Rehabilitation Reference Center Trial

The Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library has a new trial to the Rehabilitation Reference Center (RRC). The RRC is an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. It has been designed to provide therapists and students with the best evidence available in the areas of physical, occupational, and speech therapies.

The Rehabilitation Reference Center content includes:
• Clinical Reviews
• Exercise Images
• Assessment/Plan of Care
• Causes & Risk Factors
• Desired Outcomes/Outcome Measures
• Patient Education
• Guidelines

From the RRC homepage you may click through to DynaMed and other Pumerantz Library EBSCOHost databases, as well as stay current with health news.

At the conclusion of this trial, November 15, the library will evaluate usage data and make purchasing decisions based on usage, pricing, and available funding. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and may be sent to reference@westernu.edu.

Welcome to the R2 Digitial Library Trial

The Harriet K & Philip Pumerantz Library has arranged for a trial of electronic books (eBooks) from the R2 Digital Library. Western University of Health Sciences students, faculty, and staff may access the eBooks here until the conclusion of the trial on October 30th.

The collection contains over 1000 eBooks related to Medicine, close to 200 eBooks related to Nursing and almost 200 eBooks in the fields of Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Laboratory Sciences, and Dentistry. The R2 Digital Library not only contains eBooks on basic clinical topics such as pathophysiology, but also eBooks on topics of interest to health professionals like health policy, ethics, and patient care. Check out the tutorial about the R2 collection.

Currently full-text is available for all titles. At the conclusion of the trial, the library will evaluate usage data and make purchasing decisions based on usage, pricing, and funds available. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and you may email your comments to the reference department.

VetMed Resource Trial

The Pumerantz Library has arranged for a 30 day trial to CABI'S VetMed Resource. The trial will be available until September 30th.

VetMed Resource was created in response to demand from veterinarians, veterinary associations and schools, and information specialists. It is designed to be a single comprehensive resource containing all of CABI's veterinary information to provide ideal support for veterinary continuing education. An online demo is also available.

VetMed Resource’s unique features:

• The bibliographic database includes records from CAB Abstracts from 1972 and is updated weekly
• Full text documents available include conference papers, journal articles and bulletins
• Breaking news updates, news articles covering current topics and an events calendar
• CAB Reviews: specially commissioned, peer reviewed review articles written by specialists in their field
• The Animal Health and Production Compendium which includes over 2000 pictures, drug database, glossary, food safety module, parasite identification keys, and detailed coverage of health and production topics.

Access the trial here. Please email the library at reference@westernu.edu for username/password information.

Please let us know your opinion of this database by sending feedback to reference@westernu.edu or post your comments here.