The LSUHSC Library is pleased to announce that the clinical database MDConsult is once again available to the LSUHSC community. With 40 full-text medical textbooks and reference books, online clinical journals, medical news, patient handouts, and drug information, MDConsult is a valuable tool for many faculty, residents, and students. MDConsult, while designed with medical clinicians in mind, provides additional resources for Allied Health, Dentistry, Graduate School, and Nursing professions as well.

Links to access MDConsult can be found at the Library's homepage link removed and the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Intranet link removed. MDConsult is available to those with an LSUHSC user name and password.

Things to remember when accessing MDConsult through our Library:

¤ For those who have previously accessed MDConsult, you may notice a minor change in the security. When you attempt to access the LSUHSC New Orleans Intranet, you may be prompted to enter your LSUHSC user name and password. Then, as you login to MDConsult, you will be asked to enter your LSUHSC user name and password again.

¤ New users of MDConsult: You will be required to register as a new user, answer several questions and "accept" an agreement to use MDConsult. You will only be required to do this upon the first time attempt to access MDConsult.

¤ All users of MDConsult: Please remember after using the MDConsult application, you MUST logoff by choosing the "logoff" option on the MDConsult webpage. We have only 6 concurrent licenses for everyone to share, so if you do not use the logoff option, then no one else will be able to use your license until after the 15 minute expiration disconnects your session.

¤ If you experience any trouble logging into MDConsult, please wait a few minutes and try again. If you continue to experience trouble, have your local computer supporter check your LSUHSC NT ID/Password. If you experience trouble after hours or during the weekend, you can contact the LSUHSC New Orleans Help Desk at (504) 568-HELP.

¤ For information on searching while in MDConsult, you may contact the LSUHSC Reference Librarians at (504) 568-6102 or (504) 568-8339, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. You may also email reference@lsuhsc.edu link removed during those hours. The Dental Library's Reference Librarians can be reached at (504) 619-8507. Remember that user id and password questions should always be directed to an individual's departmental computer support personnel.

MDConsult is supported jointly by the following: the LSUHSC New Orleans Library, the LSUHSC New Orleans School of Medicine, the LSUHSC New Orleans School of Allied Health, the LSUHSC New Orleans School of Nursing, the Southwest Louisiana AHEC, and the Southeast Louisiana AHEC. The LSUHSC New Orleans Library is overseeing and coordinating this effort for the New Orleans LSU Health Sciences Center community.

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