Online Catalog down for maintenance this morning

The online catalog, INNOPAC, will be down this morning for maintenance from approximately 10 a.m. until noon. Please contact the Circulation Desk (504-568-6100) for assistance during this time.

More upgrades

INNOPAC, the Libraries’ online catalog, will be down again on Wednesday, July 25th for a couple of hours for additional upgrades. The system will go down around 10 a.m. and should be back up around lunchtime.

Student Worker Needed

The library is looking for a part-time student worker for evenings and weekends. Pick up an application at the Circulation desk.

ILLiad down again this evening.

The 2nd part of the power supply upgrades will occur this evening. The ILLiad server will be offline overnight. ILLiad will be brought down about 10 p.m. this evening (Monday, July 16th) and will be restored sometime before 8 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, July 17th).

AccessMedicine PDA News

Access Medicine is simplifying the process of getting their book content onto your PDA starting July 17.

Instead of using the MobiPocket reader to download and view individual content chunks through ?óÔé¼?ôMy AccessMedicine,?óÔé¼?Ø (as it was in the past) users can now download full-text PDA-readable files from content pages using any commonly available PDA reader. Just find the content you want, click “PDA Download,” and sync the file to your PDA.

Please note: any PDA files you’ve saved to “My AccessMedicine” will be deleted from your subscription during the day on July 16 (today!)

Questions, problems? Contact AccessMedicine’s Customer Service at digitalmktg@mhprofessional.com

INNOPAC upgrades

INNOPAC, the libraries’ online catalog, will be down for upgrades from approximately 10 a.m. to 12 noon today.

Student Worker Needed

The library will be hiring a new student worker for evenings and weekends. Applications are available at the Circulation desk in the library. Applicants must be full time students in good academic standing. The position averages 20-25 hours per month.

Updates Available for InfoPOEMS/InfoRetriever on PDA

What’s New?
Clinicians using InfoRetriever on a handheld device will find our new and improved interface easier to use and more intuitive than ever before.

Some of these exciting enhancements include:

-Updated navigation to help you move around the product with ease
-Increase or decrease the font display based on your personal preference with the click of a button
-Less scrolling makes it easier to navigate InfoRetriever on your handheld device
-Refine your search results to pinpoint information even further
?óÔé¼?ªand much more!

Your current installation of InfoRetriever Updater will continue to keep InfoRetriever’s content up to date, but to receive the latest program enhancements, you’ll need to download the latest version. Don’t miss out, download the new release today! (Off campus requires login with WAM)

INNOPAC down for maintenance on Monday

INNOPAC will be down for 2 hours on Monday for system upgrades. The exact times will be announced that morning, but it should be from mid-morning through lunchtime.

ILLiad down for maintenance tonight

Power upgrades will be conducted this evening, so the ILLiad server will be offline overnight. ILLiad will be brought down about 10 p.m. this evening (Thursday, July 12th) and will be restored sometime before 8 a.m. tomorrow (Friday, July 13th).

Resource Guide Updated

The Core Materials for Medicine Resource Guide has been updated. This guide includes e-books and other e-resources.

Batty for Anatomy

Is a cadaver your best friend this semester? Then you must be one of the many students taking Anatomy. There’s good news for you lab rats though — the library has several online atlases of anatomy available that you can use in the lab, through your laptop!

Color atlas and textbook of human anatomy. Vol.3 – Nervous System and Sensory Organs
by W. Kahle, M. Frotscher

Pocket atlas of human anatomy by H. Feneis & W. Dauber

Want more? Thieme ElectronicBook Library has oodles of atlases available.

THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED Wednesday July 4th

We will re-open at 8AM Thursday July 5th.

However, you can access much of our information & resources online, all you need is a library barcode & a PIN you create the first time you access resources off-campus. Here’s a handy brochure on how to do it!

10 ways to test facts

Are you a pirate in the sea of information?

Check out this article on Brittanica Blog by Gregory McNamee on strategies to avoid the riptides when assessing information you find-online or otherwise.

MDConsult News

DID YOU NOTICE
MDConsult got a makeover last month: check it out!

MORE MDC NEWS
MD Consult was recently named one of “24 Tools No Doctor Should Be Without” by MD Net Guide. According to the Web site, “We consulted several MDNG editorial board members to determine which tools and resources they rely on and compiled this list of the top tools every physician should at least be familiar with, if not use in his or her everyday practice.” The full list is at available here (free registration required). Wow! MicroMedex, PubMed, Cochrane & Ovid also made the list!

BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
Rakel: Conn’s Current Therapy 2007 has been added to MD Consult Core Collection. It replaces Rakel: Conn’s Current Therapy 2006.
Yeo: Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 6th ed., has been added to the MD Consult Choice Collection-Surgery. It replaces Zuidema: Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 5th ed.
Burg: Current Pediatric Therapy, 18th ed., has been added to the MD Consult Choice Collection-Pediatrics, replacing the 17th edition.

LOOKING FOR MORE?
The library has oodles of e-books ready for you! MD Consult is only one of several places you can get online books. Check out these resources:
AccessMedicine
AccessSurgery
AccessEmergency Medicine
PsychiatryOnline
Stat!Ref
Thieme ElectronicBook Library