How to Locate Full text Online Books Using Mercers GAIN

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How to Locate Full text On-line Books Using
Mercers GAIN
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• Georgia Interactive Network
• for Medical Information

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Who

• GaIN is a non-profit, electronic health care
  information network centered at the Mercer
  University School of Medicine.
• GaIN offers a wide range of information services
  to individual members and health care
  institutions.

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Who

• GaIN is comprised of more than 70 institutional
  membershospitals, clinics, educational
  institutions, health departments.
• GaIN also serves medical students, residents and
  nurses, as well as medical information
  professionals.

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What

• GaIN provides online access to the full text of
  more than 300 journals and 40 medical textbooks.
  Services include

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GOAL
At the conclusion the student will be able to
locate clinical medicine full text books and
journals on-line using the GAIN system
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Link to GAIN

• From http//swilley.mercer.edu
• Click on Pharmacy, then click on
• the GAIN Quicklink

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Link to GAIN
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Useful Links in GaIN

• MDConsult
• STAT!Ref
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
  (also on Galileo)
• Nursing Allied Health Collection (also
  available as CINAHL from Swilley Library page)

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Two ways to find information in an electronic book

• Look for a particular book through the list of
  books by subject
• Look for a subject in MDConsult and search all of
  the books available there

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• Method number 1
• To look for a book on a specific subject, select
  the Electronic Textbooks link

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The list will look like this, note hot links
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If the book is in MDConsult the hot link would
then look like this
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Tutorials for MDConsult
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• Method 1Search for a specific book by subject
  of the entire book
• Method 2Search for a subject at keyword level
  of all books included in the MDConsult or
  STAT!Ref database

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Search screens in MDConsult and STAT!Ref
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In MDConsult, go to Reference Books
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What

• GaIN services also include
• Literature Alerts a current contents service
  covering more than 20 specialty areas

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What
GaIN Literature Alert subject areas
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What
Literature Alerts offer instant access to
full-text articles when available
and one-click ordering when online content is
not available.
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What

• GaIN services also include
• The GaIN Online Bookstore

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What

• The GaIN Online Bookstore
• Offers the convenience of online ordering
• Features a 5 discount on most medical titles
• Is a service of Majors MedBooks Direct

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Want more?

• GaIN membership also includes
• Easy access to medical librarians for research
  assistance, clinical information needs
• Training in the use of online resources available
  through GaIN

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Want more information?

• Want to know more about GaIN?
• Call 1-800-425-GaIN (4246)
• or 478-301-2515
• Email gain.info_at_gain.mercer.edu
• Or contact your librarian

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Atlanta Campus Students and Faculty are able to
access the GAIN system through the Swilley
Librarys membership in the GAIN as a library
member.
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If you are practicing pharmacy in Georgia you may
be interested in an individual membership in GAIN
after graduation.