The Department of Surgery Library
Overview
The Department of Surgery library holds an up-to-date textbook collection
and subscribes to more than 40 journals. Library resources include phones,
Internet-accessible computers, access to OVID Medline, MD Consult, and
the full array of electronic resources and services provided through the
University of Wisconsin-Madison Library system, presentation software,
scanning equipment, and a photocopier with PDF output capability.
The Orthopedics library holds 24 journals and a collection of current
textbooks as well as access to OVID Medline, MD Consult and the full array
of electronic resources and services provided through the University of
Wisconsin-Madison Library system. The Orthopedics library also provides
phones, photocopier, scanning equipment, and X-ray viewing tables.
These libraries supplement the Ebling Library housed within the new Health Sciences Learning Center, adjacent to the hospital. The Ebling Library provides over 150,000 books, 4,000 active journal subscriptions, 5,000 software programs and audiovisuals, and 70,000 microfilm volumes. Ebling Library licenses the majority of the biomedical electronic journals for the UW campus and participates in the UW Library Express Electronic Document Delivery Program.
Locations and Access
The Department of Surgery library is located in room G5/316. The Orthopedics
library is located in room B6/492 on the orthopedics inpatient floor.
Department of Surgery personnel have 24-hour access to both libraries,
which are secured with a keypad combination lock. Authorized users will
be give the combination. Visitors should call ahead or ask the Department
of Surgery reception desk to alert the librarian for access.
Staff
- Barbara Benisch Sisolak
Librarian
G5/316 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Phone: (608) 263-7309
Email: sisolak@surgery.wisc.edu
Services
Collections
The Department maintains two libraries: the Surgery Library and the Orthopedics Library. The Surgery Library contains books and journals on every surgical subspecialty except orthopedics; these books and journals are kept in the Orthopedics library. These libraries are primarily for use by residents, faculty, and staff of the departments.
General Library Reference
To meet the information requirements of department personnel, the librarian provides assistance with:
- library catalogs
- reference books
- indices
- abstracting tools
- literature searches
- electronic full text
- electronic article delivery (UW service)
Medline Searches
The librarian can provide Medline and other literature database search results in either
paper or electronic format. For doing your own searches, Medline can be
used from a PC in the Surgery Library or at any campus library using either the Ovid or Pubmed interfaces. For instructions
on how to use Medline, contact the librarian for a personal tutorial.
Most Medline searches can be completed on the day of the request. Please
let the librarian know your time requirements so searches can be managed
efficiently. When requesting a search, give the librarian a complete explanation
of the subject matter and include any unique terms used. Indicate language
restrictions, limits to specific patient populations, and time frame to
be covered.
Journal Alerting Service
The University of Wisconsin maintains an institutional subscription to
Current Contents. This database is updated weekly, and contains timely
information about newly published journal articles, many of which will
not be represented in Medline or other bibliographic databases for weeks
or months.
The librarian can set up a permanent search strategy, based upon your
area of interest, and search Current Contents on a weekly basis to keep
you appraised of new publications and developments. Search strategies
can consist of subject keywords, author names, or journal titles for table
of contents retrieval. Results can be emailed, sent in paper form, or
sent in electronic form for uploading into personal bibliographic management
databases. Contact the librarian in person or e-mail a brief description
of your research or clinical interests to take advantage of this service.
The librarian is also able to assist you in developing and maintaining your own journal alerting profile, either through the Ovid system or using the Entrez Pubmed myNCBI service.
Bibliographic Management
Bibliographic management software allows the user to keep a personal database of citations relevant to individual research interests. The software can also be used to effectively manage reprint files, journal club readings, or collaborative research bibliographies. References may be entered into the database by hand, or imported from Medline. The major bibliographic management software programs work in conjunction with many word processing programs to process bibliographies and in-text citations according to the style specifications of hundreds of scientific journals.
The following programs are available:
- RefWorks™: Web-based program, licensed for use to entire UW Madison population. Training is available from the Surgery Librarian, and through the Ebling Library Instructional Program.
- Reference Manager™: Client-based program, available for use in the Surgery Library and Orthopedic Library. Training is available from the Surgery Librarian.
- EndNote™: Client-based program, available in the Surgery Library and many computer labs across campus. Training is available from the Surgery Librarian, and through the Ebling Library Instructional Program.
Grants/Funding Research Support
The University belongs to the Community of Science (COS) consortium,
and has access to the funding sources database at the COS website, as
well as full access to Commerce Business Daily, and the Federal Register
for government contract opportunities.
The National Institutes of Health provide free online access to the NIH
Guide (current grant opportunities) and to the CRISP database (funded
projects). The librarian can conduct directed funding source or research
information searches or demonstrate any of these systems.
Training, Reference, and Other Services
The librarian is available for group or individual training in use of Medline, E-Journals, bibliographic management software, and other UW library resources.
The library is equipped to handle a number of potential reference questions,
such as incomplete citation verification, resource location, book and
journal publication/order information, and obscure information research.
The librarian is the official liaison with the State Records Center and
will assist with the University administrative records storage process. The librarian also will facilitate archival needs and use of the University Archives for research.
External Links
Academic Reference Tools
Community of Science
CRISP (NIH Awards data)
Madcat & UW Madison Licensed Resources
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
NLM Locator Plus
OVID Medline/other OVID databases (UW-Madison users only)
Pubmed
UW Hospital Clinical References on the Intranet
Organizations
American College of Surgeons
Association for Surgical Education
Medical Library Association
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