March 9, 2004
Health Sciences Library is compiling a searchable repository of images, which is of useful interest to the New York Medical College Community. Citing the URL from anywhere you can refer these images. Since this database is still under beta testing, we very much appreciate your comments and feedback. Also, if you think that you can make a useful contribution to this repository, please feel free to contact one of the staff members at the Library or send an email to us. Click Here to send an email.
"The Medical Sciences Library of New York Medical College is pleased to announce that as of January 2004 our name is changed to:
of New York Medical College.
This name better reflects the mission of our University which is to advance health through medicine, science, public health and education. As one of the nation’s largest private health sciences universities, the University and its Library provide value and support to enrich all of the University’s programs, resources and services.” - Diana Cunningham Associate Dean / Director, Health Sciences Library.
December 3, 2003
As of December 8, 2003, Educational Media Services of the Health Sciences Library will begin checking out educational media equipment using our online catalog. This will require requestors to supply bar codes. Every student, faculty, and employee may easily get barcodes by contacting access services at 594-4200
Databases Currently on trial:
FirstConsult
DynaMed (Trial Over)
A clinical information tool for primary health care providers from Elsevier
About DynaMed: "DynaMed (Dynamic Medical Information System) is a quick and easy-to-use medical reference system designed for use at the point of care. DynaMed contains clinically organized summaries of nearly 1,800 topics and is updated daily from review of the research literature. This means that the reference information is always up-to-date and does not require new editions. DynaMed is a useful resource in clinical, educational and research settings."
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InfoPOEMS (Trial Over)
POEM stands for Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters™. They are synopses of available evidence to answer clinical questions. This product simultaneously searches the POEMS synopses as well as clinical guidelines, clinical rules and calculators, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, patient handouts and more.
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These trials are only available on-campus in Valhalla.Please provide feedback to the Health Sciences Library on trial products. Your opinion is very important to us!!
October 30, 2003
ALL pre -1992 journal titles are now located in compact shelving.
July 18, 2003
Register @ Medinfo to access reviews of approximately 3,500 book and software titles each year from 350 publishers of healthcare publications. Reviews of about 2,500 of the titles each year by healthcare professionals
Updated by AM March 9, 2004