1. TTUHSC Preston Smith Library
MSI Orientation
July 31, 2014
Margaret Vugrin, MSLS, AHIP

2. Reference Librarians
2nd floor of library, across from circulation and reading room area
8am–5pm
Monday–Friday
Jennifer Teichelman
Peggy Edwards
Micah Walesban
Margaret Vugrin

3. How can we help?
We are Expert biomedical/scholarly literature searchers
We help you Find full-text Articles
Gold Rush (online journal catalog)
Come see us for resource instruction
Print
Electronic
Audio/visual
Smart phone & tablet applications – Mobile apps
If we don’t know the answer, we will find someone who does

4. Contact Us

6. In a hurry?
SMS to Ask a Librarian

7. Where?
3601 4th just West of the main TTUHSC buildings and in front of E1 Parking Lot

8. Use your library card to use a computer, scanner, or printer in the
Learning Resource Center (LRC).
Use your eRaider user name and password to log into our computers.

9. 29 group study rooms located on the 2nd and 3rd floor.
Wireless available throughout the building, or check out an ethernet cord at the circulation desk to use at one of the many study carrels on the 3rd floor.
Rooms are NOT reserved.
First come, first served.
White board markers located
at the circulation desk.

10. Food and drink are permitted,
except in the LRC.
Microwave and vending
available on 3rd Floor.

11. Useful Resources

12. Anatomy T.V.

15. Netter Presenter

17. eBooks

21. ABC
look-up
Collections of eBooks
(i.e. AccessMedicine)
Unlimited Access

22. PubMed
Cochrane (via Ovid)
Micromedex
Tons of EBM tools

23. PubMed.gov
Link to PubMed
thru the library!!!

24. WHY?

26. Full-text electronic options are only available with
“eRaider username and password”
You will get a pop-up asking for your information when needed!

29. Library Catalog Search, renew, hold items online
Log in with your eRaider to manage your account
Or call
Print materials are located in Lubbock, Amarillo, Odessa and in El Paso
If you need an item from another campus, fill out ILL request form
We’ll you when it’s in Lubbock for pick-up

30. Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
If we don’t have it, you can order it
Books in our system – FREE
Articles in our system -- $0.25/page (max. $4)
Books & articles outside TTUHSC -- $4/item
Payment is in cash, check or credit card
Fill out the online form (on Library homepage)
Questions? Call

32. Journal Catalog – Gold Rush
Use Gold Rush to look up a
specific journal citation
Don’t use as a starting place for researching a topic
(use PubMed or other
lit. database)
Enter JOURNAL title in search box!

33. Print copies in the stacks
Watch out for years!
Online access

34. Apps for your
smart phone and tablet

35. Micromedex & DynaMed Micromedex DynaMed Comprehensive, evidence-based
drug information
Dosing, interactions, toxicology
Drug ID
CareNotes
DynaMed
Current, evidence-based clinical information at the point-of-care
Conditions/Diseases broken down by stage of care
H/P, Diagnosis, Labs, Treatment, Prognosis, etc.
Encyclopedic, fast, great for clinic

36. Trouble getting apps on your device?
Drop by and see us
or call
and ask for a reference librarian

37. MedlinePlus.gov Aggregator of reliable resources for consumers
(Ex: American Heart Association,
Mayo Clinic)
Medical Dictionary with audio pronunciation feature
Surgical procedure videos
Patient hand-outs in many languages
Entire site in Spanish with 1-click

38. Questions?

39. Thank you! Please fill out the paper evaluation
and pass to center aisle.
We appreciate your feedback.