
920-223-0342
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Health Science Library (near the ER)
920-738-2324
Thank you very much for your participation in this project.
If you regularly listen to recorded books and are wondering what to do with that rapidly growing collection of tapes and CDs to which you’ll never listen again, please consider donating them to the Affinity Libraries and help to enhance our patients’ experiences.
The Affinity Libraries wish to develop a collection of general interest recorded books to be made available to patients. Since the purchase of non-medical materials falls outside the scope of acceptable uses for library funds, we are inviting AHS staff members to donate gently used books on cassette or CD. We would welcome fiction, history, humor, biography, or any other titles that might entertain and help pass the time for those facing longer periods of hospitalization or for those who must undergo lengthy treatments. It is our hope that, by providing this type of material to our patients, we will be able to increase patient satisfaction with our facilities.
Of course, staff members would also be welcome to check out these materials.
We will be accepting donated audio books at the following locations:
Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh
The Clark Family Library
920-223-0342
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Health Science Library (near the ER)
920-738-2324
Thank you very much for your participation in this project.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Looking for Answers? : Your Librarian has the Key to Quality Information!
What does a Health Science Librarian do all day?
It’s a lot more than just circulating and shelving books.
In between helping people to use the computers, unclogging paper jams in the MFD, giving tours of the library and website, writing articles for The Weekly …
First and foremost, Librarians help people find the information they need to make well-informed health care decisions.
Who do we help?
Physicians, Nurses, Physical Therapists, Transcriptionists, Administrators, other health professionals, Patients and their families, community members, and students.
What are they looking for? Articles and information on :
Current updates in their specialty areas
Continuing Education and Training
Best Practices for Patient Care
Consumer Health and Patient Education Information
Policy Updates
Patient Safety Initiatives
Drug Info
Research for student papers (Many employees have gone back to school.)
How do we do help?
* By organizing and making accessible libraries of information in both physical (real-world books and journals) and online environments (internet).
* By training people to use the library tools to find what they need
* By doing the research in the form of database and internet searches
* By delivering the articles and information to our patrons
* By helping people use technology efficiently
Does our work make a difference?
YES! Information can help a patient or family member deal with a new diagnosis or treatment by alleviating anxiety, and by empowering them to take part in their own health care. It can also help them to cope, and develop a game plan.
One woman says, “At the age of 35, my brother was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. The helpful staff at The Mercy Library provided several books and handouts on the topic. For years my family had been wondering why this otherwise smart person (my brother) just wasn’t able to function in the world (He couldn’t hold a job, made poor decisions, didn’t have many friends, made inappropriate comments …) With this information, the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. Now, we understand that his brain is literally wired differently. We have a whole new understanding of what to expect, what situations to beware of, how we can support him, what he needs to work on, and what he might still be able to accomplish with his life. We know what we’re dealing with now, and we’re ALL learning to cope with this form of high-functioning autism. My brother is currently in counseling to learn the social skills he couldn’t pick up on his own. Thus starts the road to recovery.”
It’s a lot more than just circulating and shelving books.
In between helping people to use the computers, unclogging paper jams in the MFD, giving tours of the library and website, writing articles for The Weekly …
First and foremost, Librarians help people find the information they need to make well-informed health care decisions.
Who do we help?
Physicians, Nurses, Physical Therapists, Transcriptionists, Administrators, other health professionals, Patients and their families, community members, and students.
What are they looking for? Articles and information on :
Current updates in their specialty areas
Continuing Education and Training
Best Practices for Patient Care
Consumer Health and Patient Education Information
Policy Updates
Patient Safety Initiatives
Drug Info
Research for student papers (Many employees have gone back to school.)
How do we do help?
* By organizing and making accessible libraries of information in both physical (real-world books and journals) and online environments (internet).
* By training people to use the library tools to find what they need
* By doing the research in the form of database and internet searches
* By delivering the articles and information to our patrons
* By helping people use technology efficiently
Does our work make a difference?
YES! Information can help a patient or family member deal with a new diagnosis or treatment by alleviating anxiety, and by empowering them to take part in their own health care. It can also help them to cope, and develop a game plan.
One woman says, “At the age of 35, my brother was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. The helpful staff at The Mercy Library provided several books and handouts on the topic. For years my family had been wondering why this otherwise smart person (my brother) just wasn’t able to function in the world (He couldn’t hold a job, made poor decisions, didn’t have many friends, made inappropriate comments …) With this information, the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. Now, we understand that his brain is literally wired differently. We have a whole new understanding of what to expect, what situations to beware of, how we can support him, what he needs to work on, and what he might still be able to accomplish with his life. We know what we’re dealing with now, and we’re ALL learning to cope with this form of high-functioning autism. My brother is currently in counseling to learn the social skills he couldn’t pick up on his own. Thus starts the road to recovery.”
Monday, October 01, 2007
Your Medical Librarian : The Key to Quality Information
October is National Medical Librarian's MonthCelebrate with Affinity Library Services.
We'll be having special features all month. Stay tuned!
October is National Medical Librarians' Month : Enter Our Drawing
How many Life Savers 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 Café
· Affinity Health & Wellness Center at the20th Ave Oshkosh YMCA.
Contest ends October 31.
One entry per person, please.
The winning entry wins all the candy!
As always, it is our pleasure to serve you.
Word Search Chellenge for NMLM!
Complete this Word Search (Word doc) for a chance to win a gift certificate to the MMC or STE Gift Shops.By Popular request, Margo made this year's puzzle a little more difficult than last year.
Have Fun!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Download and Listen to AudioDigest MP3s
Download and listen to AudioDigest MP3s on your computer or player.
Use this tutorial [Affinity access only] with screen shots to learn how.
Includes our institutional username and password.
We’ve already subscribed, so you don’t have to!
Affinity Libraries subscribe to the AudioDigest continuing medical education series in the following areas :
Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Urology
New issues are made available once or twice a month.
If you would prefer, we still have AudioDigest programs available as AudioCDs.
Contact Your Librarian, Michele Matucheski, at mmatuche@affinityhealth.org or 920-223-0340 with any questions.
Use this tutorial [Affinity access only] with screen shots to learn how.
Includes our institutional username and password.
We’ve already subscribed, so you don’t have to!
Affinity Libraries subscribe to the AudioDigest continuing medical education series in the following areas :
Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Urology
New issues are made available once or twice a month.
If you would prefer, we still have AudioDigest programs available as AudioCDs.
Contact Your Librarian, Michele Matucheski, at mmatuche@affinityhealth.org or 920-223-0340 with any questions.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Affinity Full-Text on Google Scholar
What is GoogleScholar?
Instead of searching the wide-open internet, Google Scholar allows you to search the scholarly literature, online journals from reputable publishers. It's the scholarly (smarter) version of Google.
In theory, Google Scholar provides better quality results than just searching the wide-open internet.
Where is Google Scholar?
In Google, Click on “More.”
From the list of options, select Scholar.
Or go directly to : http://scholar.google.com/
Affinity Full-Text through Google Scholar
Did you know that if you use Google Scholar at any Affinity computer, you’ll be able to access the library’s stock of full-text articles. Just look for the “Affinity Full-Text” link with each entry.
Clicking on the Article Title (In this case “Creative Space”) will take you to the article on the publisher’s site. In this case, Affinity does have access to the journal Headache, so getting to the full-text is easy!
To see other options, click on the Affinity Full-Text link. This will take you to our A-Z Journals List. The Article Linker will provide all the links for where we have full-text access to that article. There may be more than one source.
Keep in mind, we don’t have online access to everything on the internet, but it’s a lot more than you’d see on your own.
Instead of searching the wide-open internet, Google Scholar allows you to search the scholarly literature, online journals from reputable publishers. It's the scholarly (smarter) version of Google.
In theory, Google Scholar provides better quality results than just searching the wide-open internet.
Where is Google Scholar?
In Google, Click on “More.”
From the list of options, select Scholar.
Or go directly to : http://scholar.google.com/
Affinity Full-Text through Google Scholar
Did you know that if you use Google Scholar at any Affinity computer, you’ll be able to access the library’s stock of full-text articles. Just look for the “Affinity Full-Text” link with each entry.
Clicking on the Article Title (In this case “Creative Space”) will take you to the article on the publisher’s site. In this case, Affinity does have access to the journal Headache, so getting to the full-text is easy!
To see other options, click on the Affinity Full-Text link. This will take you to our A-Z Journals List. The Article Linker will provide all the links for where we have full-text access to that article. There may be more than one source.
Keep in mind, we don’t have online access to everything on the internet, but it’s a lot more than you’d see on your own.
Sometimes our only access is in a print journal. In most cases, if you make the request, we can email you a PDF copy of the article from a print journal. If we don't have it, we can also usually get copies of articles from other libraries via Inter-Library Loan.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Do Mandrakes Really Scream?
The exhibition, Do Mandrakes Really Scream?: Magic and Medicine in Harry Potter showcases seven treasures from the National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Division, featured in the Harry Potter series. This special exhibition is open until November 30, 2007, and is located in the History of Medicine Division Reading Room, on the first floor of building 38 of the National Library of Medicine on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
The exhibition's web site is now available to all at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/mandrakes . ENJOY!
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/mandrakes . ENJOY!
Friday, August 24, 2007
"Save Patients from Media Hype"
Pector EA. Save Patients from Media Hype : How to Help Them Make Sense of the “Research” they Bring to You. Medical Economics. August 17, 2007 ; 84(16)). Available at http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=448061
This article discusses how patients read medical studies, and some of the typical interpretations such as “Risk is imminent” or “If it’s published, it must be true.” It also includes a section on interpreting medical statistics and where to access the best evidence (EBM results).
This article discusses how patients read medical studies, and some of the typical interpretations such as “Risk is imminent” or “If it’s published, it must be true.” It also includes a section on interpreting medical statistics and where to access the best evidence (EBM results).
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
DailyMed - Current Drug Information
DailyMed – Current Drug Information
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm
* From The National Library of Medicine.
* Provides high quality information about marketed drugs.
* Includes FDA approved labels (package inserts).
* Provides health care professionals and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts (similar to the PDR).
* Easier to get to than the PDR online through Micromedex
* Free on the Internet
For more info on DailyMed, view the PowerPoint Presentation from The NLM Theater.
How do I find it on the Affinity Intranet?
Method 1 : Use the Search box atop any intranet page . Type in : DailyMed.
Method 2 : Affinity Intranet > Library > Drug Info for Health Professionals > DailyMed
Method 3 : Affinity Intranet > Library > What’s New at Affinity Library Services? > Use the Search Box at top of page > Type in DailyMed
Method 4 : Use Google (or other favorite search engine) > Type in DailyMed.
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm
* From The National Library of Medicine.
* Provides high quality information about marketed drugs.
* Includes FDA approved labels (package inserts).
* Provides health care professionals and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts (similar to the PDR).
* Easier to get to than the PDR online through Micromedex
* Free on the Internet
For more info on DailyMed, view the PowerPoint Presentation from The NLM Theater.
How do I find it on the Affinity Intranet?
Method 1 : Use the Search box atop any intranet page . Type in : DailyMed.
Method 2 : Affinity Intranet > Library > Drug Info for Health Professionals > DailyMed
Method 3 : Affinity Intranet > Library > What’s New at Affinity Library Services? > Use the Search Box at top of page > Type in DailyMed
Method 4 : Use Google (or other favorite search engine) > Type in DailyMed.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Health : US News
Health: US News
A treasure trove of consumer health information, including US News’
Health Rankings and Hospital Search. Feature stories like "Avoid a Summer Visit to the Emergency Room," and "Keep Moving With Injury-Free Workouts,” and “How safe is Your Drinking Water?” and much more …
Hospital Directory
See Affinity listings with statistics :
Calumet Medical Center
Mercy Medical Center
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Best Health Plans – See where Network Health Plan ranks.
A treasure trove of consumer health information, including US News’
Health Rankings and Hospital Search. Feature stories like "Avoid a Summer Visit to the Emergency Room," and "Keep Moving With Injury-Free Workouts,” and “How safe is Your Drinking Water?” and much more …
Hospital Directory
See Affinity listings with statistics :
Calumet Medical Center
Mercy Medical Center
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Best Health Plans – See where Network Health Plan ranks.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Announcing the Affinity CME Video Blog!
The Affinity Health System CME Offerings (aka The Affinity CME Video Blog) via your computer.
What is it?
* A regularly updated website where you can access video presentations of continuing medical education (CME) programs previously presented at Mercy Medical Center. We hope to add other programs from around Affnity soon.
* Access is 24/7 - on your own schedule
* Access from your work or home computer
* Better use of time (not spent in travel to the presentation site)
* So more of you can "attend" these lectures without physically being there
For an intro about the CME Video blof itself, visit the sites below.
CME Video Blog FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
CME Video Blog and Library Orientation (Documentation and Handouts), July 11, 2007
CME Video Blog and Library Orientation Video
CME Video Blog System Requirements
What is it?
* A regularly updated website where you can access video presentations of continuing medical education (CME) programs previously presented at Mercy Medical Center. We hope to add other programs from around Affnity soon.
* Access is 24/7 - on your own schedule
* Access from your work or home computer
* Better use of time (not spent in travel to the presentation site)
* So more of you can "attend" these lectures without physically being there
For an intro about the CME Video blof itself, visit the sites below.
CME Video Blog FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
CME Video Blog and Library Orientation (Documentation and Handouts), July 11, 2007
CME Video Blog and Library Orientation Video
CME Video Blog System Requirements
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Liberating the Evidence : Take a TRIP
The TRIP Database is one of the better known meta-search engines for Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). It lets clinicians search several EBM Tools at once, saving valuable time.
Find a link to TRIP on the Affinity Library Pathfinder, Find the Best Evidence.
TRIP is listed under Meta-Search Engines.
TRIP Database : Turning Research Into Practice
http://www.tripdatabase.com/
Top 10 Search Tips for TRIP
By John Brassey
Want more? Here’s a more comprehensive list of tips for TRIP, also by Mr. Brassey.
Credit goes to David Rothman for “discovering” these sources and sharing it on his medical librarianship blog.
TRIP Database : Turning Research Into Practice
http://www.tripdatabase.com/
Top 10 Search Tips for TRIP
By John Brassey
Want more? Here’s a more comprehensive list of tips for TRIP, also by Mr. Brassey.
Credit goes to David Rothman for “discovering” these sources and sharing it on his medical librarianship blog.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
MDConsult's New Look
Did you know … a smarter, easier, better MDConsult has been available for about 6 weeks.
Take a Tour! View the revised MDConsult training presentation.
Still all the great full-text info you're used to :
- Books
- Journals
- Drug Information
- Patient Education Handbouts
- Guidelines
- News, and more ...
MDConsult brings the leading medical resources together into one integrated online service to help physicians efficiently find answers to pressing clinical questions and make better treatment decisions.
Available through Affinity Library Services.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Wildlife at Mercy
Nature helps many people heal and re-energize. Patients, families, and staff members have been enjoying the abundance of wildlife living in and around the pond at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh.Visit the Wildlife at Mercy webpage.
This page tracks the wild animals that have been seen on the grounds at Mercy. Visit
* If you want a glimpse of the Great Blue Heron and the White Egret
* If you want to see what other wildlife has been spotted there
* If you don’t get to Mercy very often to see these animals live.
There’s also a link to a Submit a Critter Form. Iif you spot something not already listed, we'll add it to the list.
* Have any of the Pelicans at Menomonee Park ventured over to the Mercy Ponds?
* Seen the Eagles in Winneconne at Mercy?
Let us know!
Monday, June 11, 2007
The World @ Affinity Libraries
Affinity Librarians, Michele Matucheski (MMC) and Margo Lambert (STE), are available to give you and/or your department a personalized library orientation covering the physical and online library collections and services we offer.
We’re here to help you find the info you need to make well-informed clinical and business decisions.
Ask us! We can show you :
* How to use the Library web page and resources
* How to find full-text journal articles
* How to find drug info
* How to find Patient Education Handouts
* How to find Evidence-Based Practice materials
You’ll be amazed at what’s available to you!
Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP
Library at Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh
3-0340 mmatuche@affinityhealth.org
Margo Lambert, MLS
St. Elizabeth Hospital Library & Resource Café
Appleton
8-2325
We’re here to help you find the info you need to make well-informed clinical and business decisions.
Ask us! We can show you :
* How to use the Library web page and resources
* How to find full-text journal articles
* How to find drug info
* How to find Patient Education Handouts
* How to find Evidence-Based Practice materials
You’ll be amazed at what’s available to you!
Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP
Library at Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh
3-0340 mmatuche@affinityhealth.org
Margo Lambert, MLS
St. Elizabeth Hospital Library & Resource Café
Appleton
8-2325
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Did you know you can borrow the following equipment from the MMC Library?
* Boom Box
* CD Player (Personal)
* Digital Camera
* Digital Voice Recorder
* Display Board (up to 4 panels)
* DVD Recorder
* Tripod
Contact Michele at 3-0340 or mmatuche@affinityhealth.org to put in your reservation. Or submit your request online at Borrow Library Equipment.
We’re partnering with The Affinity Learning Center (formerly Training & Development) to make some of this equipment more readily available to employees needing it for work-related purposes at MMC.
At STE, you may reserve a Digital Camera, DVD Recorder and Tripod.
Complete this form to request : STEs Equipment Request Form
Laptop Computers and data projectors are available from the IS Dept.
Call the Help Desk for assistance in reserving items, ext. 8-9400.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
Food portions seem to be a lot bigger than they used to be.
That’s why I was delighted to discover the following website :
What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm
An instructive visual comparison of 200 calories worth of broccoli,
cheeseburger, Doritos, flax bread, Fruit Loops, peanut butter, and many
other common foods. You might also enjoy exploring the rest of the site, whose purpose is to provide "clear answers for common questions."
Discovered by Marylaine Block on her NeatNew on the web weekly email newsletter.
That’s why I was delighted to discover the following website :
What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm
An instructive visual comparison of 200 calories worth of broccoli,
cheeseburger, Doritos, flax bread, Fruit Loops, peanut butter, and many
other common foods. You might also enjoy exploring the rest of the site, whose purpose is to provide "clear answers for common questions."
Discovered by Marylaine Block on her NeatNew on the web weekly email newsletter.
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