Library Inventory

From June 4 to June 8 the staff of the Pumerantz Library will be performing inventory. This will involve the staff checking each book on the library shelves, as such there will be an increase in the noise in the library. Staff will do their best to keep this noise to a minimum. 

Thank you for your understanding.

Summer Hours

For some school is over and for all of us summer is here. With this in mind the library will be switching to our Summer Session hours. The hours are as follows:

June 1 to Aug 12

Monday - Thursday, 7am - 9pm
Friday, 7am - 6pm
Saturday, 11am - 7pm
Sunday, Closed



Have a safe and enjoyable summer!

Memorial Day Closure

The Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library will be closed Monday May 28 in observance of Memorial Day.

The library will re-open Tuesday May 29 at our regular hours of 7am to 11pm.

New Dentistry E-books

You asked, we listened!  

After surveying CDM, the majority of the student body would prefer that the library purchase e-books instead of print books.  As a result, the library has focused on adding more e-books to the collection this semester.  We have just added a number of new online dentistry books.  

These titles and more can be accessed on the Dentistry Research Guide:

Basic Guide to Orthodontic Dental Nursing

Biostatistics for Oral Healthcare

Bone Grafting Techniques for Maxillary Implants

Cysts of the Oral and Maxillofacial Regions 4e

Dental Reception and Practice Management

Essentials of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth – A step-by-step treatment guide 2e

Fundamentals of Esthetic Implant Dentistry 2e

Implant Restorations: A Step-by-Step Guide, 2nd Edition,

Managing Health and Safety in the Dental Practice- A Practical Guide

Manual of Minor Oral Surgery for the General Dentist

Osseointegration and Dental Implants

Practical Advanced Periodontal Surgery

Protocols for Predictable Aesthetic Dental Restorations

Studying for the Boards?  Don’t forget that we also have First Aid for the NBDE Part 1 & First Aid for the NBDE Part 2 available electronically also! 

Of course, we are still adding core titles in print, such as:

Dissection Manual for Dental Students

Practical osseous surgery in periodontics and implant dentistry

Whole-body dentistry : a complete guide to understanding the impact of dentistry on total health

New Nursing E-Books

Harriet K & Philip Pumerantz Library have received a batch of new electronic books for nurses!  The eBooks are provided by Wiley Interscience and have no limitations on the number of users looking at one eBook.  You can also search the library catalog for eBooks that are available from Pumerantz library via the Electronic Book Search link.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at reference@westernu.edu or 909-469-5323/1-888-704-1660 or chat with us.  Below is a list of new eBooks that could be of interest to the nurses of WesternU.

Advancing nursing practice in pain management

Advancing practice in rehabilitation nursing

Building the reflective healthcare organization

Cardiothoracic surgical nursing 

Care of the dying and deceased patient

Community palliative care: therole of the clinical nurse specialist

Cost containment and efficient international health systems: a global comparison

Design of studies for medical research

Developing the reflectivehealthcare team

ECGs for nurses

Effective healthcare leadership

Essential midwifery practice.Postnatal care 

Essential midwifery practice:public health

Guided reflection: a narrative approach to advancing professional practice

Interdisciplinary research:diverse approaches in science, technology, health and society

International practice development in nursing and healthcare 

Law and ethics in children's nursing

Medicines management: a guide for nurses

Mentorship in community nursing

Mixed methods research for nursing and the health sciences

Narrative research in nursing

Nurse prescribing in mental health

Nursing care of older people with diabetes

Palliative care: an integrated approach

Person-centred nursing: theory and practice

Physical assessment for nurses

Practice development in nursing

Practice nurse handbook

Primary care trust workforce planning and development

Principles of science for nurses 

Providing support at home for children and young people who have complex health needs

Psycho-sexual nursing

Public health skills: a practical guide for nurses and public health practitioners

Quality of life: the assessment,analysis and interpretation of patient-reported outcomes

Quantitative methods for health research: a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics

Research methods in community medicine: surveys, epidemiologic research, programme evaluation, clinical trials

Supportive care and midwifery

The care of wounds: a guide for nurses

The hands-on guide to practical prescribing

The informed practice nurse 

The law and the midwife

Publishing Assistance

Want to publish, but don’t where?  We can help!  

The library has Journal Citation Reports that can assess the impact factors of various journals in the sciences.  We can help to research whether the journal is discoverable in a major research database like PubMed, Embase or etc.  Interested in Open Access or complying with NIH Public Access Policy?  We can help investigate whether a particular journal is Open Access and how a particular journal publisher complies with the NIH Public Access Policy.  Need help?  Contact us at reference@westernu.edu or call/chat us!