We are getting ready for the big move!
The Kellogg Library will be CLOSED starting Monday, December 21. We will reopen in our new spaces on January 4. Come see us at Chapter House and the CHEB!
Update: ACP withdraws ebooks
Updated December 4, 2015:
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has withdrawn their books from the StatRef ebook platform. Their decision means that effective December 1st, 2015 Dalhousie users will no longer have access to the ebooks: MKSAP for students 5 and Internal medicine essentials for clerkship students. However, MKSAP for students 4 is available in print at both the Kellogg and UNBSJ libraries and a newer edition of both titles is on order at both libraries (rebranded “IM Essentials: Text and IM Essentials: Questions”). Neither book is available electronically to institutions.
These books are kept on reserve at both libraries to ensure availability. Books on Reserve cannot be borrowed through Document Delivery but individual chapters may be available. Requests can be placed through Dalhousie Document Delivery.
Effective immediately ACP Smart Medicine will no longer be published (the content is in the process of being merged with Dynamed Plus). AHFS DI Essentials, which was bundled with ACP Smart Medicine on StatRef, will be available as AHFS Drug Information via MedicinesComplete.
Book Tour Event – “The Shift”
“The Shift” Book Tour Event
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Kellogg Health Sciences Library, Main Floor
Tupper Building
Praise for “The Shift”
“…this meticulous, absorbing shift-in-the-life account of one nurse’s day on a cancer ward stands out for its honesty, clarity, and heart. Brown…juggles the fears, hopes, and realities of a 12-hour shift in a typical urban hospital with remarkable insight and unflagging care. Her memoir is a must-read….”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The Shift is the ultimate fly-on-the-wall experience. Theresa Brown has succeeded in serving up a thoroughly engrossing view of the everyday in an American hospital. I got so caught up in her stories that I was late for my shift at the hospital.”
—Dr. Pauline W. Chen, author of Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality
“Nursing needs more participant/observers like Theresa Brown who can give such eloquent voice to a profession long overshadowed by medicine but no less essential to the care of patients.”
—Suzanne Gordon, author of Beyond the Checklist.
Access issues with Jstor – Update October 15
Update – October 15, 2015: This issue have been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
We are currently experiencing intermittent, site-wide problems with Jstor. Our team is working hard to restore stable access as quickly as possible. We apologize for this interruption and inconvenience.
Thanksgiving Hours at the Dal Libraries
Monday, October 12 is Thanksgiving Day. Because it’s a holiday, some of our libraries will have reduced hours that day.
W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Killam Memorial Library
1 p.m.–9 p.m.
Sir James Dunn Law Library
9 a.m.–10:45 p.m.
MacRae Library
10 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Sexton Design & Technology Library
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where’s the Kellogg in 2016?
Yes, you read that correctly! With a new learning commons opening, upcoming renovations, and the collection on the move, we want to make sure you know where everything will be located during the transition.
There will be a lot happening, so we’ve created a handy chart to keep you in the loop. When will the Kellogg be closing? When will the new Learning Commons space in the Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) be opening? Where will I go to borrow books? The Gantt chart poster is on display inside the main doors to the Kellogg Library for you to peruse whenever you like.
Of course, staff at the Kellogg are always ready and willing to answer any of your questions about the Kellogg moves, and our services. Don’t be shy! We want to make things as simple and straightforward as possible, so let us know what you think. And if you missed our Kellogg on the Move video, here it is again
You can also email questions to Carol Pottie (carol.pottie@dal.ca).
Free Plant Giveaway on Tuesday 15th
Welcome students! There will be a free houseplant giveaway at the Kellogg library on Tuesday September 15th. They will be available for pickup just inside the main doors of the library.
Plants not only make an apartment feel more cozy, they also provide oxygen and improve indoor air quality. See you on Tuesday!
Library Access to BMJ Best Practice Renewed
Following some helpful feedback from students and faculty, Dalhousie Libraries have renewed the subscription to BMJ Best Practice for the remainder of this year and will be renewing for the next subscription year as well.
This fall, Dalhousie Libraries will be trialing an updated version of another evidence based resource, Dynamed Plus.
We will again be looking for your advice on the value of Dynamed Plus to your work and its place in our suite of evidence based resources
ProQuest EBL platform temporarily unavailable on September 15
In preparation for the upcoming ProQuest Ebook Central launch, the ProQuest EBL platform will be unavailable for up to three hours September 15, 2015 to combine ebrary and EBL content into a single new back-end system. This update means that when Ebook Central launches, it will have all the content and access models you’re enjoying with EBL and ebrary today.
The EBL Patron Interface and EBL LibCentral will not be available at these times: 7:00 pm -10:00 pm September 15. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Intern Profiles 2015: Amy Sutherland, W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
Amy Sutherland is originally from Woodstock, NB and attended St. Thomas University in Fredericton, NB, where she studied English with Honours.
Amy came to Dal because she wanted to stay within the Maritimes for grad school. She also really liked the fact that the Dal MLIS program offers courses in children and youth services.
“This summer I have been helping the library prepare for its upcoming move by creating a video (Kellogg on the Move) and weeding our collection. I’ve also been working on the reference and circulation desks, while also covering some Document Delivery shifts,” says Amy. “I’ve edited LibGuides, helped to create a Citations Managers LibGuide, and created two videos about finding health statistics and data. I have also been helping Robin Parker with a systematic review.”
After graduation, Amy hopes to work in a library, either public or academic. “I’d love to stay in the Maritimes, but ultimately I’ll go wherever my work takes me. At the end of the day, I’ll be satisfied if I can help people fulfill their information needs.” says Amy.