library services for paediatrics

Library Services for PaediatricsAugust 17, 2010

Libraries

Shauna-Lee KonradClinical LibrarianChildren’s Hospital, LHSCShauna.konrad@lhsc.on.ca

Robin FeatherstoneClinical Medicine LibrarianWestern Libraries, UWOrfeathe@uwo.ca

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Congratulations on completing medical school!

Welcome to your new position as PGY-1!

Agenda

• Hospital and University Library Services

• Finding images in SMART Imagebase

• Off-site access to Western Libraries

• Get it @ Western & Pubget

• Searching Clinical Queries in PubMed

• Using Google Reader for current awareness

• Managing citations in RefWorks

Library Services

University Library Hospital Libraries

www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/paediatrics

http://intra.sjhc.london.on.ca/refer/library/http://www.lhsc.on.ca/priv/library/

Library Services

University Library Hospital Library (Rathbun)

Robin Featherstonerfeathe@uwo.caExt: 86383

Shauna-Lee Konrad (Children’s Hospital, LHSC)Shauna.Konrad@lhsc.on.caExt: 55145

• On-site assistance: Taylor Library • On-site assistance: Victoria Hospital, LHSC

• Extensive electronic & print collections • Local reference collection

• Searching consultations (Educational) • Literature searches• Searching consultations

• Purchase requests • Interlibrary loan• Purchase requests

• Workshops & Instruction • Workshops & Instruction• Publishing Support

Paediatrics Medicine Resources

What information tools have you used?

Level of Evidence Pyramid

Qualitative Studies

Trip searches both

Selected Paediatrics Information

http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/paediatrics/

What’s Available at the J.C. Rathbun Library?

• Core Paediatric Books

• Interlibrary Loan

• Study Space, Photocopying, Computer Access

• Service Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

• 24-hour access for CH employees

• Codes– Door: 521– Photocopier: 52824

SMART Imagebase Images

Medical Illustration © 2010 Nucleus Medical Media, Inc., www.nucleusinc.com

Live Demo

www.schulich.uwo.ca

Off-Site Access

Why are they asking me to pay??

Proxy Server

129.100.*.*

Option A: Log in at www.lib.uwo.ca

Option B: Use the EZ Proxy button

Option C: Use customized bookmarks created with the EZ Proxy Link Generator: https://www.lib.uwo.ca/offcampus/ezform.html

How to log on

Accessing Full-Text

• Once logged in to the proxy server, look for the “Get it @ Western” button

Full-Text from PubMed

Remember to use the PubMed link from the library website.

Get it @ Western

Option 1: Link to Full-Text

Option 2: Check the catalogue

Full-Text from Pubget

Remember to use the Pubget link from the library website & to log in to the proxy server.

Live Demo

www.schulich.uwo.ca

Clinical Queries in PubMed

• Use Clinical Queries to quickly find the high quality studies to answer your clinical question.

Select the type of question that you want to answer.

Enter the key concepts for your clinical question.

Live Demo - Clinical Queries in PubMed

www.pubmed.gov

Clinical Query: Search Results

Source Results

Cochrane Library 2 Cochrane Reviews 4 Other Reviews

PubMed 118 Citations

PubMed Clinical Queries (therapy/narrow)

18 Clinical Studies5 Systematic Reviews

EMBASE 239 Citations total

Do probiotics prevent necrotizing enterocolitis?

Staying Current with the Literature

• All sources in one place

• What are some possible sources?– Journal tables of contents– Database search results – Website content – News stories– Blogs

• Set up and maintained for you

Current Awareness Solutions

Various

current

awareness

sources

Content

update

for the

selected

source

Live Demo – Google Reader

www.google.com/reader

Managing Citations

Import your references from various databases (PubMed, Ovid Medline, Embase, Cochrane)

Organize your reference into topical folders.

Create automatic bibliographies with your references.

Live Demo – Refworks

Clinical Outreach Page

Recap

• Hospital Libraries for on-site assistance• University Library for journal collections • University and Hospital Library for print

collections• EZ Proxy to access UWO subscriptions• Get it @ Western or Pubget for full-text

access to articles• Library’s Paediatrics page for selected

information tools

Questions? Need Assistance?

Robin Featherstone

Clinical Medicine Librarian

Western Libraries

519-661-2111 x86383 rfeathe@uwo.ca

Shauna-Lee Konrad

Clinical Librarian

Children’s Hospital, LHSC

C3-300, x55145

Shauna.konrad@lhsc.on.ca