FSU College of Medicine
Beginner’s Guide
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Navigating the Library Web Site – page 2
PubMed, an Introduction – page 8
Ovid, an Introduction – page 15
MDConsult, an Introduction – page 20
FIRSTConsult, an Introduction – page 26
InfoRetriever, an Introduction – page 31
Library Newsletter Archive – page 37
Library Contact Information – page 38
Library Resource Descriptions – page 39 (appendix)
(link to printable PowerPoint file)
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FSU COM Library Webpage
(http://med.fsu.edu/library)
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- Left Column –
COM Library News,
Announcements, Services
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- Center Column –
COM Library Information
Resources
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- Right Column –
Related resources from the
FSU Library, Medical
Informatics, Course
Materials
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- Rollover Box –
Displays a short description
of the item under the cursor
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- Scroll Box –
Alphabetic list of online
medical resources
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- Link to EZProxy –
Off-Campus authentication
to use licensed resources
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FSU COM Library Webpage (http://med.fsu.edu/library)
Authenticating with EZProxy
1. From the Library Home Page click on:
“Off-Campus Access (EZProxy)”
3. Enter your
COM Network
username and
password
2. Click on: “Login to COM EZProxy”
4. The College of Medicine EZProxy URL is
inserted into the web address
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FSU COM Library Webpage (http://med.fsu.edu/library)
Information Resources – Find it Quickly
From the Library Home Page click on: “Find it Quickly –
Start Here”
This chart has active links to top resources.
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Scroll
down
for
more
detail.
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FSU COM Library Webpage (http://med.fsu.edu/library)
Information Resources – Resource Formats
E-JOURNALS:
COM List of
biomedical titles
and Universitywide List (Serials
Solutions).
E-BOOKS:
COM list of biomedical
titles. WebFeat
searches many of them.
MEDICAL WEBSITES AND PDA
WEBSITES: sets of web pages
with links to sites on various
topics.
PRINT: University
Libraries online
catalog of print
resources and many
web resources.
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FSU COM Library Webpage (http://med.fsu.edu/library)
WebFeat – for searching e-books
Enter WebFeat by
clicking the link in the
center section of the
library home page.
SEARCH ANY OR ALL OF
THESE e-BOOK RESOURCES:
•AccessMedicine
•ACP Medicine
•Books@Ovid
•Dynamed
•eMedicine
•MDConsult Reference Books
•NetLibrary
•STAT!Ref
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FSU COM Library Webpage (http://med.fsu.edu/library)
Information Resources – Information Needs
General Clinical Needs
Drug Information
Information for Patients
Basic Sciences (Years 1 & 2)
Medical Specialties (Years 3 & 4)
Research Needs
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PubMed MEDLINE
Enter PubMed by doubleclicking in the scroll-box
on the library home page.
Type search terms into
box on the main page.
Tutorial.
Save searches in My
NCBI ‘cubby.’
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PubMed MEDLINE
Preliminary Results
Large number of hits.
Click on ‘Details’ to show how
PubMed translated the search.
(You can modify the search by
typing in the text box.)
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PubMed MEDLINE
Refining Results
Click on ‘Limits’ to
filter
the search.
Limits added in
this search:
- Clinical Trials
- Adults over 19 years
- Human subjects
- Indexed in the
last 2 years.
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PubMed MEDLINE
Refined Results
Number of hits is still
quite large. (1220 from
previous 240,165)
Add ‘AND diet therapy’
to the search terms.
(AND, OR, & NOT
operators must be in all
capitals.)
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PubMed MEDLINE
Final Results
Number of hits is a
manageable 39. (down
from previous 1220 and
240,165)
‘Details’ has been updated.
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PubMed MEDLINE
Getting the articles
Select ‘Abstract’ view.
Click on FSU icon to link to
full text of the article.
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PubMed MEDLINE
Getting the articles when there is no FSU icon
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If there is no FSU icon, there
are other options:
• 1 Check the FSU COM ejournals page.
• 2 Check the FSU University
Library Serials Solutions
Page.
• 3 Check the WebLUIS online
catalog.
• 4 Request an Inter-Library Loan
(ILL).
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OVID
Ovid times out after 15 minutes of inactivity
and you may see this page if this happens.
No ID/password is needed.
Click on the “Start Ovid” button to start a new
session.
You will have to start your search over.
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Enter OVID by doubleclicking in the scroll-box on
the library home page.
Select a database.
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OVID MEDLINE
Begin a Search
OVID can translate ordinary words to medical
terms (MeSH)
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Select from terms that OVID found in
thesaurus. ‘Explode’ includes subordinate
terms, ‘focus’ narrows to the main term.
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OVID MEDLINE
Ovid allows searching for selected related terms and sub-terms. (optional).
OVID displays the
selected term in a ‘tree’
of related terms, giving
the number of hits for
each term.
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Sub-headings are also listed with
numbers of hits.
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OVID MEDLINE
Search Results
Limits were applied to reduce the
number of results from 19797 to 174.
Link to complete reference and/or full text
when a link to full text is available. When a
link to full text is not available in Ovid, the
SFX link may help you locate it.)
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OVID MEDLINE
Complete Reference
The complete reference gives more
information about the article (which
can also be searched to find more
related articles).
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MDConsult
Enter MDConsult by
double-clicking in the
scroll-box on the library
home page.
Entering MDConsult Two approaches:
Generic – no user name or
password is needed.
Personal – create your own
username and password.
You can customize
MDConsult for your personal
interests.
Also your personalized
username and password
allows access when the
‘Generic’ button is not
available.
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MDConsult
Main Page
Navigation tabs
Guided tour / tutorial
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MDConsult
Books
• 100+ Medical books are in
MDConsult.
• Included in the COM
Library eBooks list.
• All may be searched at
once in MDConsult.
• May also be searched
using WebFeat.
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MDConsult
Journals
140+ medical journal titles
are in MDConsult.
Included in the COM
eJournals list.
Find the contents of a journal
issue by using the search
engine.
Journal title –
Thesaurus ‘off’ –
Publication date –
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MDConsult
Drugs
Mosby’s Drug Consult with
indexes.
Frequent updates and news.
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MDConsult
Patient
Handouts
Patient handouts are
available in English
and in Spanish
Search all sections for
“heart attack.”
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FIRSTConsult
Enter FIRSTConsult by
double-clicking in the
scroll-box on the library
home page.
• Differential Diagnosis Tool
• Medical Topics Articles
• Patient Education Handouts
• Procedure Descriptions
• Links to MDConsult books
and journals
• PDA Downloads
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FirstConsult
Differential Diagnosis| Medical Conditions | Procedures | Patient Education
Diagnoses are listed
by probability depending
on patient’s age.
Links lead to detailed
information.
Integrated with
MDConsult for full-text
books and journals.
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FirstConsult
Differential Diagnosis | Medical Conditions | Procedures | Patient Education
Summary tab is shown
here.
Other tabs are:
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Background
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Outcomes
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Prevention
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Resources
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FirstConsult
Differential Diagnosis | Medical Conditions | Procedures | Patient Education
Procedure tab is shown
here.
Other tabs are:
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Summary
Indications
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Contraindications
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Outcomes
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Resources
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Includes ICD-9 codes (in
Summary tab).
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FirstConsult
Differential Diagnosis | Medical Conditions | Procedures | Patient Education
In English and Spanish.
May be customized.
Topics Covered:
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What is the condition?
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Symptoms
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Tests
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Treatment
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What to do
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Recovery time
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Prevention
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Sources for more information
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InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)
Evidence-Based Medicine Database
Enter InfoRetriever by
double-clicking in the
scroll-box on the
library home page.
CONTENTS:
POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that
Matters): Full collection of 2,000+
collected since 1996.
Cochrane Database abstracts: full
collection of 1800+.
Evidence-based guideline summaries:
700+.
Clinical Decisions Rules: 200+.
Diagnostic test calculators: symptom to
disease to test – 1000+.
OPTIONS:
Online website accessible with
PC or wireless PDA.
Download application to PC
Download application to PDA
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H&PE calculators: symptom to disease to
test – 1000+.
5-Minute Clinical Consult: complete with
1000+ summaries and 500+ images.
ICD-9 lookup tool: 1,500 most commonly
needed codes.
Daily POEMS (upon request)
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InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)
Search Results
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InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)
Clinical Rules and Calculators
Examples of Calculators
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InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)
Treatment Guidelines
Level of Evidence is given
for each guideline.
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InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)
More Databases
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InfoRetriever (InfoPOEMs)
ICD-9 Lookup Tool
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FSU COM Library Newsletters
e-NewsLetter archive: http://www.med.fsu.edu/library/LibraryHandout_00.html
 Specific tools are
featured:
 one online
 one for PDA
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Help!
Who’re you gonna
call?
Click here for
this page
Also at your RMC:
Orlando –
Claudin Pierre-Louis
(407) 835-4103
Pensacola –
Chris Clark
(850) 494-5939 x125
Sarasota –
Mark Couch
(941) 316-8120 x311
Tallahassee –
Shane Marshall
(850) 645-1257
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Appendix:
Library Resource Descriptions
Resource Descriptions is a .pdf file
available from the library home page
or by clicking on this url:
http://www.med.fsu.edu/library/pdf/
ResourceDescriptions.pdf
It contains descriptions of many of
the resources in the scroll box.
It also has links to tutorials and
more information for using the
resources.
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