October is National Medical Librarians Month

The Medical Library Association has declared October National Medical Librarians Month to celebrate the accomplishments of librarians working in the health sciences fields. Medical librarians assist health care providers, students, faculty, and members of the community locate and retrieve health information on a variety of topics. Medical librarians also organize resources so information seekers can [...]

Expert Searching Works for Clinicians and Researchers Alike

Whether you’re pursuing evidence-based clinical practice or creating new knowledge through research, a literature review is an essential step in the process. The literature review can provide you with:

vital background information,
a rationale for research,
highlights of work that has already been undertaken in the field,
a review of previously-used methods, or
insight into unexplored research areas.

A thorough literature [...]

Featured Resource on Integrative Medicine

Want to know if the Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type diet has been studied by scientists? Curious to find out if echinacea can really fend off a common cold?
The UVM Libraries provide access to Natural Standard, a powerful resource that provides high quality, evidence-based information on complementary and alternative therapies such as herbal [...]

Community Medical School Returns

The Community Medical School lecture series began in 1998 and was designed to provide people in the community with an opportunity to share in the medical learning experience. Offered each semester, Community Medical School consists of seven weekly lectures on such diverse subjects as high-altitude medicine, DNA, food allergies, asthma, melanoma, stem cell transplants, coronary [...]

NEW Resource: McGraw-Hill’s AccessScience

McGraw-Hill’s AccessScience 2.0 is a redesign of an online science platform, featuring searchable content from McGraw-Hill’s Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition. The new generation of AccessScience gathers and synthesizes scientific information, and organizes it to give patrons quick access to over 20 major areas of science and technology.
This resource features:

Over 8,500 online articles [...]

Yes, Dana DOES read the comment book!

The Dana Medical Library faculty and staff regularly read your comments in the comment book located at the front of the Library, and make their best effort to respond to your suggestions. Recent changes include:
Audio/Visual Rooms have become small group study rooms. Small groups can now use the A/V rooms in the back of the [...]

Library Pilots Interlibrary Loan Fee Waiver

The Dana Medical Library is pleased to announce a pilot project in Interlibrary Loan waiving the ILL fee on the first 25 requests for all UVM current faculty, staff and students, and Fletcher Allen Health Care employees, in the fall 2008 semester, starting immediately. The regular $5 fee will be waived for all routine interlibrary [...]

Library Offers Assistance with Revised NIH Public Access Policy

Confused about the requirements of the NIH Public Access Policy Revision that went into effect on April 7, 2008? The Dana Medical Library presentation on NIH Public Access: Submissions, copyright, and compliance has been provided to two groups at UVM/FAHC and is scheduled for presentation to a third group. If you would like to schedule [...]

NEW! PsycARTICLES Database

University Libraries is pleased to announce the addition of a new Psychology database to its collection. PsycARTICLES is a full-text database of journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and other publishers in subject areas such as applied psychology, health, theory, research, social/personality, and more.
This new database provides access to articles on a variety [...]

Fall Semester Pilot: New Reference Hours

Due to increased activity as Liaisons to individual departments, Dana Library is issuing a pilot project this fall reducing the hours that the reference desk is open. The reference desk will be open from 10 am to 4 pm M-F this semester.
However, just because a reference librarian isn’t sitting at the reference desk, doesn’t mean [...]