Posted: June 28th, 2007
This past weekend, over 200 new e-books were added to the Queen’s University Library collection. Most of these are in the areas of business and computing, but there are many health science related titles as well such as “Brain damage and repair : from molecular research to clinical therapy” (edited by T Herdegen & J Delgado-Garcia), “Foot and ankle arthroscopy” (edited by JF Guhl et al), and “Handbook of bioethics : taking stock of the field from a philosophical perspective” (edited by G Khushf).
You can find any of these titles using the keywords “springer” and “myilibrary” along with keywords or subject terms for the topic you are interested in. Remember, if you ever need any help finding anything in the library or using any information access tool, ask your librarian.
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Posted: June 28th, 2007
“Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN) offers opportunities for medical librarians to collaborate with family physicians on developing “Clinical Inquiries,” evidence-based synopses of clinical literature, which are published in the Journal of Family Practice, in American Family Physician, and on the FPIN Website. The University of North Carolina (UNC) Department of Family Medicine is supporting this collaboration by offering potential faculty appointments for UNC and North Carolina Area Health Education Centers librarians who coauthor “Clinical Inquiries.” Leonora Kaufmann is the first FPIN librarian to receive faculty appointment as a clinical assistant professor.”
Read more about the librarian’s role as co-author of clinical inquiries, librarian co-authorship process (pdf), and FPIN in general.
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Posted: June 28th, 2007
Read this interesting news item about Contact North/Contact Nord, northern Ontario’s distance education and training network, and their exploration of Teleportec Inc.’s new 3D videoconferencing equipment. This technology is not useful just for the novelty of communicating and seeing others in a life-like way, but, as the video of open heart surgery in the demonstration mentioned in the article tried to show, it can be vital in teaching certain subjects effectively.
Please also visit the web sites of Contact North and Teleportec Inc.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2007
The QCAT Library Catalogue system will be unavailable Sunday morning from approximately 8:30 – 11 am, while software patches are installed on the servers. Thanks for your patience during this necessary outage.
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Posted: June 20th, 2007
IEEE Xplore Digital Library will be unavailable from 3:00pm-4:00pm EDT on 21 June due to scheduled maintenance.
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Posted: June 19th, 2007
Access to more than 500 e-books covering scientific disciplines. For more information please see the Vendor’s overview and List of eBook Titles available on Trial. Connect to Elsevier e-books.
This database is on trial until July 23. Please send comments to the Engineering and Science Library
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Posted: June 14th, 2007
Do you have a question about using technology to assist with your teaching in the health sciences? Have you heard about some new e-teaching initiatives in the Faculty of Health Sciences that you want to learn more about? Then the e-teaching collaborative (etc) is your one stop shop for ideas and support!
The etc is a joint venture of Bracken Health Sciences Library, MEdTech, The Office of Health Sciences Education, and Videoconferencing Services whose aim is to provide one-stop access to expertise in electronic learning resources, technological tools and educational methodology. Please visit our new web site to learn more about we can help you enhance your teaching through technology.
http://meds.queensu.ca/eteaching/
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Posted: June 12th, 2007
Briefly written up in the MLA News in May 2007, there is a satellite radio channel for medical professionals available through XM Radio (XM 233) called ReachMD. Among other offerings, the channel includes 15 minute sessions on a variety of topics such as “Treatment Options for Eating Disorder Patients” or “An Integrative Model of Care” created by qualified health care professionals. For more information go to the ReachMD website.
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Posted: June 5th, 2007
To list and illustrate the various ways that Bracken librarians partner with the faculty members in Health Sciences, a poster was presented at the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) 2007 conference from May 29th to June 1st.
Click here to view the poster presented, now archived in the Queen’s University digital repository, QSpace.
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