Carpenter Library News

5.20.2011

1.16.2011

Closed Monday

We're open regular hours on Sunday, 1pm- midnight, but will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr Day.

12.17.2010

Holiday Hours for Carpenter Library

Carpenter Library will be closed December 24th - 27th for the Christmas holiday, and will be closing at 6pm during the week before and after. Daily schedule:

December 18 (Sat)	10 am - 6 pm	OPEN
December 19 (Sun)	1 pm – 6 pm	OPEN
December 20 (Mon)	7 am – 6 pm	OPEN
December 21 (Tue)	7 am – 6 pm	OPEN
December 22 (Wed)	7 am – 6 pm	OPEN
December 23 (Thu)	7 am – 6 pm	OPEN
December 24 (Fri)	Christmas Eve	CLOSED
December 25 (Sat)	Christmas Day	CLOSED
December 26 (Sun)	Christmas Holiday	CLOSED
December 27 (Mon)	Christmas Holiday	CLOSED
December 28 (Tue)	7 am – 6 pm	OPEN
December 29 (Wed)	7 am – 6 pm	OPEN
December 30 (Thu)	7 am – 6 pm	OPEN
December 31 (Fri)	New Year's Eve	CLOSED
January 1 (Sat)	New Year's Day	CLOSED
January 2 (Sun)	1 pm - 12 midnight	OPEN

12.14.2010

Access UpToDate® through Centricity or Carecast and earn CME credit!

As part of Carpenter Library’s ongoing commitment to improve the quality of care we provide to our patients, we are pleased to announce that clinicians can access UpToDate directly through Centricity and Carecast and earn continuing education credit each time you research a question in UpToDate. See the UpToDate website for more information and frequently-asked questions.

From Centricity, use the “Lookup Problems” drop-down selection for UpToDate.
In Carecast, use the UpToDate button in the lower right of the base screen.

Each time you research a question using UpToDate through Centricity or Carecast, you earn .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Several other types of CME credit are also available. Credit is accrued automatically. To see how many credits you have earned, select CME from the navigation bar in UpToDate. You may process your credits online and print your certificate at any time.

It’s important to remember that to earn CME/CE contact hours, you must access UpToDate through the patient record and you must register with UpToDate. Read the UpToDate CME Brochure(PDF) for more information.

If you have questions about how to access UpToDate please contact Julie James at Carpenter Library jujames@wfubmc.edu. If you have questions about how to use UpToDate, please contact UpToDate’s Customer Service Department at 1-800-998-6374.

10.19.2010

Brownie Bake-Off TODAY at the United Way Marketplace

You be the Judge! Library staff have made an assortment of delicious brownies - 3 tastes/1 vote for $1. All proceed benefit the United Way. 10 am until gone ~

In the United Way Marketplace, Ardmore Cafeteria North

9.03.2010

Labor Day Weekend Schedule

Carpenter Library will be CLOSED on Monday, September 6th, for Labor Day. The Library will be open regular hours on Saturday (10 am - 7 pm), and Sunday (1 pm - midnight).

8.27.2010

Micromedex 2.0 is now available for both the web and for mobile access

Micromedex 2.0 provides direct web and mobile access to Micromedex drug information through a new user interface with a single search box.

New features include:

an interface based on clinician workflow patterns
enhanced search capabilities
special tabs for high-usage tools
compatibility with iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry smartphones, and other mobile devices.
New search functionality allows for multi-term search, predictive text, synonyms and suggestions for alternate spellings.
New single search box on every page
Highly used features — such as dosing calculators, Trissel’s IV compatibility, drug identification, and drug interaction checking — have been pulled into separate tabs so they can be accessed and used quickly.

Also, Micromedex 2.0 also simplifies how clinicians see results. The new 360-degree view of results provides a complete picture of all available information about a drug or condition on a single screen — including drug summaries, images, consults, comparative efficacy information, labeled and off-label indications, treatment options, and more.

8.26.2010

Kaplan offering free e-books through Apple Bookstore until August 30th

from
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2010/08/kaplan-free-ebooks-apple-bookstore-limited-time/

Kaplan is offering 100 free e-books through iBooks, Apple’s e-reader for the iPad and the iPhone. Access via the iBookstore.

Titles include:

Medical USMLE Step 1,2,3 and Master the Boards Step 3
Kaplan Internal Medicine Question Book
Med School Rx – Hartwig
Math for Nurses
Manual of Surgery
The Real Life of an Internist – Tyler-Lloyd
Routine Miracles – Fischer

These books from Kaplan are usually $29.99 in other e-book formats. The deal is only valid in the Apple Bookstore, and lasts until August 30th.

Other categories of free e-books Kaplan is offering for a limited time include College (SAT prep), Graduate (GRE, MBA, MCAT), Law (PMBR), Nursing (CCRN), and Education (GRE, GMAT).

7.29.2010

NEJM Linking Issue

We have received this notice from the New England Journal of Medicine about a problem with PubMed linking. You may still go directly to the NEJM at this link in the meantime. If you need assistance, please contact the Reference Desk at 336-713-7100 or email refdesk@wfubmc.edu

As part of our transition to our new website at NEJM.org, I want to let you know that article-level links from PubMed to the NEJM website have been temporarily removed while NLM updates the links to the new URL structure at the NEJM website.

When this process is complete the article-level links to the NEJM website will be restored.

Tom Richardson
Director, Institution Sales & Service
The New England Journal of Medicine

7.19.2010

ePocrates Online has been discontinued

ePocrates Online has been discontinued. We have had a two year free license to help them evaluate the web site as it was being rolled out, but now the beta testing period is over and we will have to pay for future access.

Over the last two years this resource has received good but not outstanding usage and its clinical content cannot compare to similar content in other Library resources such as UpToDate and DynaMed.

Pharmacological information can be found in Micromedex as well as LexiComp (through UpToDate) and the drug monographs in AccessMedicine and MDConsult.

There is still the free pharmacological portion of ePocrates available. Instructions on how to download it will continue to be found on our Mobile Computing web page.

If you have any questions please contact David Stewart at dstewart@wfubmc.edu or at 6-4181.

6.08.2010

UpToDate URL change

UpToDate has unexpectedly changed the address from utdol.com to uptodate.com - the website has been updated, but won't go live until 2 am. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Preview the Library's new website

http://staging.wfubmc.edu/Carpenter-Library.htm
(on-campus only)

Please send any comments, issues or suggestions to Julie - jujames@wfubmc.edu

5.28.2010

Closed for Memorial Day

Carpenter Library will be closed on Monday, May 31st, in observance of Memorial Day. We will be open our regular hours over the weekend.

5.05.2010

New Practice Exam for USMLE Step 1

Exam Master's completely revised USMLE Step 1 Practice Exam is available from the Exam Master link on the Library homepage. A very short registration is required.

This practice exam is the first in a series of new practice exams, called UMSLExpress. Based on the NBME blueprint, Exam Master's USMLExpress Step 1 practice exam is designed to give the Step 1 candidate a realistic exam experience. It consists of 336 test items divided into 7 exam blocks of 48 questions each. To access the practice exam simply select "New Practice Exam" after login.

If you have any questions or problems, please let us know!