Anaesthesia Orientation

UWO Library Resources for Anaesthesia

July 14th, 2010Robin FeatherstoneClinical Medicine Librarianrfeathe@uwo.ca

Slides: www.slideshare.net/featherr

Website: www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/anesthesiaandperioperativemedicine/

Library Trivia

Q: How many items are in Western Libraries’ collections?

A: 9 million print itemsTens of thousands of e-journalsHundreds of thousands of e-books

Agenda

• Library services for Anaesthesia• Off-site access to UWO’s collection• Key anaesthesia information sources

Library ServicesUniversity Library Hospital Library

www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/anesthesiaandperioperativemedicine/

Library Services

University Library• Purchasing of collections• Web access to information• Search consultations• Instruction

Hospital Library • On-site assistance• Literature searches• Interlibrary loan• Local print collection

Off-Site Access

Why are they asking me to pay??

Proxy Server

129.100.*.*

How to log on

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

Live Demo

www.schulich.uwo.ca

Accessing Full-Text

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

Full-Text from PubMed

Get it @ Western

Option 1: Link to Full-Text

Option 2: Check the catalogue

Exercise 1

• How would you get a hold of this article?

Tian Q, Gomersall CD, Leung PP, Choi GY, Joynt GM, Tan PE, Wong AS. The adsorption of vancomycin by polyacrylonitrile, polyamide, and polysulfone hemofilters. Artif Organs. 2008 Jan;32(1):81-4. PubMed PMID: 18181809.

Key Anaesthesia Information Resources

What information tools have you used?

Selected Anaesthesiology Info

www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/anesthesiaandperioperativemedicine

Live Demo

www.schulich.uwo.ca

Recap

• University Library for collections • Hospital Libraries for on-site assistance• EZ Proxy for off-site access• Get it @ Western for full-text access to articles• Anaesthesia Program page for selected

information tools

For HelpRobin Featherstonerfeathe@uwo.caExt: 86383

Brad Dishan Brad.dishan@sjhc.on.caExt: 65727

Erin BoyceErin.Boyce@lhsc.on.caExt: 35860

• On-site assistance: Taylor Library

• On-site assistance: Grosvenor Site, SJHC

• On-site assistance: University Hospital, LHSC

• Library research collection

• Local reference collection • Local reference collection

• Searching consultations (Educational)

• Literature searches • Literature searches

• Electronic purchase requests

• Interlibrary Loan • Interlibrary Loan

• Workshops & Instruction