A heads-up to all library users who may be feeling a tad burdened with book fines: the Dal Libraries will be running our annual Food For Fines drive from January 18 – 27. During that time you can reduce or eliminate those pesky fines by donating items for the food bank. We’ll take $2 off for every non-perishable item donated, to a maximum of $20. More details later!
Get Live Help Now in WorldCat Local
We know you love the Live Help feature on our homepage. Now you can also chat with a librarian live from anywhere in WorldCat Local, our recently acquired search interface. Just look for the “Chat with a librarian” link on the upper right side of the screen on any page as you cruise through your search results. As long as Novanet’s Live Help service is up and running, someone out there will answer your questions. You have but to ask!
Libraries Score Turtle Triumph
The turtle passes...from Tom Boran (l) to Bill Maes
The winner of this year’s United Way Deans’ Challenge and accompanying turtle trophy is (drum roll)–the Dalhousie Libraries!
On December 16 Dean of Dentistry Tom Boran graciously conceded the United Way turtle, which has resided in his office for the past year, to University Librarian Bill Maes at an official “Turtle Transfer” ceremony in the lobby of the Killam Library. The Libraries’ win was calculated based on a complex formula devised by Keith Taylor of the Mathematics and Statistics Department to ensure a level playing field regardless of Faculty size.
Bill Maes came up with the idea of the Dean’s Challenge in 2008 as a fun way to increase participation in the United Way campaign at Dal. When asked “Why a turtle?” Bill replies, “Slow but steady progress towards our goal!”
The Libraries are proud to have the as-yet-unnamed 20 pound amphibian on our premises and will be touring it through each of our four libraries. We would also like to thank Dean Boran and the Faculty of Dentistry for taking such good care of the turtle, especially its dental health. We understand the Libraries are free to bring it in for checkups anytime.
The Dalhousie Libraries have raised the bar–prepare to meet a whole new turtle-powered challenge at next year’s United Way campaign, Dalhousie!
Red Book Online Acquired
Published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases, the Red Book provides vital practice-focused information in topic areas such as immunizations, school health, blood safety, sexually transmitted infections, drug therapy, and antimicrobial prophylaxis; and diseases from anthrax and smallpox to West Nile virus, tuberculosis, influenza, and pneumococcal infections.
As well as the fulltext of the current edition of Red Book, the Red Book Online features include:
- Regularly updated Status of Licensure and Recommendations for New Vaccines Table
- Special vaccine shortage update page
- User-friendly search enhancement with “Key Words in Context” (KWIC)
- Links to essential up-to-date information such as the 2006 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization
- Links from text to errata (updates) incorporated throughout as well as in a complete list
- Visual Library of over 2,000 full-color images
You can connect to the Red Book through Novanet and WorldCat, as well as our databases and e-books pages.
New Titles for Access Medicine
The number of online books in our subscription for Access Medicine has increased from 36 to 60. This collection offers books in clinical medicine as well as the basic and clinical sciences.
Connect to Access Medicine through our databases pages. You’ll also find individual e-books through the Novanet catalogue and WorldCat.
BMJ Point of Care Acquired
The Kellogg Library is pleased to announce unlimited access to BMJ Point of Care for all Dalhousie users. BMJ Point of Care is a new clinical resource that is designed specifically to deliver highly relevant diagnosis and treatment guidance at the immediate point of care.
BMJ Point of Care offers:
- Comprehensive disease monographs that include competing diagnoses, treatment approaches, tests to order, guidelines and more
- A patient-centered approach to information delivery, with treatment details organized by patient group
- Embedded links to drug dosing information and the best available medical evidence from Clinical Evidence
- Information on over 3,300 drugs and 400 alternative medicines, with a comprehensive drug interaction checking tool
- Up-to-date, detailed formulary information for top national and regional healthcare insurance plans * Fully referenced with links to Pubmed abstracts
- A useful pill identifier tool plus hundreds of helpful medical tables and calculators.
You can find BMJ Point of Care on Kellogg Library’s homepage, in our databases listing, or you can connect directly now.
Stahls Essential Psychopharmacology Online
The Kellogg Library has acquired the Cambridge University Press publication Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Online.
Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Online presents the fundamentals of psychopharmacology and includes the ability to search within Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology and the Essential Psychopharmacology Prescriber’s Guide plus a Prescriber’s Guide, illustrations and tables to download, and drug interaction information.
You can find Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Online in several places on our website and in WorldCat or you can connect directly now:
Kellogg Extended Exam and Holiday Hours
The Kellogg Library is extending its hours for the exam period. To view these extended hours as well as the holiday hours, please visit our Hours webpage.
Donate Personal Care Items For United Way
Dalhousie’s United Way Campaign is asking us all to help provide local residential facilities with UNOPENED personal care items on Friday October 30th. Donations will go to agencies supporting people determined to overcome addiction; women and children putting their lives together in safe, supportive housing; and providing basic personal care items to the homeless population.
The Libraries are participating with bins for these items, which will be set up at the Killam and Kellogg Library Circulation Desks on Oct. 30. The most needed items are:
- talcum powder (non-allergenic)
- soap
- deodorant
- tooth brushes & toothpaste
- dental floss
- mouthwash
- feminine hygiene products
- hand and body creams
- tissue
- shampoo
- combs & brushes
- disposable razors
- shaving cream & shaving bags
- emery boards & nail clippers
- shower kit bags
To make a financial donation to Dalhousie’s United Way Campaign, go to www.unitedway.dal.ca/donate, or contact your Area Coordinator for a paper pledge form. The goal this year is to raise $200,000, which will be used in the Halifax Regional Municipality to support many very deserving causes.
Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection: Trial
Trial ends November 14, 2009
Libraries Nova Scotia (the folks behind the great new Borrow Anywhere Return Anywhere Program), are now offering all Bluenosers a free trial of Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection, until November 14. Go to the LNS site for details and to connect to this resource!