New Library E-Learning Modules

Need a quick lesson to sharpen your researching skills?  We just updated all of our Loyola E-Learning Modules.  To Access these enter the E-Learning portal through Loyola WIRED or through the Employee Self-Service Portal.  Click on Course Catalog and search for Responsible Searching.  There are 15 Modules total:

Responsible Searching V2
Library Clinical Search Strategies V2
Keeping current with your research V2
Copyright Issues V2
Micromedex and other drug resources V2
Evidence based practice in nursing V2
Searching Nursing at Ovid V2
Searching Biological Abstracts V2
Searching Cinahl V2
Searching Ovid Medline V2
Searching PsycInfo V2
Searching PubMed V2
Using Refworks V2
Finding books at Loyola V2
Evidence Based Medicine Module 2011

Feel free to ask us about accessing these modules or if you would like a one-on-one consult on any of the topics covered at 708.216.9192 or email researchservices[at]lumc[dot]edu.

Current Ovid Segment

Please note that the default date segment for searching in Ovid is 2007 to present.  Thus if you are interested in searching for articles published prior to 2007 you will have to change the segment.  Here are a few simple steps to do so:

1. Click on the Ovid Resources link above the search bar.

2. Check the time segments/specific Ovid resources you need.

3. You should then see a list of the time segments or specific Ovid resources you selected above the search bar.

EndNote Q&A

The library will be hosting a Q&A session with Donna Kirking, the Senior Product Trainer for Endnote.  Donna will be at the library from 2pm – 4pm on Tuesday, February 15th.This will be an open tech support session.  Bring your problems, questions, frustrations and Donna will help with troubleshooting solutions.

Please invite any of your colleagues who also use Endnote.
Contact Jeanne Sadlik (JSadlik[at]lumc.edu or 6-5304) if you have any questions.

Spring Classes

Join us at our Spring Classes!  Whether you’re a beginner or looking to sharpen your advanced skills, you’re welcome to participate in our workshop-style classes.  RSVP by emailing Jeanne Sadlik at JSadlik[at]lumc.edu or via e-learning.   Brief Class Descriptions are below.  For more information visit here.

Biomedical Mobile Apps: We will describe the medical apps available, with an emphasis on the ones available for free through the library.  We’ll also go through the process of downloading and getting started with them.
Classes: 2/9 (1-2pm), 3/11 (10-11am), 4/11 (10-11am)

Evidence Based Medicine: We will cover the easiest and most thorough ways to search for the highest levels of EBM.
Classes: 2/21 (10-11am), 3/23 (3-4pm), 4/20 (3-4pm)

Using Refworks: Make compiling and formatting your bibliography easy with Refworks! We will learn how to download citations from various databases, upload to Refworks, and use the citations to create a formatted bibliography in Word.
Classes: 2/8 (3-4pm), 3/8 (3-4pm), 4/5 (3-4pm)

Searching Cinahl on EbscoHost: Learn to optimize your searching skills.  We’ll focus on using Subject Headings efficiently to create powerful search queries significantly improving access to relevant biomedical information.
Classes: 2/10 (3-4pm), 3/10 (3-4pm), 4/14 (3-4pm)

Searching Ovid MEDLINE Effectively: We’ll focus on using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) more efficiently and revising strategies for optimal results.
Class es: 2/22 (1-2pm), 3/24 (10-11am), 4/26 (1-2pm)

Searching PubMed Effectively: Learn how to do advanced searches in PubMed using MeSH terms, searching within Special Queries, using PubMed Subsets, and using additional PubMed interfaces.
Class Times: 2/17 (11am-noon), 3/18 (3-4pm), 4/27 (noon-1pm)

Whats @ Your Library: We will cover how to access print and electronic resources through the library. Attendees will also learn how to request articles that are not owned by the library, request literature searches, and make purchase recommendations.
Classes: 2/16 (noon-1pm), 3/16 (1-2pm), 4/14 (noon-1pm)

Discover DynaMed: DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the ‘point of care’.  We’ll learn how to search in DynaMed, DynaMed’s levels of evidence recommendations, persistent links, find Continuing medical Education Credits (CME), and other features.
Classes: 2/23 (noon-1pm), 3/25 (3-4pm), 4/27 (noon-1pm)

September Library Classes

Loyola Health Sciences Library offers a variety of classes to improve your skill levels. All classes are free and available to LUHS faculty, residents, staff, and students.

You may register for classes in e-learning, the curriculum title is Library

September

Classes:

Wednesday, 8^{th —} Searching Cinahl on Ebscohost 3-4pm

Tuesday, 14^th – Using Refworks 3-4pm

Wednesday, 15^th – Search Ovid Medline Effectively noon-1pm

Tuesday, 21^st – Evidence Based Medicine Resources 10-11am

Wednesday, 22^nd – What’s @ Your library noon-1pm

Thursday, 30^th – Searching Pubmed 1-2pm

The library also offers orientations, tours, and curriculum- based seminars on a prearranged basis. Library seminars may be customized to specific department/user needs. For more information or to schedule a class, contact Jeanne Sadlik at ResearchServices@lumc.edu.

PubMed Class Friday, Feb 26th

In this one hour class, you will learn how to effectively use PubMed to optimize your research skills. By understanding how to search Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) combined with Boolean operators, you will create powerful search queries that will improve access to relevant biomedical information. This workshop provides hands-on training with advanced searching using the MeSh Database, searching within Special Queries, using PubMed Subsets, and learning about additional PubMed Interfaces.

Class will be held in the Health Sciences Library from 1:00 pm -2:00 pm on Friday, February 26th

Mobile App Trends for 2010

A recent article from Medicine on the Net listed the top mobile app trends for 2010. These are some of the trends that you expect to use this year:

Electronic Medical Record Integration (EMR)

While accessing clinical data can raise questions about security and privacy, the ability to view a patient’s history, lab & test results, notes and more from the physician’s smartphone/PDA will drive companies to develop their own tools for the physician using a mobile device

Image Viewing

Already many apps are revolutionizing point-of-care access of digital images. While some focus on downloading x-rays and other digital information for patient use, there are other practical uses for image viewing. For instance, The Blausen Human Atlas offers access to animations of medical treatments and conditions, ability to manipulate illustrations, explore body systems by clicking-and-zooming, listen to narrations on patient education, and more.

Videos

Although there isn’t anything new about videos for smartphones, the focus of video technology this year seems to be for instructional purposes. For example, Procedures Consult (by Modality, inc) helps users prepare form perform, and test their knowledge using a combination of videos, animations, illustrations, and text.

Augmented Reality

“Augmented Reality describes the ability of users to view real-world structures using” GPS, camera, compass, etc. Check out WIKITUDE World Browser as an example of augmented reality–the browser gives information about the user’s surroundings by overlaying information on the real-time camera view of the smartphone

Mobile Testing

These type of applications have already become popular, such as eye charts, hearing tests, and stress checks. Now these companies are leveraging the smartphone accelerometer (a device that detects motion, like how tilting the iPhone will cause a car to move in that direction on a driving game). A great working example is the CobbMeter, which allows the physicians to measure spine curvature angles using the side of an iPhone to trace the angle.

Spring Classes at the Library

Having trouble finding the information you want?  Are your database searches missing vital information?  Does it take more time to find information than you have?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider taking one of the Library’s training classes.

Loyola Health Sciences Library offers a variety of classes to improve your skill levels. All classes are free and available to LUHS faculty, residents, staff, and students. The library also offers orientations, tours, and curriculum- based seminars on a prearranged basis. Library seminars may be customized to specific department/user needs. For more information or to schedule a class, contact Jeanne Sadlik at ResearchServices@lumc.edu.

To sign up for classes go to E-Learning

February

• Wednesday, 3^rd – Searching Cinahl on Ebscohost 3-4pm

• Tuesday, 9^th – Using Refworks 3-4pm

• Thursday, 11^th – Search Ovid Medline Effectively noon-1pm

• Tuesday, 16th – Evidence Based Medicine Resources 10-11am

• Wednesday, 24^th – What’s @ Your Library noon-1pm

• Friday, 26th – Searching PubMed 1-2pm

March

• Wednesday, 3rd – Using Refworks 3- 4pm

• Monday, 8th – Searching Ovid Medline Effectivetly 10-11am

• Thursday, 11th – Searching Cinahl on Ebscohost – 3-4pm

• Thursday 18^th – Evidence Based Medicine Resources – 1-2pm

• Wednesday, 24^th – What’s @ Your Library 1-2pm

• Tuesday, 30th – Searching PubMed 10-11am

April

• Wednesday, 14^th – What’s @ Your Library noon – 1

• Wednesday, 14th – Using Refworks 3-4pm