Title: FSU College of Medicine Beginners Guide
1FSU College of MedicineBeginners Guide
- Navigating the Library Web Site page 2
- PubMed, an Introduction page 8
- Ovid, an Introduction page 15
- MDConsult, an Introduction page 20
- FIRSTConsult, an Introduction page 26
- InfoRetriever, an Introduction page 31
- Library Newsletter Archive page 37
- Library Contact Information page 38
- Library Resource Descriptions page 39 (appendix)
(link to printable PowerPoint file)
2FSU COM Library Webpage(http//med.fsu.edu/librar
y)
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- Left Column COM Library News, Announcements,
Services
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- Center Column COM Library Information
Resources
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- Right Column Related resources from the FSU
Library, Medical Informatics, Course Materials
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- Rollover Box Displays a short description of
the item under the cursor
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- Scroll Box Alphabetic list of online medical
resources
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- Link to EZProxy Off-Campus authentication to
use licensed resources
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3FSU COM Library Webpage (http//med.fsu.edu/librar
y) Authenticating with EZProxy
1. From the Library Home Page click on
Off-Campus Access (EZProxy)
3. Enter your COM Network username and password
2. Click on Login to COM EZProxy
4. The College of Medicine EZProxy URL is
inserted into the web address
4FSU COM Library Webpage (http//med.fsu.edu/librar
y) Information Resources Find it Quickly
From the Library Home Page click on Find it
Quickly Start Here
Scroll down for more detail.
This chart has active links to top resources.
5FSU COM Library Webpage (http//med.fsu.edu/librar
y) Information Resources Resource Formats
E-JOURNALS COM List of biomedical titles and
University-wide List (Serials Solutions).
E-BOOKS COM list of biomedical titles. WebFeat
searches many of them.
MEDICAL WEBSITES AND PDA WEBSITES sets of web
pages with links to sites on various topics.
PRINT University Libraries online catalog of
print resources and many web resources.
6FSU COM Library Webpage (http//med.fsu.edu/librar
y) WebFeat for searching e-books
Enter WebFeat by clicking the link in the center
section of the library home page.
SEARCH ANY OR ALL OF THESE e-BOOK RESOURCES
- AccessMedicine
- ACP Medicine
- Books_at_Ovid
- Dynamed
- eMedicine
- MDConsult Reference Books
- NetLibrary
- STAT!Ref
7FSU COM Library Webpage (http//med.fsu.edu/librar
y) Information Resources Information Needs
General Clinical Needs
Drug Information
Information for Patients
Basic Sciences (Years 1 2)
Medical Specialties (Years 3 4)
Research Needs
8PubMed MEDLINE
Enter PubMed by double-clicking in the scroll-box
on the library home page.
Type search terms into box on the main
page. Tutorial. Save searches in My NCBI
cubby.
9PubMed MEDLINEPreliminary Results
Large number of hits. Click on Details to show
how PubMed translated the search. (You can
modify the search by typing in the text box.)
10PubMed MEDLINERefining Results
Click on Limits to filter the search.
Limits added in this search - Clinical
Trials - Adults over 19 years - Human subjects -
Indexed in the last 2 years.
11PubMed MEDLINERefined Results
Number of hits is still quite large. (1220 from
previous 240,165) Add AND diet therapy to
the search terms. (AND, OR, NOT operators must
be in all capitals.)
12PubMed MEDLINEFinal Results
Number of hits is a manageable 39. (down from
previous 1220 and 240,165)
Details has been updated.
13PubMed MEDLINEGetting the articles
Select Abstract view.
Click on FSU icon to link to full text of the
article.
14PubMed MEDLINEGetting the articles when there is
no FSU icon
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- If there is no FSU icon, there are other options
- Check the FSU COM e-journals page.
- Check the FSU University Library Serials
Solutions Page. - Check the WebLUIS online catalog.
- Request an Inter-Library Loan (ILL).
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15OVID
Enter OVID by double-clicking in the scroll-box
on the library home page.
Ovid times out after 15 minutes of inactivity and
you may see this page if this happens. No
ID/password is needed. Click on the Start
Ovid button to start a new session. You will
have to start your search over.
Select a database.
16OVID MEDLINEBegin a Search
Select from terms that OVID found in thesaurus.
Explode includes subordinate terms, focus
narrows to the main term.
OVID can translate ordinary words to medical
terms (MeSH)
17OVID MEDLINEOvid allows searching for selected
related terms and sub-terms. (optional).
Sub-headings are also listed with numbers of hits.
OVID displays the selected term in a tree of
related terms, giving the number of hits for each
term.
18OVID MEDLINESearch Results
Limits were applied to reduce the number of
results from 19797 to 174.
Link to complete reference and/or full text when
a link to full text is available. When a link to
full text is not available in Ovid, the SFX link
may help you locate it.)
19OVID MEDLINEComplete Reference
The complete reference gives more information
about the article (which can also be searched to
find more related articles).
20MDConsult
Enter MDConsult by double-clicking in the
scroll-box on the library home page.
Entering MDConsult - Two approaches Generic no
user name or password is needed. Personal
create your own username and password. You can
customize MDConsult for your personal
interests. Also your personalized username and
password allows access when the Generic button
is not available.
21MDConsultMain Page
Navigation tabs Guided tour / tutorial
22MDConsultBooks
- 100 Medical books are in MDConsult.
- Included in the COM Library eBooks list.
- All may be searched at once in MDConsult.
- May also be searched using WebFeat.
23MDConsultJournals
140 medical journal titles are in
MDConsult. Included in the COM eJournals
list. Find the contents of a journal issue by
using the search engine. Journal title
Thesaurus off Publication date
24MDConsultDrugs
Mosbys Drug Consult with indexes. Frequen
t updates and news.
25MDConsultPatientHandouts
Patient handouts are available in English and in
Spanish
Search all sections for heart attack.
26FIRSTConsult
Enter FIRSTConsult by double-clicking in the
scroll-box on the library home page.
- Differential Diagnosis Tool
- Medical Topics Articles
- Patient Education Handouts
- Procedure Descriptions
- Links to MDConsult books and journals
- PDA Downloads
27FirstConsultDifferential Diagnosis Medical
Conditions Procedures Patient Education
- Diagnoses are listed by probability depending on
patients age. - Links lead to detailed information.
- Integrated with MDConsult for full-text books and
journals.
28FirstConsultDifferential Diagnosis Medical
Conditions Procedures Patient Education
- Summary tab is shown here.
- Other tabs are
- Background
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Outcomes
- Prevention
- Resources
29FirstConsultDifferential Diagnosis Medical
Conditions Procedures Patient Education
- Procedure tab is shown here.
- Other tabs are
- Summary
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Outcomes
- Resources
- Includes ICD-9 codes (in Summary tab).
30FirstConsultDifferential Diagnosis Medical
Conditions Procedures Patient Education
- In English and Spanish.
- May be customized.
- Topics Covered
- What is the condition?
- Symptoms
- Tests
- Treatment
- What to do
- Recovery time
- Prevention
- Sources for more information
31InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)Evidence-Based
Medicine Database
Enter InfoRetriever by double-clicking in the
scroll-box on the library home page.
- CONTENTS
- POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters)
Full collection of 2,000 collected since 1996. - Cochrane Database abstracts full collection of
1800. - Evidence-based guideline summaries 700.
- Clinical Decisions Rules 200.
- Diagnostic test calculators symptom to disease
to test 1000. - HPE calculators symptom to disease to test
1000. - 5-Minute Clinical Consult complete with 1000
summaries and 500 images. - ICD-9 lookup tool 1,500 most commonly needed
codes. - Daily POEMS (upon request)
- OPTIONS
- Online website accessible with PC or wireless
PDA. - Download application to PC
- Download application to PDA
32InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)Search Results
33InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)Clinical Rules and
Calculators
Examples of Calculators
34InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)Treatment Guidelines
Level of Evidence is given for each guideline.
35InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)More Databases
36InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)ICD-9 Lookup Tool
37FSU COM Library Newsletters e-NewsLetter
archive http//www.med.fsu.edu/library/LibraryHa
ndout_00.html
- Specific tools are featured
- one online
- one for PDA
38Help!Whore you gonna call?
Click here for this page
Also at your RMC Orlando Claudin
Pierre-Louis (407) 835-4103 Pensacola
Chris Clark (850) 494-5939 x125 Sarasota
Mark Couch (941) 316-8120 x311 Tallahassee
Shane Marshall (850) 645-1257
39AppendixLibrary Resource Descriptions
Resource Descriptions is a .pdf file available
from the library home page or by clicking on this
url http//www.med.fsu.edu/library/pdf/ResourceD
escriptions.pdf It contains descriptions of many
of the resources in the scroll box. It also has
links to tutorials and more information for using
the resources.