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Focus On Your Users: Using Pubmed Filters To Support Your Users And Promote Evidence-Based Medicine, Laura E. Abate Oct 2010

Focus On Your Users: Using Pubmed Filters To Support Your Users And Promote Evidence-Based Medicine, Laura E. Abate

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation identifies the most common user research problems when using PubMed. By creating customized search filters in PubMed, librarians will be able to provide the user with the maximum amount of relevant results.


Are We Ready? Building Librarian Skills To Ensure Success In Pcl, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton, Laura E. Abate Oct 2010

Are We Ready? Building Librarian Skills To Ensure Success In Pcl, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton, Laura E. Abate

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Due to the growth of incoming class sizes, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library decided to integrate technical services librarians into the PCL (Problem-Centered Learning) program. The librarians requested support to help them answer students' research questions and provide informatics instructions. This poster presentation identifies the problem areas for those librarians and provides several solutions for skill-building in the area of medical informatics.


Creating And Using An Access Database To Enhance Subject Analysis And Obtain Faculty Input About The Journals Collection, Laura E. Abate, Yvonne Lee, Kathe Obrig, George P. Paul, Lionel Williams, Semhar Yohannes Oct 2009

Creating And Using An Access Database To Enhance Subject Analysis And Obtain Faculty Input About The Journals Collection, Laura E. Abate, Yvonne Lee, Kathe Obrig, George P. Paul, Lionel Williams, Semhar Yohannes

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Using Microsoft Access, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library developed a database for all of its title-level journal holdings to assess and enhance its journal collection.


Bridging The Electronic Journal Gaps: Just How Far Back Can The Collection Go?, Elizabeth A. Appleton, Kathe Obrig May 2008

Bridging The Electronic Journal Gaps: Just How Far Back Can The Collection Go?, Elizabeth A. Appleton, Kathe Obrig

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation describes the process of assessing the costs and availability of an electronic backfile collection that would replace the bound print journal collection in the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.


Changing Space Needs: A First Floor Renovation And Assessing Its Impact On Designing The Electronic Library Of The 21st Century, Anne Linton, Kathe Obrig, Patricia Wilson May 2006

Changing Space Needs: A First Floor Renovation And Assessing Its Impact On Designing The Electronic Library Of The 21st Century, Anne Linton, Kathe Obrig, Patricia Wilson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

An increase in electronic resources, modification in both usersʼ and staffʼs working space, and an internal initiative to create a single Service Desk, all resulted in the redesign of the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library's first floor. This poster demonstrates how completion of that project has affected usersʼ perception of the library.


Pda Power At The Bedside, Patricia Wilson, Richard Billingsley, Leah Pellegrino May 2004

Pda Power At The Bedside, Patricia Wilson, Richard Billingsley, Leah Pellegrino

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library developed a pilot project to evaluate PDA use in medical education. A grant was secured to fund the purchase of medical reference software. The objective of the pilot project was to analyze usage of PDA software by medical students, residents, and physician assistant students in a clinical setting.