Orientation session given to Internal Medicine Residents at the University of Western Ontario on July 16th, 2009

1. Need to Know: Western Libraries Internal Medicine Residents

3. 1. Western Libraries: What we’ve got Journals and databases Books Clinical Tools Learning modules Calculators Drug Identification Tools Images

4. 2. Medicine Info: How to access - Go to: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/ - Log in to Off-Campus Access with your UWO username and password (same as email) - Select Browse by Program - Select Medicine and Dentistry - Select a specialty

5. http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/generalmedicine/ Use this page to find selected resources for general medicine Electronic Books Point of Care Tools Databases Image and video collections

7. http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca You can even search for electronic full-text journals. Select “Journal Title” Then enter the name of the journal And select “Go”

8. Parts of a Catalogue Record Full title of the journal Links to electronic articles Coverage dates Call # & location of print volumes

11. Searching

13. Clinical Questions

20. Evidence Pyramid Less time More time http://www.mh.org.au/royal_melbourne_hospital/www/353/files/pyramidopt.jpg

24. Evidence Pyramid Cochrane Library Micromedex e-CPS PubMed EMBASE

27. Questions?