Monday, January 31, 2011

February Library Workshops

All workshops are held in the library's Teaching Lab on the 2nd floor from 5:30 - 6:30 unless otherwise noted. Limited to 12 seats. To register for a class click on the hyperlink and fill in the form.

New Electronic Journal - Nature

The Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library has added a new e-journal to our collection, Nature. Our subscription period is from 2007 to present.

"Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions.

Nature is the world's most highly cited interdisciplinary science journal, according to the 2009 Journal Citation Report Science Edition (Thomson, 2010). Its Impact Factor is 34.480. "

Thursday, January 20, 2011

New e-books

The library has recently added 15 new e-books to our collection. This addition includes titles in fields of medicine, nursing, optometry, and pharmacology.

These e-books are available to WesternU on and off campus students (who must log in using their email username/password), faculty, and staff.

100 CASES IN GENERAL PRACTICE by Anne Stephenson, MBChB MRCGP PhD(Medicine) FHEA, Martin Mueller, MD MHPE MRCGP DCH DRCOG DIMC DFFP FHEA, John Grabinar, BMBCh MRCGP MA(Oxon) DObstRCOG DCH

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT by Patrick Coonan, EdD, RN, CNAA

ATLAS OF OSTEOPATHIC TECHNIQUES by Alexander Nicholas, DO, FAAO, Evan Nicholas, DO

BODY STRUCTURES & FUNCTIONS by Ann Scott, Elizabeth Fong

EVALUATING RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING PRACTICE
by Jacqueline Fawcett, PHD, FAAN, Joan Garity, EDD, RN

EVIDENCE-BASED EYE CARE by Peter Kertes, MD, CM, FRCS (C), T. Johnson, MD, FRCS (C)

EVIDENCE-BASED PHARMACOTHERAPY by Elaine Chiquette, and L. Posey

FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING by Audrey Berman, PhD, RN, AOCN, Shirlee Snyder, EdD, RN, Barbara Kozier, MN, RN, Glenora Erb, BSN, RN

HEALTH ASSESSMENT & PHYSICAL EXAMINATION by Mary Estes, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, NP-C

MANUAL OF OCULAR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY by Deborah Pavan-Langston, MD, FACS

NURSING CARE PLANS by Marilynn Doenges, APRN, BC-Retired, Mary Moorhouse, RN, MSN, CRRN, LNC, Alice Murr, RN, BSN, LNC

PHARMACOTHERAPY HANDBOOK by Barbara Wells, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, BCPP, Joseph DiPiro, PharmD, FCCP, Terry Schwinghammer, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS, Cecily DiPiro, PharmD

RAPID INTERPRETATION OF EKG'S by Dale Dubin, MD

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CHOOSING A MEDICAL SPECIALTY by Brian Freeman, MD

THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE by Carolyn Kisner, PT, MS, Lynn Colby, PT, MS

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Library Workshops

The Pumerantz Library is offering up a new slate of workshops for the latter half of January.

  • Natural Standard, January 14 - 5:30 pm

  • CABI/Index Veterinarius, January 20 - 5:30 pm

  • EndNote, January 24 - 5:30 pm


All workshops are held in the Pumerantz Library, second floor, room 211.

To register, get more details, and find other upcoming workshops please visit the library's Workshop Guide.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

ScienceDirect E-Journal Service Interruption

The Library is currently experiencing technical issues with some e-journals that are provided through ScienceDirect. We are aware of the problem and are working to correct the issue as soon as possible.

The e-journals in question are:

Atlas of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of N.A.
The Dental Clinics of North America

Foot and Ankle Clinics
Clinics in Podiatric Medicine & Surgery

The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice
The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice
The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice
The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

UPDATE 1/6/10: Our online access to these e-journals has been restored.

Winter Break Is Over

The Harriet K. and Philip Pumerantz Library is now back on our regular hours of Monday to Thursday, 7 am to 11 pm; Friday, 7 am to 6 pm; Saturday & Sunday, 11 am to 7 pm.