New Faculty OrientationNew Faculty Orientation

Woodruff Health Sciences Center LibraryWoodruff Health Sciences Center Library

October 18, 2006October 18, 2006

Sandra Franklin, DirectorSandra Franklin, Director404-727-5820404-727-5820librsf@emory.edulibrsf@emory.edu

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In-House Library Services: Fast Facts.

• Hours:• 7 days a week -91 hours at WHSC Library

• Circulation:• 28 days – 2 renewals for books• 1 week – no renewals for AV materials• Older materials, books and journals will be delivered

from Storage Library

• Document Delivery Service:• Pull, copy, fax/mail – works for in-house materials

• ILLiad (InterLibrary Loan Service):• To request materials not held on Emory Campus• Electronic request and electronic delivery

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http://www.healthlibrary.emory.edu/

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ILLiad: InterLibrary Loan internet accessible Database.• Process for borrowing materials not available at any Emory

Library.

• Advantage: Materials will be delivered to your desktop.

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Value Added Services: in-house and beyond.

• Media Services on the lower level• Computer Lab – Windows, Macintosh, laptops

• Multi-media development assistance

• Print and Electronic Reserves

• Emory Unplugged• Wireless network throughout WHSC Lib & at Grady Br.

• Faculty Carrels for extended use – 3 private rooms

• Group Study Rooms for students

• Medical Spanish Lab at Grady Branch

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24/7 Remote Access to Resources:

EUCLID, e-Journals, Databases, e- Books

• Use net ID and password when off campus• Ask a Librarian at

medref@listserv.cc.emory.edu• EUCLID, Emory Libraries Catalog

• www.library.emory.edu

• eJournals• ejournals.emory.edu

• Databases• E-Textbooks

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EUCLID: Library Catalog.

•Search or Browse Collections held at Emory University Libraries.•Use MyAccount to Renew books, Request Materials from Storage, Put book

on hold.

Connect to external services:•Databases•eJournals•Reserves Direct•Interlibrary Loan

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eJournals at Emory• “Comprehensive” database of full text journals

• 24668 journals – Last Updated on September 21st, 2006

• Accessible remotely with Emory net ID & password

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Access DatabasesOVID – vendor platform to provide access to a number of proprietary databases, including MEDLINE.

PubMed, 16 million citations from MEDLINE & other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.

BIOSIS Previews, life sciences references from more than 5,500 sources, with topics range from botany to genetic engineering.

CINAHL, cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature .

PsycINFO, professional & academic literature in psychology & related literature.

Web of Science, multidisciplinary citation indexes.

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Databases @ Emory:

http://web.library.emory.edu/databases/

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Knovel,over 450 reference books and databases

Encyclopedia of Bioethics

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

AccessScience Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

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Access eTextbooks

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• All Books Listed Alphabetically

• Search book titles• Access Book Collections

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Adding Value: Book Collections.

•AccessMedicine: Clinical Library & Lange Educational Library

• Harrison’s Online • Fitzpatrick Color Atlas

•Books@OVID: medical, nursing and pharmacy texts• Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests• Baum’s Textbook of Pulmonary Disease

•MDConsult: Books, Clinics, Journals, etc.• Henry: Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory

Methods• Behrman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics

•Methods in Enzymology: starting with vol. 1, 1950

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24/7 Assistance at WHSC Library

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Need Assistance?

•WHSC Library Information Desk

•404-727-8727

•Branch Librarians at Grady Branch •404-616-3531

•Branch Librarian at Emory Hospital •404-727-3090

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Questions?