Library Services

The library offers a wide variety of services to authorized users .   Some of the websites and collections may be used by the public.  All service requests are kept confidential and any personal contact information will be purged from our system after record keeping.  

 

Obtaining information  Information Requests and Research  Borrowing Materials  Collections FAQ   Orientation, Consultation or Instruction

Equipment Computers Photocopy Service

Updating Knowledge Continuing Education or Recertification ACOG list Audiodigests CE Websites and Databases Updating Services Journal Table of Contents (email) RRS feed services Literature Search Updates UpToDate Database  (description and access)  Summaries or Digests Podcasts

Authorized users

 Our authorized uses include all Overlake Hospital and Clinic staff and registered hospitalists.

Information Requests and Research 

You can have us find you a book or journal article  by emailing us or by visiting the library in person. We will also research topics for you and provide professional advice and instruction on how to conduct  research more efficiently, as well as providing answers to reference questions such as facts, statistics, etc.  

Borrowing Materials

a.  Circulation Service

Books and audiovisual materials  may be checked out by authorized users for two weeks.  Reference books and journals DO NOT CIRCULATE.  Borrowed materials may be renewed, unless another patron has requested the item.  Notices will be sent for overdue items, followed by a bill for the cost of replacement if the item is not returned.  Books can be sent in the inter-department mail or by courier. Just submit a request 

b.  Interlibrary Loan Service (ILL)

If a book or journal article you need is not in our collection, we can often get it for you from another  library.  Just submit a request. Interlibrary loan services are restricted to authorized users. Ordered items are normally  received within 1-7 working days. Materials that we cannot borrow through ILL include test materials, thesis, newspaper articles, entire issues or volumes of periodicals, dissertations, audiovisual materials, computer programs and videos.  Copyright laws often determine  how many copies of a journal article can be made, how many articles within a certain issue can be borrowed, and sometimes restricts loans of certain materials. 

c. Loansome Doc Service

You can search the PubMed database, then electronically request articles from Overlake Hospital Medical Center's Medical Library via the NLM's Loansome Doc inter-library loan program directly! This request is sent immediately to the Overlake Hospital Medical Library for processing.  

Here are the steps for requesting a document:

1. You must first complete a Loansome Doc Registration Form.  You will be given a UserID and password.  Please remember these. Registration and use of the service is free. 
   
2. Search PubMed and select the article(s) you need. Click on the 'Order' button. Enter your UserID and Password. Follow any onscreen instructions and your order will then be sent to the library for processing.
   
3. When you fill in information about your order you can include special instructions or information such as how you want to receive your request: by mail, fax, library pick up, or email (if available). 
   
4. You will receive the order directly  from the library that fills it if the Overlake Hospital Medical Center Medical Library does not own the title. This speeds up your receipt of the article since it does not come to our library first.

 

Continuing Education  

The Medical library supports all continuing education efforts of authorized users, providing those efforts serve the mission and goal of the Overlake Hospital.  

 ACOG  or ABOG (American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology) Service     (see also ACOG Reading  list)

The library will provide you with articles required for the ACOG continuing education modules. Readings can be downloaded from our library website.  Please Email Us if you want to be added to this service.  Service subscribers will be notified each time new readings are posted and we will also send you paper instructions on how to access this website. Those that cannot be distributed electronically will be sent to you via courier.   

a.  Accessing the ACOG Reading  list:  (see also information about ACOG)
1.  If you are at the Overlake Hospital :  Go to the downloadable readings on the ACOG list  View the Table of Contents of the latest reading list. There are a few readings which cannot be downloaded.  They can be ordered from the library.

2.  If you not at Overlake Hospital then follow the instructions for remote access. On the front page left frame choose ACOG readings.

b.  Organization of  the ACOG list

The ACOG reading list appears in numeric order according to the Table of Contents.  I have used a naming convention with the article title, journal and author to help you find it.  You can use your browser "Find" function to help you locate a specific article you need.  We keep these lists nine months only. Simply click on the link to open the pdf.  You then can either read it online or download it.   Just contact us if you have difficulties. 

Updating Services   -- Most of the updating services require you to register or perform a one time set up.

Journal Table of Content (emailed) | RRS Feed services |   Literature Search Updates |  UpToDate Database   | Summaries or Digests  | Podcasts

Journal Table of Content Services (Emailed) -- OVID  |  ProQuest  | PubMed

a) OVID 

OVID provides table of content alerts for your selected journals from a database of over 5000 journals. To setup your alert simply log into "My Workspace". (You need to set up an account if you don't have one).  When logged in, choose "My e-Tocs" to add or delete journal titles from the main screen by typing the journal title into the box, or selecting it from the lower box.  You will be sent an email alerting you  that a new issue has been added to OVID.  

b) Proquest

Search ProQuest  Click on the "Publications" tab. Browse for journal title and select. Click "set up alert"  from publication page. No registration is required; you just need to provide an email address

c) PubMed

PubMed 's updating service, My NCBI is described in the following PubMed tutorial.

RRS Feed  services

• What is an RRS feed service?
• Feed readers
• Journal Table of Contents Feeds
• Popular Medical and Health News feeds
• Journal Publisher feeds

 

a) What is an RSS feed?

RSS  (Really Simple Syndication) feeds provide a title, an abstract or a snapshot of selected content of sources.  The RSS or XML icon is evident on a site which allows a feed. The icon can sometimes look like but sometimes it looks like

.  To read a feed you must first subscribe to it using an Feed reader or a feed service on the Web.  You will be notified when new content is published on these feeds without cluttering your inbox with email messages.

b) Feed readers

 A good site that lists feed readers is the RSS Compendium - RSS Readers website  or RSSfeeds.com.  We recommend one of the following

1. Google Reader Log into your Google account (if you have one) or click "Create An Account." Click on the "Add subscription"  located on the upper left frame.  Type the RSS feed url or search item into the box and click add.  Google provides several tutorial type pages on RRS which include http://www.wikihow.com/Add-RSS-Feeds-to-Your-Google-Personalized-Homepage.

2.  NewsGator Online: http://www.newsgator.com/Home.aspx

3. Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com/

c) Journal Table of Contents Feeds

• Journal Table of Contents Service (ticTOCs)
• OVID Table of Content Service 
• Proquest Table of Content Service

Journal Table of Contents Service -- Journal Table of Contents Service is a free commercially based service which requires registration.  It allows you to search through the table of contents of over 13,000 journals, select and save journal titles to view future TOCs; and then export these to your Feed reader

OVID Table of Content Service -- Read the OVID tutorial on how to subscribe to a feed.

Proquest Table of Content Service -- Click on the "Publications" tab. Browse for journal title and select. Click on RRS.

e) Popular Medical and Health News Feeds

 Health News: CBSnews.com  |  Medscape  | Reuters Health News| StatREF

f) Popular Journal Publisher's Feeds

  JAMA RSS Feed  |   New England Journal of Medicine RSS Feed 

 

Literature Search Updates

To help you keep up to date with new developments in your field, the Medical Library can provide you with an updated bibliography each month, on the topic(s) of your choice. Email the library for an appointment to discuss search strategy.  If you want to do this yourself, here are a few resources to try:

AMEDEO service  |   OVID  |  ProQuest   |  Pubmed (My NCBI) 

Amedeo Service  

AMEDEO.com  provides a free weekly email of discipline-specific citation lists, as well as a personal web page with abstracts and a 12-24 month literature overview. To get the most from AMEDEO, register, select a medical area and favorite medical journals and submit the request form to receive the weekly emails. 

OVID  

You can create AutoAlerts in OVID to periodically receive the results of saved searches. To create an AutoAlert, undertake a search on any topic. When the search results appear, click on Save Search History and activate the radio button for AutoAlert (SDI) Service. The first time you create an alert you will need to register your details with OvidSP. To do this click on Create a new Personal account and enter your details in the boxes provided. Create your alert by selecting AutoAlert from the drop down menu, choose a name for your search, enter your email address and then select the format and schedule of your alert. Finally click on the Save search button to create your alert. If you wish to get immediate search results from your new alert before the first automatic update, you can manually run it from the Saved Searches page. When running it manually, select a date range override, rather than the Latest Update option, to ensure best results.

Proquest  

Perform your search.  Click the Set up Alert button.  No registration is required; you just need to provide an email address.  You will be presented with various options which include how often you wish to have this search run.  

PubMed (My NCBI)   

PubMed provides online "storage space" for personalized searches through "My NCBI".  These search statements are run periodically. You need to first register for the service.  Read more about NCBI.

Summaries and Digests

Audio digest series   | Journal Watch  

Podcasts - You often need to use iTunes, Google reader or My Yahoo to subscribe to the podcasts.

Free Medical Podcasts

Instruction, Consultation or Orientation

The Library will provide workshops for groups,  individual consultation for collaboration on projects,  or training upon request. Please  email Us to set up an appointment or ask more about this service.  

Equipment

Computers

Two public access workstations are available in the library with internet access, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Photocopier and Photocopy Service

A photocopy machine is available in the library for copying of library materials. Users are encouraged to do their own photocopying. The library adheres to the Copyright Compliance Law when photocopying.