Keeping Up With the Librarians

Are you a nursing student or medical professional? Check out our new UpToDate toolkit! It explains how medical professionals and students in medical fields can use the UpToDate database and app to find the most recent professional information on health conditions and medications. It's like your own medical library in your pocket! 

Note that this toolkit replaces our guide on logging into the UpToDate mobile app.

Ever struggle to use the library? Then, our new Toolkits are for you!

The toolkits offer a central location where you can find the "tools" you may need to help you research a topic or use a resource.

For this launch, we've focused on providing Database Toolkits, which offer tips on how to use our largest, and most popular, databases more effectively. Additionally, there are tutorials if you're new to the database and other insights that might be useful to you. For example, one of our featured databases is Business Source Complete. This toolkit offers links to the database (and in this case, a specialized collection within Business Source Complete: SWOT Analysis), videos on how to search Business Source Complete, and tips and resources that align with research that you may be doing in your courses.

We currently have four toolkits available, with more coming soon! If there's something, in particular, you'd like to see, let us know in the comments or reach out to us through Ask Us!

Nursing and healthcare students, rejoice! You can now use the UpToDate mobile app using your university login!

The login process isn't very straightforward, so we've created a guide to walk you through the steps.

Login to the UpToDate Mobile App

Ah, it’s never too late in the day for a Wizard of Oz pun, even a bad one.

We’ve recently added some new databases to the library and, while we love all of them, I wanted to highlight some of our favorites.

Business Insights: Global
Struggling with conducting company research? Business Insights: Global can help! It offers comprehensive business intelligence, including company reports and financials, SWOT analysis, industry and market share reports, and case studies.

Gale Health and Wellness
Ah, health information. It’s available in abundance these days. But, how to do you know what’s credible? Enter Gale Health and Wellness. It’s a great first-stop to research a range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

Gale Power Search
If you’re a regular EBSCOhost and ProQuest user, Gale Power Search is for you. It combines most of our Gale databases into a single search platform and is a good place to start your research or if you need to uncover a lot of information at once.

Honorable Mention – In Context Databases
We added several new In Context databases (think Opposing Viewpoints-esque). There are too many to mention by name in this post but they cover topics such as environmental science and history. If you're not familiar with our In Context databases, they're great at helping you getting a grasp on a topic by offering overviews, historical context, and current news and research. They also offer related topics to help you branch into other areas of research you might not have considered before.

Check out all our new Gale databases!

Welcome to the first post of our new blog, Keeping Up With the Librarians! (I know, soooo original.) We thought that this blog would be a great way for us to get in touch with you without spamming your inbox.

In our first post, we're tackling a bit of a heavy subject - the re-opening of the world as we face COVID-19.

COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, is changing how we interact with others and the environment around us. Some of us had to double as teachers this spring as our kids finished out their school year from home, some had to juggle work with little ones running around when daycare closed, and others had to deal with the loneliness that comes from social isolation. Here at the library, we all started working from home in March and, while our band of introverts loved the fact that we had tons of quiet time to do our work, we (eventually) started to miss each other, which has lead to more phone and video calls to talk about something we would normally send an email on. (Or, in some cases, to talk about what's good on Netflix... Librarians are a chatty bunch so you just never know what you'll get when we get on the phone with each other.)

Here are some of the ways that the world at large is changing while re-opening.

Work

• The traditional 9-to-5 is becoming a thing of the past and home office stipends are becoming a new perk among employers.
• Mandatory on-the-job medical screening could become the new norm.
• Cubicles are transitioning to conference spaces as office space transforms to conference centers whose purpose is for gathering, not working (at work).
• Corporate headquarters are becoming a status symbol in pricey real estate markets where employees telework.

Travel & Entertainment

• Technology, like voice recognition in elevators, and cleanliness will drive the hotel industry.
• Digital venues may become the norm in sports and live entertainment.
• Some cultural centers, like museums, are issuing ultra-wideband technology to ensure visitors stay at least 6 feet apart from each other.

Shopping

• Online shopping and robot deliveries are becoming more and more popular.
• Digital and contact payments are becoming more normal.
• Supply chain management is crucial for business.

Technology

• Distance learning is being stretched beyond colleges and universities.
• Telehealth is growing.
• 5G and communication technology has exploded.
• Automation is being accelerated.

What are some of the changes you've seen happening around you or where you live?