UpToDate available again

Beginning December 1st, UpToDate is available again. You can access UpToDate under the Quick Links or under Point-of-Care resources on the library website or on the NMCSD Sharepoint.

R2 library ebook collection update

The library is in the process of updating our R2 ebook collection http://www.r2library.com/ Select Medicine Library, Nursing Library or Allied Health Library and then click on Discipline List.
Please take a look and submit any ebook titles to be purchased to library@med.navy.mil for consideration.

Thank you for your cooperation and time.

Your Library

UpToDate replaced by FirstConsult

Telelibrary Navy Medicine has awarded the contract for its point of care resource to FirstConsult, replacing the UpToDate subscription.

You can access FirstConsult under the Quick Links or under Point-of-Care resources on the library website.

Journal of Graduate Medical Education available

The library added a new journal to its collection. The new Journal of Graduate Medical Education is available on the Library Website under Journals or you can locate it on the Journal list.

New pilot program Text a Librarian

Away from your computer and not
able to send e-mail to the NMCSD
Library? Try sending us a text/SMS
from your cell phone instead.
It’s a great service for getting answers
to your clinical questions at point-of-care
locations or asking a simple Do you have...? questions.

Dial 66746 and start your message
with the keyword nmcsd.
Example:
nmcsd beneprotein use in preterm infants
(Replies to our responses do not need to start with nmcsd)

Text a Librarian is free, private and secure. Your phone number is
never visible to us at any time.
(Your service provider’s standard text messaging fees apply)

BMJ Case Reports database available

BMJ Case Reports Database

BMJ Case Reports delivers a focused, peer-reviewed, valuable collection of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. This is the largest single collection of case reports online with more than 1500 articles from over 55 countries. The library subscription covers all NMCSD staff members who are automatically considered fellows who can access all published material and submit as many cases as they like free of charge. To be able to submit your case reports contact the library for a submission code at library@med.navy.mil.

DynaMed trial

The NMCSD staff have the opportunity to test until the end of April a point of care product by Ebsco called DynaMed. For more information about DynaMed please see bellow or contact the library at library@med.navy.mil.

DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the ‘point-of-care’. With clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,000 topics, DynaMed is the evidence-based reference shown to answer most clinical questions during practice. Based on the results of a study published in Annals of Family Medicine (November/December 2005), not only did primary care clinicians answer more clinical questions with access to DynaMed than without DynaMed, but these clinicians also found more answers in DynaMed that changed clinical decisions.

DynaMed is updated daily and monitors the content of over 500 medical journals and systematic evidence review databases directly and indirectly by using many journal review services. Each publication is reviewed cover-to-cover, and each article is evaluated for clinical relevance and scientific validity. The new evidence is then integrated with existing content, and overall conclusions are changed as appropriate representing a synthesis of the best available evidence. Through this process of systematic literature surveillance, the best available evidence determines the content of DynaMed.

Micromedex replaced by Lexi-Comp

As of April 1, 2010 BUMED has replaced Micromedex drug database with a similar drug database called Lexi-Comp. You can access it on the library Website while in the hospital. For remote access please contact the library for login and password.

Than you,

Your Library

Library Closed for Washington's Birthday (Feb. 15)

Please note that the NMCSD Library will be closed all day on Monday, February 15, 2010 in observance of the federal holiday of Washington's Birthday (also popularly, yet erroneously, known as "President's Day" - see The National Archives website for more details).

The library will resume regular hours on Tuesday, February 16.

New Ebooks list

The library implemented a new sofware for our ebooks management. You can now search as well as browse alphabetically our extensive ebooks collection via an Ebooks Portal. Subject browsing is also coming soon!
To access please go to our library website

Library website temporarily down

Due to hardware failure, library website and Voyager catalog are currently down.
You can still use library's Sharepoint site to access most of library resources.
Technicians are working on the problem but we have no time estimate at this time when it's going to be restored.
Thank you for your understanding,

Your Library