Posted: January 27th, 2012
OvidMD is a new single search interface that will locate content in the following resources:
- Ovid e-books purchased by Queen’s (over 680)
- Ovid Medline® (full-text links provided for journals purchased by Queen’s)
- ACP Journal Club
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Evidence-Based and National Guidelines (U.S)
- Facts & Comparisons A to Z Drug Facts
- Images extracted from Ovid e-books and e-journals (based on captions)
- RelayHealth Patient Handouts
- UpToDate®
N.B. Included in OvidMD are brief, first page excerpts from UpToDate entries. Anyone with a personal subscription can login to their account to see the complete entry. Bracken Library does not subscribe to UpToDate.
Although some of the resources are most useful to medical students and clinicians, it should be noted that
all health and life sciences students, staff and faculty will find useful content via this search interface. New users are encouraged to use the help links or contact the Bracken Library Reference Desk for assistance (533-3176 or
bracken.library@queensu.ca)
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Posted: January 26th, 2012
Bracken Library is trialing Anatomy and Physiology Online until February 17. Designed for students enrolled in introductory anatomy and physiology courses, this online educational resource contains 19 comprehensive modules on the human body. Features include:
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* clear 3D images, sounds and interactive models
* dissection slides you can label
*clinical case studies
*pronunciation guides
*quizzes and much more.
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For access, open Ovid MEDLINE, hover over the “Primal Pictures” tab and select “Anatomy & Physiology Online”
Contact bracken.library@queensu.ca with your feedback about this resource!
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Posted: January 9th, 2012
Bracken Library will be offering two “Introduction to RefWorks” workshops this semester:
- Tuesday, January 31, 4:00pm – 5:15pm
- Wednesday, February 29, 4:00pm – 5:15pm
The workshops are aimed at graduate students, but faculty and undergraduate students are also welcome to attend. For more information and registration visit: http://library.queensu.ca/health/grads/workshops
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Posted: January 3rd, 2012
The 10th annual Cochrane Canada Symposium will be held in Winnipeg May 9-10.
The abstract submission deadline is January 12 2012.
Browse or search the Cochrane Library. At Queen’s, the Cochrane databases are also searchable on the OvidSP platform.
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Posted: November 14th, 2011
photo credit Stephen Greenberg
Medical students from Queen’s Meds 2015, 2014 and 2013 visited the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland on Nov. 5th. NLM is the largest medical library in the world–home of Medline, Pubmed and inventor of MESH headings. This visit was part of the 13th annual HIstory of Medicine Field Trip–for the first time to Washington DC (see previous History of Medicine field trips). In the photo, the 55 medical students and Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, Hannah Chair, History of Medicine, had just spent two hours visiting the Historical Collections with Stephen Greenberg. Dr. Greenberg is Coordinator of Public Services, History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.
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Posted: October 24th, 2011
Queen’s University is participating in International Open Access Week (Oct. 24-30). The aim of this event is to engage the research community in discussion about the issues and trends related to open access and promote awareness and understanding of open access – access to material publicly available online. More info
An open access exhibit will be displayed at Bracken on October 31 and November 1.
You can also register to attend several free webinars on open access that have been posted on the Queen’s Library website.
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Posted: September 30th, 2011
Bracken Library will present several workshops on RefWorks 2.0 in October. The workshops are intended for graduate students and faculty, but anyone is welcome to attend.
- Introduction to RefWorks - October 18, 4:00 – 5:00
- RefWorks 2.0 Update – October 25, 4:00 – 4:30
- Introduction to RefWorks (Repeat) – October 26, 4:00-5:00
For more information or to register for a workshop, click here.
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Posted: June 29th, 2011
Gillian Griffith, Clinical Outreach Librarian, is the 2011 recipient of the Canadian Health Libraries Association’s Flower Award for Innovation. Gillian was honoured for her introduction of distance learning services for clinical staff in Bracken’s outreach partner institutions via WebEx web conferencing.
Congratulations Gillian!
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Posted: May 11th, 2011
The Canadian Health Research Collection is a centralized e-repository of Canadian ‘grey literature’—in English and French—in the field of health and medical research. CHRC includes over 6000 monographs from Canadian universities, research institutes, and government agencies—many of which can be difficult to locate independently.
Search or browse CHRC or search a monograph title in QCAT.
We welcome your feedback!
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Posted: April 11th, 2011
Looking for health sciences images for teaching or for presentations?
SpringerImages contains over 50,000 high-quality medical images. You can search for images or browse images by speciality. Complete caption and citation information is provided.
For more information about SpringerImages, ask a librarian at the Bracken Library reference desk!
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