A newsletter for patrons of the Galter Health Sciences Library |
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Winter 2006 Inside this issue: New Clinical Decision-Making Tools: UpToDate and More Galter Sets Interlibrary Loan Free New Position at Galter: Instructional Design Librarian New Electronic Resources for 2006 Recent Faculty Books Acquired by Library Tech Tip: Saving Files on the Library's Public Computers Google Scholar: Stand on the Shoulders of Giants Most Popular Dollie's Corner Books of 2005 |
UpToDate Debuts at GalterMark Berendsen, MLIS, Education Librarian, m-berendsen@northwestern.edu
>> Full article Galter Sets Interlibrary Loan FreeKurt Munson, MSLIS, Head, User Services, kmunson@northwestern.eduAs of January 1, 2006, the Galter Health Sciences Library is no longer charging faculty, staff or students for interlibrary loan (ILL) requests. These users need not conserve their 20 free requests per year. Library staff decided to make this change based upon feedback in the LibQUAL+ survey conducted last year when users indicated they were unhappy with the charges. Ten Years on: the Library Since the RenovationJames Shedlock, AMLS, Director, j-shedlock@northwestern.edu
March 18, 2006 marks the ten years since completion of the Galter Library’s $10 million renovation and expansion project. The renovation took two years of planning and a further two years of construction. For those of who us who lived through the experience, it still seems like yesterday. As the library continues to evolve, some of the original planning decisions have made it easy to keep pace with necessary changes. What are some of the changes library staff and users have faced during the past ten years? Probably the biggest change is the realization that more and more of the library’s collections are now in digital format. Journal and book stacks continue to be weeded to make way for some growth in print books, but the vast majority of the collection is totally electronic and continues to expand. In 1996 the library had 2,100 journal subscriptions. Today, we claim over 3,000 titles, and our online journal list has climbed to over 4,500 items. New Position at Galter: Instructional Design LibrarianJim Brucker, MSLIS, Instructional Design Librarian, jimb@northwestern.edu
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Library CalendarFebruary 14, March 2 & 14Creating Posters with PowerPointLearn how to use PowerPoint to create professional-looking conference posters. February 9 & 22, March 9 & 21EndNoteDo you need to organize your references and create quick and easy bibliographies? Join us for one of our EndNote training sessions. No experience is necessary. February 15Basic Ovid MEDLINEAn introduction to basic searching of MEDLINE, using the Ovid search interface, including how to access full-text articles. February 28Copyright: Your Rights and ResponsibilitiesLearn about how copyright law affects the medical school community. March 16Web of Science and Journal Citation ReportsFind out how often your work has been cited and which journals have the highest impact factors. See our Classes page to register or to view our complete schedule. We also offer all our classes on a by request basis. |
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The Galter Library is pleased to provide access to UpToDate, the popular evidence-based clinical information resource. Many of you are probably already familiar with UpToDate from using it at NMH and other institutions. UpToDate contains topic reviews covering internal medicine, endocrinology, family medicine, oncology, and several other specialties. The spare, almost Google-like search interface allows for simple searching of single concepts and the ability to modify your search by adding secondary search terms such as diagnosis and prevention.
In September of 2005 the Galter Health Sciences Library created a new position within the Education Department: Instructional Design Librarian. The term “instructional design” is simply a single title applied to a number of existing approaches to integrating technology and pedagogy. The Instructional Design Librarian is primarily a consultation position, which includes a significant degree of project implementation, including some programming. Read on to learn more about Jim Brucker, our Instructional Design Librarian, and what he can do for you.