Micromedex Point-of-Care

The home screen in Micromedex was changed to the “Point of Care” interface as of Tuesday, November 17th. The Point-of-Care view is easier to navigate and contains many user-friendly tools to assist you finding and managing pharmaceutical data. Drug information is displayed in short bullet points for quick access to drug information, Evidence-Based health and disease management tools, dosing calculators, JCAHO compliant patient education information and IV compatibility checks. The familiar “in-depth” interface containing full drug monographs is still easily available from links within Point-of-Care entries as well as the “Switch to In-Depth Interface” link at the top right-hand corner of the page.

WorldCat Local

WorldCat Local, now at the top of the Lamar Soutter Library “Quick Links” list, allows you to search the Lamar Soutter collection, the Boston Library Consortium's collections, and the collections of many other libraries worldwide at one time. Most importantly, WorldCat Local will allow you to order books from the Boston Library Consortium Libraries (BLC) or from Interlibrary Loan (ILL) through one seamless interface. Faculty and staff who are registered (i.e., who have an active LSL barcode) with the library are eligible to order material through WorldCat Local. Books from the 19 Boston Library Consortium members (including Brown, Boston University, Boston College, UNH and U Conn) are free! Watch this space for information about training sessions coming up before the end of the year.