3 EBSCO Trial Databases

We have a trial to 3 EBSCOhost databases:

• Nursing Reference Center - more info
• SPORTDiscus with Full Text - more info
• Associates Programs Source Plus - more info

These database trials will be available until April 28, 2009. Please take a look at them and let us know what you think. We're evaluating these databases to see if they would be a valuable addition to our online collections.

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Library Database Errors

The library is currently experiencing intermitent errors with off-campus access to a number of the databases. The databases that are affected are:

• Gale
• EBSCO
• ValueLine
• Health Reference Center
• World Atlas

These databases should be working properly if you're researching on campus at one of the campus libraries, computer labs, or campus wi fi. If you experience any database errors, please let us know.

Thank you for your patence while we sort out these problems.

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

New Features: ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source Database

The ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source Database has a new homepage!

You can find a link to this database homepage from any of the health-related research by topic guides on the library's website. Here's an example in the Nursing research guide. The ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source Database is listed under "additional databases."

New features include:

• Evidence-based resources
• Evidence summaries
• Systematic reviews
• Best practice information sheets
• Cultural competency briefs: religion, ethnicity, and care
• Study paths
• Practical nursing
• Registered nursing

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Searching: one step easier!

Searching EBSCO, Gale, or ProQuest databases is now one step easier. You can search multiple EBSCO, Gale, or ProQuest databases all at once and all from this library databases page!

Would you like to cross-search databases from EBSCO, Gale, or ProQuest? You can search many library databases, regardless of vendor, by searching 360 Search!


All library databases are available from any internet connection. All you need to do is log in with the same information you use for your school email. Contact the HelpDesk with log in errors.


If you have any quesitons about these library databases or any other research, please be sure to ask your librarian.
- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

LexisNexis Academic Library Database Errors

LexisNexis Academic is continuing to have some errors when you try to access it from off campus. I'm working with them to try to fix the problem.

In the meantime, try this solution:

Go back to the library databases page (using the back button in the same browser window) and click on the LexisNexis link again.

I hope this problem was not too frustrating for you. I know it's not working correctly, but I hope to have it working well soon.
Thank you for your patience.

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Health Information Online

I came across this article today. It has a wonderful summary of useful websites for free health information. The categories are: General interest sites, Medical research sites, Patient sites, Disease specific sites, and Web tools.

I'd like to add to that list. The GU/MSB library offers additional online health information to you for free (the library buys it for you). Here are some highlights:

• Interactive Functional Anatomy - Images and animations of the human muscular system in motion.


• Health Reference Center - online encyclopedia of disease, wellness, body systems and more


• EBSCO's AltHealth Watch - Alternative medicine information


• Gale's Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection - articles about treatment techniques


• EBSCO's CINAHL - definitive index for nurses/ nursing students


• ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health - scholarly and trade articles for health professionals


• Gale's Health Reference Center Academic - reference books and articles for health professionals


• Gale's Nursing and Allied Health Collection - articles about specialized care, treatment and management.

Click here to search these database collections!

Please contact your librarian with any quesions about these databases.

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Gale database trials

There are 27 trial databases available from Gale. We're evaluating these databases to decide if we should add them to the library's collection.

Search them now!

We'd love to hear what you think. Please leave a comment!
- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

We value your input

We've got a couple of trial databases this month. If you take a look at them, please take the time to let us know what you think. When we trial a database it is because we are thinking of purchasing it and your opinion is important.

Here are our trials:

• LexisNexis Academic - this is a great database! It's strong with news, business, and legal information. Our decision for this database will likely come down to price and how it fits in with our other databases.
• Global Road Warrior - this is a map and cultural database. We already have a similar database called WorldAtlas. We're investigating the differences.

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Use a citation to find the full text!

You can use the information in a citation to find the full text of an article, book, or website. This 6 minute tutorial will help you learn how!

The tutorial will show you:

• library tools to use
• techniques and tips

This is useful to know when:

• your instructor gives you a citation and tells you to read the article, book, or webiste
• you find an abstract in a database or on the web with no linked full text
• your instructor refers to research or research literature in a lecture and you want to read up on it
• you're doing citation chaining/citation chasing - this is where you use the bibliography of a source to find more related sources.

It's a common problem - to have a citation and no link to full text. I've blogged about it before. I hope you'll find the solutions in this short tutorial to be useful!

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Trial databases available

The library has a trial to three Facts on File databases:
· World News Digest: 1940-Present
· Issues & Controversies: today’s top issues
· Issues & Controversies in American History

Log in and details here.

Please let us know what you think. Trial access is available to help us decide if we'd like to purchase these databases or not.


-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

E-Journal Portal Improvement

The library has just improved the E-Journal Portal! You can now search the E-Journal Portal for the library's print periodicals too!



In the E-Journal Portal, when you find a magazine that's got a link to the "print periodicals in the Campus Libraries," click on the link. You'll be redirected to the Online Catalog which will tell you if the magazine is available in your campus library.

Give the E-Journal Portal a try! We hope you'll find it useful. Let us know what you think.

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

New Environmental Database!!!

The library's added a new database to the collection! It's called EBSCO GreenFile. GreenFile is a collection about the human impact to the environment: everything from "global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more." This database includes abstracts for 295,000 records and full text for 4,600 individual articles.

The library also has a subscription to EBSCO's Environment Complete database. This database is more broad, covering topics such as: "agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. " Environment Complete includes abstracts for 1,772,000 records. Enviromental Complete also has more full text than GreenFile. It has full text for 100 books and 600 journal titles!

You can search EBSCO GreenFile and Environment Complete at the same time!

1. Start at the library homepage: http://library.msbcollege.edu/
2. Click on "subscription databases"
3. Click on EBSCO
4. Log on (if you're off campus) with the same username and password that you use for your GU/MSB email
5. Click on "select multiple databases to search"

If you have questions, please contact your librarian!

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Question of the Week: Surgery Videos

People often ask me how to find videos. While YouTube and other web video collections can be useful, not everything is available for free on the web. I'd like to share with you how to find a special collection of surgery videos.


You can find over 200 videos of and about surgeries in Gales' Health Reference Center Academic! Watch a three minute demonstrative video here.



If you can't watch the video, here are the steps:

1. From the library's homepage, click on "subscription databases"
2. Click on Gale
3. Click on Health Reference Center Academic
4. Use the pull-down menu to select "publisher name"
5. Type or-live into the search box next to "publisher name" and click the search button
6. Click the "multimedia" tab
7. If you'd like to narrow down your results, use the pull-down menu on the left to select "publication title"
8. To watch a video, click on the title and then the URL.

Please contact your librarian, if you have questions.

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Question of the Week!

Q: I found the abstract for the article I want. How do I find the full text? It looks like there's a delay on the article in the database...

A: Sometimes publishers put a delay on periodicals in databases to encourage individuals and libraries to purchase the print version of the periodical.

Here are your options:

• The library does have some print periodicals. You can search for them by journal title in the catalog or see this list.
  
• It is possible that a different database has the full text. Check the E-journal Portal. Need more info about using the E-journal Portal?
  
• If you have time, there is also the option of interlibrary loan.

Don't forget, you can also ask your librarian!

Question of the Week

Q: How do I find an article? I know the author, title, and magazine.

A: If you have a citation, but you're not sure which database to use, then try the E-Journal Portal.

1. You can search for the magazine/journal/periodical title.

2. Click on the database name.

3. A pop-up window will appear. You can now find your article by searching for the article title or keywords. I clicked on "search within this publication" to get to the search screen. The database automatically entered JN "consumer reports." I added the "cell phone" search terms.

If you're not able to find what you're looking for in the e-journal portal or have other questions, be sure to ask your librarian!

- by Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

E-book Trial Available!

We have trial access to Greenwood e-book collection until Feb. 29! The library is hoping to purchase some of these e-books. We'd love to hear what you think. You can comment here or contact your librarian.

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

GVRL Trial Database

We have trial access to the entire collection of Gale Virtual Reference Library books until Feb. 13.

Feel free to browse or search this collection. Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or contact your librarian.

We want to add books to our collection that support your classes. If you know of a book that you think the library should own, let us know!

The Library already has many e-books including about 40 from Gale Virtual Reference Library. You can search for them in the Online Catalog or the Gale database.

- Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

Visual Search!

EBSCOhost Database has recently updated its Visual Searching capabilities!

Try it out!

1. From the Subscription Databases library page, click on EBSCOhost
2. If you're off-campus, log in using the same info you use to log in to your school email
3. Click on the Visual Search tab at the top of the page
4. Enter your search tems

Here are some of the features according to Library Journal:

• Two visual search interfaces for EBSCOhost
• Boon for visual search learners
• Results returned as colored blocks or columns

Learn more about EBSCO visual search.

Contact a librarian if you'd like more information or if you have questions about using EBSCO and EBSCO's Visual Search.

Happy Searching!

-Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian

New Nursing Database!

Introducing CINAHL Plus with Full Text! The library now has a subscription to this world-class nursing database. According to EBSCO: "CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database."

CINAHL Plus includes 620 full-text nursing journals, full-text of 218 books, clinical trials, nursing dissertations, selected conference precedings, drug records, clinical innovations, legal cases, and more.

CINAHL is part of the EBSCOhost family of databases. Click on EBSCO from the library's database page to access CINAHL. You can learn more about CINAHL by accessing this in-depth tutorial. Or you can ask your librarian for more info!

-Elaine Settergren

Music Databases Trial

The library has two new databases on a trial basis through Feb. 3, 2008. They are the Oxford Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Grove Music Online .We'll be reviewing these databases to decide if we'd like to purchase them or not. Please send us your comments! Your input is valuable to us. Try them out now!

Learn more about the Encyclopedia of Popular Music here.

Learn more about the Grove Music Online here.

Happy researching!

by Elaine Settergren