EndNote How-To

One of Dana’s most-used services is assistance with EndNote. And now, thanks to librarian Angie Chapple-Sokol, a new Online Resource Guide [http://danaguides.uvm.edu/Endnote] has been created to assist patrons in their use of EndNote, the bibliographic management software that helps organize your references and produce bibliographies for the preparation of papers and grants. This guide covers [...]

Spotlight on: Access Science 2.0

A core reference resource in the sciences for many years has been the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. UVM Libraries also subscribes to  McGraw-Hill AccessScience 2.0 — the enhanced online version of this product.
This database provides full text access to over 8500 online articles, 110,000+ definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical [...]

New Resources

Reaxys
University of Vermont Libraries are pleased to announce the addition of Reaxys, a web-based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, bibliographic data and chemical reactions.
Reaxys provides access to the content from Beilstein, Gmelin and the Patent Chemistry database and replaces the existing CrossFire service.
Features include:

Synthesis planner to design the optimum synthesis route
Multi-step reactions [...]

Welcome New Residents!

Dana Medical Library staff welcomed some 55 new residents to the Library on June 17, 2009. New Fletcher Allen House Staff were greeted by librarians who introduced Library services and resources and answered residents’ questions.
While most residents did not have their FAHC badges at the time, many have since returned to the Library with new [...]

Spotlight on Resources: WorldCat

With over 1.4 million print volumes of books and journals and 27,000 online journals, the University of Vermont Libraries is the largest research library in Vermont. While that does sound like a lot of information, sometimes we still don’t have what you’re looking for. But that doesn’t mean we can’t get it for you. When [...]

Nursing Librarian Participates in Knowledge Fair

Fletcher Allen Health Care celebrated National Nurses Week on Wednesday, May 13th, with a Knowlege Fair featuring informational displays from around the organization including one hosted by Dana’s Nursing Librarian, Angie Chapple-Sokol. Professor Chapple-Sokol hosted a table with information about the library and a PowerPoint presentation entitled A Day in the Life of a Dana [...]

Help with Medical Images

A new Online Resource Guide [http://danaguides.uvm.edu/images] has been created to assist patrons in locating and using medical images in papers and presentations. The guide provides a road map to general medical images as well as images in the areas of oncology, neurology and medical history, just to name a few. Copyright issues are also explained [...]

2008 Summary Report Now Available

The Summary Report for the fiscal year of 2008 (covering July 2007-June 2008) is now available. Highlights include news of the year on Facilities, Teaching & Learning, and Personnel Changes.

EndNote Office Hours

Dana is pleased to announce the addition of EndNote Office Hours. Bring your EndNote questions to the library for individual assistance. We will provide instruction, help solve a citation problem, or assist in getting your library of documents under control.
Mondays, 1-3 pm with Angie Chapple-Sokol, angie.chapple-sokol@uvm.edu, 656-9396
Thursdays, 10:30 am-12 noon with Laura Haines, laura.haines@uvm.edu, 656-4143
For [...]

Information Overload? Make a Resource Guide YOUR Portal to the Library

A wide variety of people use the Dana Library website: clinicians, researchers, educators, graduate students, medical students, and undergraduates. That means that there is a LOT of information wrapped up in one Web site. Do you want JUST the links that you need? We have a solution.
Librarians have created specialized individual web pages (called Research [...]