Friday, May 15, 2009

McGoogan Library Resources

Helix Online Library Catalog: you can search Helix from in or outside the library by using the link on http://www.unmc.edu/library
Use a simple keyword search. Examples: 'minority health', 'Nebraska minority'. Search results include online and hard-copy journals, online and hard-copy books, videos, and audio files.
Example: search for 'minority adolescents' in keyword
results - Health Issues for Minority Adolescents
(book located on the 7th floor bookshelves at WS 460 H5345 1996 )
Example: search for "minority groups' in MeSH Heading
results - 80 titles

McGoogan Library guide to Health Statistics (guide is accessible both in and outside the library)
http://www.unmc.edu/library/reference/stats.html

McGoogan Library guide to medical images on the web (guide is accessible both in and outside the library)
http://www.unmc.edu/library/reference/medimage.html

McGoogan Library guide to Writing/Authoring Tools, including plagiarism, copyright, correctly citing your sources (guide is accessible both in and outside the library).
http://app1.unmc.edu/mcgoogan/onlres/onlressubj.cfm?subject=Writing/Authoring%20Tools

For up to date research information, use databases such as PubMed and CINAHL to search the biomedical literature and link to full-text resources when accessed in the library. Please come to the library to work on your research topics during the week. You can also call or email librarians for help in locating information: Teresa Hartman, thartman@unmc.edu, 559-7075; McGoogan Reference desk, askus@unmc.edu, 559-6221 between the hours of 8 and 5.