KSOM Year I: Library Orientation (Conference Room first) Emily Brennan, MLIS Eileen Eandi, MLIS Luis Franco Evans Whitaker, MD, MLIS -- Norris Medical Library, Room Zonal Ave. Los Angeles, CA

Welcome to hour 2 of Norris Library orientation Introduction of personnel Sign in…(again) Same handouts for this session ◦ Getting Started Guide ◦ Resource comparison chart ◦ In-class exercise ◦ Evaluation form

This session Introduction to information resources of most use to year 1-2 medical students A chance to try the resources We will be using your SPP cases as subject matter: ◦ In class demonstration: Abdominal pain ◦ Assignment: Cystic fibrosis ◦ In class exercises: Diabetes mellitus Ask Questions!!

Background information Requires least biomedical knowledge and vocabulary Wikipedia – check sources! Wikipedia Google – Advanced Search Google MedlinePlus.gov – you heard about that downstairs MedlinePlus.gov

Electronic books (eBooks) Student portal LibProxy eBook Collections – AccessMedicine – will discuss today AccessMedicine – AccessPharmacy – not discussed – AccessSurgery – mentioned downstairs – MD Consult – not discussed today eTextbooks – ACP Medicine -- not discussed today – ACS Surgery -- not discussed today

In-class Exercise 1 Play with the resources we just mentioned Use In-class Exercise 1 as a structure… Ten minutes… Ask questions as they come up…

Clinical Information Tools Similar to textbooks Emphasize information for patient care Will become progressively more valuable to you… ◦ UpToDate UpToDate ◦ Essential Evidence Plus ◦ ACP Pier

Journal Articles PubMed (MEDLINE) – no demo today Google Scholar – set Scholar Preferences Google Scholar Ovid – a collection of databases Ovid ◦ Sign into training account (only for today)   Username: sci001 Password: medical ◦ MEDLINE  Basic Search – a few good articles

In-class Exercise 2 Use: ◦ Clinical Information Tools ◦ Ovid MEDLINE Basic Ask Questions! 10 minutes

Primal Pictures (from Ovid) Anatomy reference Access through Ovid Flexible and many features… Try looking at the anatomy of the “appendix” as an example

Last Slide Questions? Personal Librarian HELP – Reference Desk – (up to 24 hour turnaround) – Phone (9 to 5, M to F) – Meebo (9 to 5, M to F) Please fill out evaluation forms and turn in That is all for today from the library Thanks! Last name begins with…Personal Librarian AHAHEmily Brennan IPIPEileen Eandi QZQZEvans Whitaker