Levy Library

Handbook of Porphyrin Science

The Levy Library has licensed a highly regarded set of ebooks entitled "Handbook of Porphyrin Science: with applications to Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Engineering, Biology and Medicine". Edited by leaders in the fields of porphrin research: Karl M Kadish, Kevin M. Smith, and Roger Guilard, the series of volumes aims to "deal in detail with the synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical and medical properties and applications of polypyrrole macrocycles."

Access the Handbook of Porphyrin Science directly here: Volumes 1-5, Volumes 6-10, and Volumes 11-15, and from the Levy Library's Ebooks search page: http://librarycf.mssm.edu/levy/ebooks/

Summon: a new way to search library resources

Have you ever been frustrated with searching in multiple places to see if the library has an e-book?  Or wondered why some journals are in the catalog, and some are only in E-Journals? 

The Levy Library is trialing a new product called Summon, a search product that has the goal of searching across all library resources including the catalog, print books and journals, e-journals, articles and e-books.  At this point the interface does not search all of the resources available from the library, including Access Surgery and Springer ebooks.  Does Summon search well enough for you?  Try it out and let us know what you think.  Just click on the Feedback button in Summon.

To access the trial, just click here:

  

Stat!Ref's New App: Read and Review over 40 Core Textbooks on the Go!

There's a sophisticated new app included with the Library's subscription to Stat!Ref that allows you to access the core textbooks from the Stat!Ref platform on your mobile device, even when you leave Mount Sina's network.

The Stat!Ref app provides on and off-campus to over 45 clinical and nursing books, covering topics including USMLE review (Step 1, 2, and 3), healthcare administration, quality assurance and patient safety, and more. It includes core texts such as: MKSAP for Students 5, Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, ICD-9, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, and First Aid for the USMLE.

Platforms: iPhone/iPad, Blackberry, Android

Off-Campus Access: For off-campus access to the app, you must first create an account by visiting Stat!Ref from your computer/non-mobile browser.  Go to Stat!Ref and click on "Your Preferences" in the top right corner to create an account.  Then, click on "Temporary Login Account" to activate your mobile device access for a set period of time (about 3 months; it can be renewed for as long as you are still affiliated with Mount Sinai). Then, download the app and use your Stat!Ref account to log in to the app on your mobile device.

On-campus access: Simply connect to Mount Sinai's secure wireless to access content through the app while on-campus.

Download the app: Visit http://www.statref.com/products/srMobile.html for more information and the links for downloading the app for different devices.

See also our full list of Mobile Apps for Library Resources.

Download Ebrary E-books to Multiple Devices

Ebrary, one of the Levy Library's largest ebook platforms, now allows you to download e-books from its site to your computer and many other devices. Ebrary contains over 70,000 e-books from many publishers and covers many disciplines including medicine, life sciences, social science, psychology, education, computers/IT and more. 

Mount Sinai ebrary users have two downloading options: create an image PDF of a chapter or page range; OR download an entire e-book using Adobe Digital Editions (Free online, although it does require registration). Adobe Digital Editions is available for most devices, but not the Kindle. Full e-book downloading is permitted by most of the publishers participating with ebrary, but there are a few exceptions.

To read more about ebrary's downloading options, including step-by-step instructions, visit ebrary's downloading guide.

 

 

MSSM Course Textbooks Online

MSSM students can now access many of their recommended textbooks online from one easy place on the Library's E-Books site. Click "Course Reserve E-books" to access the e-books that are provided by the Levy Library and are assigned as required or recommended texts by MSSM course directors.

You should find that most of your MSSM-required textbooks are provided by the library as e-books.

Please note that unfortunately some textbooks are still not sold to libraries for institution-wide online access by their publishers (these books include: Essential Cell Biology, Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology and others). Of course, the print copies of these books can be found at the reserve desk of the Levy Library. And, in many cases you can purchase individual access to the e-book from the publisher. However.... if you're not satisfied that publishers are not allowing libraries to provide site access to these books, please let the the publishers of these books know. Please contact a librarian if you have any questions.

 

 

 

Residency Match Resources

 
To all our fourth year med students preparing for this year's residency match, the Library has compiled a variety of books and other resources to help you!  Please see our online guide.  Highlights include the popular e-books: First Aid for the Match: Insider Advice from Students and Residency Directors (2011) and 101 Tips to Getting the Residency You Want: A Guide for Medical Students.  And, if you're interested in a real-life account of three medical students preparing for Match Day a few years ago, check out the book: Match Day: One Day and One Dramatic Year in the Lives of Three New Doctors.  Best of luck to all who are preparing for the Match!          

BrainNavigator: a customizable online brain atlas

A question we answer frequently at the library is whether we have any mouse or rat brain atlases. And we sure do! One of our favorites is the online BrainNavigator, which takes information and images from print brain atlases and, thanks to technology from the Allen Institute for Brain Science, generates interactive 3D brain models for rat, mouse, human and rhesus. Not only can you turn the brain model around on the screen to look at it from different angles, you can also set markers, slice the model at various angles, and even simulate injections into the brain.

BrainNavigator is hosting on online seminar at 11 am on June 2 that will show you how to go beyond even those capabilities listed above and generate custom atlases to meet your needs. You can learn more about the webinar and register for it here.

Case Reviews Online: New Radiology Resource

Is Case Reviews Online...
A. a series of popular radiology e-books? B. a searchable database featuring state-of-the-art radiology images?
C. a test question bank for radiology board review? 
D. All of the Above  

If you said, D. All of the Above, you're correct!  Case Reviews Online, the online version of the popular Case Reviews book series, is now available from the Library's database page.  Study from hundreds of clinical cases featuring high quality images, review with multiple choice questions, and create customized tests (timed and un-timed). Currently, the online resource contains 8 imaging modules: Brain, Emergency, Head and Neck, Interventional, Musculoskeletal, Thoracic, Spine, and Pediatrics.  Coming later in 2011 are four additional modules.     

 

New! More Online Medical Textbooks

Starting to think about the USMLE? Regretting that you gave away those textbooks you thought you'd never want to see again after your first semester? Good news! The Levy Library has just acquired a new online collection of core medical textbooks. You may already know MDConsult as an excellent source for medical ebooks, clinical practice guidelines and patient education handouts. Now its content has been expanded with the full text of some of the most popular medical textbooks, including MSSM course texts like Gray's Anatomy for Students, Gordis' Epidemiology and Moore & Persaud's The Developing Human.

You can access the new ebooks several ways:

1. Search by title on our E-Books page.
2. Search by title, author or keyword in our Library Catalog.
3. Search across the whole MDConsult collection by following the MDConsult link on our Databases page.

Free Test Prep Ebooks from Kaplan

USMLE, NCLEX-RN, MCAT, GRE? iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, eReader, Nook? Until January 10, Kaplan is offering free downloads of 130 popular eBooks, including many test prep titles. The titles don't expire (i.e., once you download it, it stays on your device until you delete it) so if you are faced with one of these exams in the next few months you might want to grab a free eBook now to help you prepare. Also available are many other educational titles like the Cleveland Clinic Guides, Kaplan 101 Algebra Practice Questions, Sharp Grammar, and the fascinatingly titled Caffeine Will Not Help You Pass That Test. For more information and downloading instructions see http://www.freekaplanebooks.com/ or the Kaplan announcement at http://readkaplan.com/press-room/, and thanks to ResourceShelf for bringing this to our attention!