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The Eskind Biomedical Library and Knowledge Management - two arms of the information experts team - provides a number of services to support the information needs of the Vanderbilt community. These include the Clinical, Patient, and Research Informatics Consult Services which place information specialists at the patient bedside or the research bench where they identify and meet information needs. EBL also facilitates the Vanderbilt community's understanding of information resources and use through customized training sessions and synchronous and asynchronous assistance services.
In addition to the broad services listed below, EBL/KM provides a number of services supporting the goals of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. For example, to enable informed patient decision-making, EBL/KM provides links to consumer health information explaining diseases/conditions and lab findings/vital signs within the medical center's online patient portal, MyHealthAtVanderbilt, and the medical center's electronic medical record system, StarPanel. Information specialists also provide expert assistance in locating SNP information related to the BioVU genetic data project and training on genetics-related data and information resources.
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Educational Services
- View a list of available training sessions and request training - learn effective search strategies and best practices across medical, bioresearch, genetics and other sources. Training sessions are available to individuals and can be scheduled for small groups such as Emphasis students and new residents.
- Research/Author Support - learn about locating literature, citation management, finding funding, finding and using images, copyright, NIH public access policy compliance, resources for mobile devices, and more.
- Request assistance with a search strategy or resource selection on a clinical/medical topic via this online request form or by contacting us directly by phone. Assistance with searches/database selection in biosciences such as genetics/molecular biology is also available. Searches can also be performed by an information specialist for both Vanderbilt and non-Vanderbilt personnel for a fee.
- View tutorials and resource guides
- On-Demand Library Orientations - use our online form to request a personlized library tour and let an experienced and friendly EBL staff member orient you to our facility, collection, and services.
- Place course materials on reserve (for faculty)
Knowledge Management Services
- Evidence-Based Support Services - evidence location and summary for clinical care, research, patient health, systematic reviews, IRBs, and order set development
- NIH Public Access Compliance Database - database of journal/publisher policies and resources for authors
- Reusable Informatics Tools - online tools to track learning progress and create educational modules
Collection Services
- Search the electronic collection - thousands of online books, journals, databases, websites, software tools and other materials reviewed by library staff and selected for the VUMC community
- Search the Acorn catalog for print resources at EBL and other materials held by Vanderbilt libraries
- Storage Retrieval - request older materials from storage
- Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan - request an item not held by Vanderbilt "in-process".
- Contact Special Collections with questions related to the History of Medicine Collection and the VUMC Archives
- Place course materials on reserve (for faculty)
- Suggest an item for the library's collection
- Renew an item
- Recall an item - request that a checked out item be returned soon and held for you
- Make a rush request - request items that are "on-order" or "in process" that have been received by the library but are not yet on the shelf
Patient Services
- Visiting the library - access for VUMC patients and family members
- Patient Informatics Consult Service - search and summary of health information for patients and their providers
- Free online health information resources reviewed by EBL staff
In addition to the services listed above, the library provides access to computing, copying and scanning equipment and study spaces in the library and maintains a Special Collections department housing history of medicine and VUMC archival materials.
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