Library Preservation Week

The University Archives will be celebrating Library Preservation Week from April 27-May 1 with a series of 3 noontime workshops on “Preserving Your Family Memories:” Workshop I on April 27, “Preserving Family Documents;” Workshop II on April 28, “Preserving Family Photographs;” and Workshop III on May 1, “Preserving Home Movies.” 

The workshops will discuss causes of deterioration, care and handling, and provide storage guidelines and other helpful tips. All workshops will be held in the Library Conference Room from 12 pm to 1 pm. Seating is limited to 20 individuals. 

Click here to register for the workshops today. For more information please contact University Archives at 909-469-5323. 

DDx Resources Recording

Differential diagnosis resources were presented in an online library workshop on February 4, 2014. A link to the recording can be found here. You can also view the library's other recorded workshops here.

The resources covered were

5 minute clinical consult is searchable by systems and alphabetically by disease and by condition.

Diagnosuarus is reachable through AccessMedicine and can be searched by symptom, disease or organ system.






VisualDx is a dermatological, ocular, dental differential diagnosis generator that you can create a DDx by using the differential builder or look up the disease state.

DiagnosisPro is a free online DDx generator that uses key findings to create a differential.

National Medical Librarians' Month - "Saving You Time So You Can Save Lives"

Presentation 1:  Library Resources for Finding Images
Thursday, October 10th 
5:30-6:30 pm
2nd floor computer lab
In this presentation, you will learn about the various library resources that you can use to find images:
Access Medicine
Access Pharmacy
EBSCOhost
LWW Health Library
ScienceDirect
SpringerImages
UpToDate
VisualDx
This workshop is limited to 12 participants.  
Facilitated by Ruth Harris, MLIS
Education Services Librarian

Presentation 2:  Mobile Apps for Medicine
Wednesday, October 16th
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Library 2nd floor teaching lab 
Mobile devices are commonplace in today’s medical practice.  They can be used at the point of care to access information on diagnosis, patient care, and pharmaceutical dosing. 
In this workshop, an online tour of the Mobile Devices research guide will be given. This tour will expose attendees to the various library resources that offer Mobile Apps and sources for software downloads. 
Limited to 12 seats
Facilitated by Rudy R. Barreras
Marketing & Outreach Librarian

Presentation 3:  Beginning with EndNote – PC
Monday, October 21st 
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Library 2nd floor teaching lab 
Learn how to use the bibliographic resource EndNote in this hands-on workshop. The basic features of this program will be taught, including creating a library, and importing references.  To get the most out of this workshop, please download EndNote to your laptop before the presentation. 
Limited to 12 seats.
Facilitated by Alicia Prosser, MLIS
Collection Services Librarian

Presentation 4: Beginning with EndNote – Mac
Tuesday, October 29th 
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Library 2nd floor teaching lab 
Learn how to use the bibliographic resource EndNote in this hands-on workshop. The basic features of this program will be taught, including creating a library, and importing references.  To get the most out of this workshop, please download EndNote to your laptop before the presentation. 
Limited to 12 seats.
Facilitated by Frances Chu, MSN, MLIS
Associate Director of Reference & Outreach


To sign up for any of these presentations, please see the Library Workshops page.

Spring Library Presentations

The library has finalized their Spring presentations.  Presentations include WorldCat Local, Using images in presentations, Differential Diagnosis resources, and EndNote X6.  To see a list of upcoming presentations, please use this link.  If you are interested in attending these presentations, you may sign up now.  Online sessions will be recorded and posted to the website.

If you would like to learn about library resources or services not listed, please send your suggestions to reference@westernu.edu.

Library Spring Workshops

The library has finalized their Spring presentations.  Presentations include EndNote, Using images in presentations, and WorldCat Local.  To see a list of upcoming presentations, please use this link.  If you are interested in attending these presentations, you may sign up now.  Online sessions will be recorded and posted to the website.

If you would like to learn about library resources or services not listed, please send your suggestions to reference@westernu.edu. 

National Medical Librarians Month

"Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one."
-Neil Gaiman

October is National Medical Librarians Month and to help celebrate the Pumerantz Library has a number of events planned.

Workshops

·         October 10 – Services for distance students 7-8 pm

·         October 18 – Micromedex 7 – 8pm

Click on the hyperlinks to log in to these online courses.

Annual Pumerantz Library Book Sale

·         October 22 – 26, prices start 25 cents.

Book Repair Week

·         October 22 – 26, drop a book in need of care this week for the library to repair. Please see the circulation desk for details and drop off. 

Fine Free Friday

·         October 26, drop off an overdue book on this day with no fines. Sorry outstanding fines do not apply.

Halloween Candy

·         October 31, stop by the library for some Halloween tricks or treats.

Online Workshops

To new students, welcome to WesternU!  To continuing students, welcome back!  At the Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library, we want to help you be a successful student.  Please join our online presentations to help you locate books, journals, and other information.  Both presentations are intended to be brief, about 30 minutes in length, and provide an overview of locating various information and material.

In our first presentation, Your books @ the library, you will learn how to navigate in our new online catalog, WorldCat Local.  WorldCat Local allows users to locate and request books worldwide.  With WorldCat Local, “the whole world is open to you.”  WUCat, the online catalog available in the library, will also be demonstrated.  This catalog allows you to place holds on library owned material, renew books, and review material that you already have checked out.  This will be held on Wednesday, August 15 at 12 noon.

The second presentation, “How do I…?” will cover many of the library’s most used pages, including the Request an Article, Electronic Resources, Ask a Librarian, and Distance Education pages.  This will be held on Thursday, August 15 at 5:30 pm.

Because both of these presentations are online, there is no need to register.  Simply click on the links at the times listed, and log in as “Guest.” 

Your books @ the library 
Wednesday, August 15 at 12 noon

How do I…? 
Thursday, August 16 at 5:30 pm

Missed Library Workshops

Have you missed some of the instructional sessions offered by the reference librarians on how to use the library’s resources?  If the answer is yes, you can check the workshop calendar for upcoming workshops and sign up ahead of time. 

If you would like to learn about these resources, but are unable to attend at the time offered,you can always schedule a one-on-one meeting with one of the Reference Librarians by contacting the Reference and Outreach Department at reference@westernu.edu.


Please see the Workshops Research Guide for the upcoming schedule. 

Spring Workshops @ the Library

The Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library has finalized their spring workshop schedule. Workshops will be offered this semester on various library resources, including EndNote, Image Resources, Drug Information Resources, and Research Resources. To see the complete schedule, please see the Library Workshops Guide. You may sign up for any course by clicking on the link. All workshops listed are at in the evening from 5:30-6:30 pm. Remember, workshops are limited to 12 participants, so sign up today!

Are you interested in learning more about a specific resource, but don’t see it offered as a workshop? Please send workshop suggestions to reference@westernu.edu.

National Medical Librarians Month

Fall has arrived and Halloween is just around the corner. That must mean it's National Medical Librarians Month. This year we are offering two specialty workshops, as well as some of the things you have come to enjoy & expect during National Medical Librarians Month.

Specialty Workshops

Bringing Other Library Collections to You
Staff, Faculty, and students, do you know that you have access to other academic library collections? This workshop will give a brief overview of our resource sharing services and introduce you to Camino, our newest service.

Thursday, October 27, 2001
5:00 - 6:00 pm
4th Floor Library Conference Room
By Karol Almanzar, Associate Director of Access & Delivery Services

Annual Book Sale
October 23 – 29, 2011

Fine Free Friday
October 28, 2011

Halloween Candy
October 24 - 31, 2011