WELCOME CLASS OF 2018! WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU!
MEET YOUR INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM 2 full-time librarians (Kris & Carol) and 1 full-time technical staff (Betsy) Evening/weekends NCSU student workers including several veterinary students All the NCSU Libraries staff that do Tripsaver, technology lending, and maintain collections Computer and A/V support from CVM Computing Vet Med Library Committee your rep to be elected soon!
LIBRARY TEAM CASE EXPLORATION Choose a classmate or two for your team Find 30-60 minutes between now and 5:30 PM FRIDAY... Come to the Library Service Desk together 1. Name your team 2. Get a case worksheet 3. (optional) Borrow a laptop/ipad/camera
YOUR QUEST CONTINUED>>> Complete the question sheet saving or sending the evidence on your device. Return the question sheet and any borrowed materials to get a sweet treat! Have fun, but please respect the needs of those working/sleeping in the quiet study spaces.
HOURS FALL/SPRING SUMMER Monday Thursday: 7:00am 11:00pm 7:30am 9:00pm Friday: 7:00am 6:00pm 7:30am 6:00pm Saturday: 11:00am 7:00pm 1:00pm 5:00pm Sunday: 11:00am 10:00pm 1:00pm 5:00pm Email anytime: libraryvetmed@ncsu.edu Chat and email monitored Mon-Fri 8a-5p. Breaks different from main campus Longer hours for your exam weeks: 6:00 a.m. 12:00 midnight NB: We are open to the public so clients and non-ncsu users may be present
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HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? High-quality educational materials Clinical care information from disease prevalence to prognosis Technology that you can borrow A supportive learning environment Support for your efforts to care for your companion animals find speakers for club events respond to questions that come your way manage all the knowledge you are gaining!
SUPPLEMENT YOUR CLASS CONTENT Background Core Texts, Animal Husbandry, Medical Terminology Course Reserve Reading (2-hour loan) V.E.T.S. Book Collection (3-day loan) Videos/Computer Programs, e.g. Glass Horse & Dog Online Books and Journals. From Home: Follow links from NCSU Libraries catalog to authenticate with Unity ID/password NCSU software Virtual Computing Lab vcl.ncsu.edu (also has Glass Horse & Dog)
ADDRESSING CLINICAL QUESTIONS Symptom searching Consultant www.vet.cornell.edu/consultant/consult.asp Differential diagnosis books (5 minute Clinical Consult) Literature Databases (mostly finds case reports) Google (lots of human cases) VIN Message Boards Consumer questions Books and videos Veterinary Partner and other websites linked on our page (algunos en español) http://www.groovythemes.com/animals/dog_with_a_headache-med.jpg
Sign up for free access to VIN VETERINARY INFORMATION NETWORK Full-text books and image collections Searches vet journals [fewer than Libraries databases; no links to NCSU full text] Current news / Connect with colleagues Access veterinarian discussions on hot topics and common problems Free student membership register with your NCSU email address at www.vin.com (choose Veterinary Academia)
THE MOST COMMON QUESTION Watching a demonstration of North Carolina State College's fistulated cow, Farm and Home Week, June 1956. NCSU University Archives
BACKGROUND ON FISTULATED CATTLE How is the fistula surgically created? What is the procedure called: Rumenostomy (Rumenal Fistulation) Food animal surgery. Noordsy & Ames. 2006 Turner and McIlwraith's techniques in large animal surgery. Hendrickson. 2013 What type and age of cow is typically fistulated? Why is it done? Research on bacterial growth, feed utilization/efficiency Herd health - keeping fistulated cows on hand so they can inoculate the rumens of fresh cows that go off feed
QUESTIONS SO FAR? www.flickr.com/photos/rogercalger/1555385455/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lfslearningcentre/246725407/i n/set-72157594290032651/
CLINICAL REASONING & PROBLEM SOLVING Become efficient searchers and users of veterinary literature Usefulness = Relevance x Validity Work Relevance: Is your subject and species covered? Database Choice and Search Terms Validity: Can you limit your search to stronger study designs? Read abstracts critically! Work: Is it easy to use? Links to full text?
How are blood chemistries for endurance horses different than those of regular horses? Core textbook for regular horse values: Schalm s Veterinary Hematology Species-specific sections in print or online book The elite race and endurance horse (at DH Hill request, 1-2 days) Online articles in veterinary or physiology journals
BACKGROUND QUESTIONS/TERMINOLOGY What are the possible causes of extensive hair loss in cats? Possible explanations = differential diagnosis Cause = etiology Hair loss = alopecia Cats = feline or small animal Types of Resources The 5-minute veterinary consult clinical companion : small animal dermatology (index of print book) Problem-based feline medicine [electronic resource] (search online book or index of print book) Consultant (free) list of signs associated with diagnoses in a species; does not suggest likelihood of any particular cause Associate (part of VIN)
Hair loss would have worked too!
FOCUS YOUR QUESTION TO DECIDE WHERE TO SEARCH GENERAL: I want to learn about veterinary acupuncture and can t afford to go to China. CATALOG/BOOKS, GOOGLE SPECIFIC: Is acupuncture effective in the species I treat? For the problems my patients have? Has acupuncture been used successfully to treat travel sickness in dogs? Will acupuncture improve milk production in cows with mastitis?
CHOOSE RELEVANT DATABASES CAB Abstracts primary vet and agriculture database (1973- ), including conference proceedings. CAB Abstracts Archive back to 1926. Combine with AGRICOLA (food animal, nutrition, agriculture) Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Wildlife & Ecology Studies, and MEDLINE. Web of Science (1900- ) Also BIOSIS, MEDLINE & Zoological Record if you choose All Databases PubMed/MEDLINE the primary biomedical journal article database (1946- ); veterinary coverage improves post-1995. Limit by publication type.
QUALITY OF EVIDENCE VALIDITY Few of these in Vet Med http://www.ebmpyramid.org/images/pyramid.gif
All types 336 22 RCT or Systematic Reviews or Meta-Analysis (7%) 12 non-controlled clinical trials
Search Related Terms - Combine with OR NB: use species rather than just using small animal or pocket pets
CAB Abstracts vs MEDLINE search Mastitis
Getting Full Text Register for Tripsaver!
Just Need a Place to Study? Graduate Student Commons at Hill & Hunt Libraries DH Hill Library Wolfline bus #6 to Scott Hall. Library is next to Scott Hall. Bring ID to enter Grad Commons or access Hill after 10 pm Visit the Creamery for NC State Howling Cow ice cream.
Hunt Library Graduate Student Commons Drive, or take #6 bus to Scott Hall and switch to Route #8 Southeast Loop. Bring ID.
QUESTIONS? Please remember to do the Case Investigation this week www.flickr.com/photos/rogercalger/1555385455/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lfslearningcentre/246725407/i n/set-72157594290032651/ GOOD LUCK!!