Health Library is composed of disease & condition fact sheets that provide comprehensive, yet concise evidence-based information on a variety of health conditions, diseases and injuries. Health Library introduces a new feature, a Symptom Checker tool, which resides on the index and article pages within Health Library, as displayed below.

Symptom checker features:

• Symptom Checker access point is a button in the right navigation area of all content pages in the Health Library
• To close the Symptom Checker, simply click the ‘close X’ in the right corner of tool
• Available in English and Spanish
• Navigate by Gender, Age, and Body Region
• 17 Body Regions available linking to nearly 300 Symptom Fact sheets
• Symptom Fact sheets are written in basic medical terminology for the larger population
• Content is Evidence-based and reviewed annually
• Symptom Fact sheets includes the following information:
  • Definition
  • Causes
  • Home Care
  • When Should I call My Doctor?
  • When Should I call for Medical Help Right Away?
  • Symptom Fact sheets have in-line links to additional condition and procedure content in the Health Library

Visit Health Library today view the Symptom Checker too. Find out how to contact a reference librarian and learn more.

Contact us by:

• E-Mail using the Ask A Librarian Form
• Calling the Library Service Desk (315)464-4581
• Visiting the desk while a reference librarian is on duty

Reference Desk Hours
Monday – Friday (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM or by appointment)
Saturday (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM)

Looking for resources for to provide to patients and their families?

Family Resource Center
The Family Resource Center (FRC) is a unique service of the UPSTATE Health Sciences Library. Come meet our professional library staff, nurse educators and volunteers in our warm and welcoming environment.

Online resources and print journals
Consumer health resources of value to patients and families. Includes Health Library, Express Information Library, Medline Plus or search our library catalog for print journals.

Consumer Health book collection
Browse the Consumer Health Book Collection in the Library Catalog.

Multimedia
Browse through online videos or search the collection of over 400 titles that can be borrowed for up to 1 week.

Contact

Phone: (315) 464 – 4410
E-Mail: frc@upstate.edu

For the month of May the Health Sciences Library is highlighting Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing, 4th edition by Williams and Hopper.

Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing presents a variety of real world nursing situations. It includes caring for patients at the end of life and patients with emergent conditions, integrating evidence-based practice. The text includes concept maps, review questions, safety tips, case studies, and more.

Over 40 chapters offer a comprehensive look at medical surgical disorders, including pathology. The 4th Edition of this groundbreaking textbook continues to teach the “why” of medical-surgical nursing more effectively than any other resource in the field

Ebooks can be found from the HSL homepage under Find Books> Electronic Books, and search or browse by title.

For the month of May PsychiatryOnline.org is featuring Clinical Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment, edited by Yifrah Kaminer, M.D., M.B.A., and Ken C. Winters, Ph.D.

Clinical Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment brings together extensive new research in the field of adolescent substance abuse. The majority (85%) of adolescents experiment with substances prior to graduating from high school, and more than 10% of youth are in need of a clinical intervention for their substance use. This volume serves as a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, family physicians, social workers, substance abuse specialists, public health officials and other clinicians as well as residents and students of psychology.

This manual provides updated, comprehensive, and clinically oriented information on the identification, assessment, prevention, and treatment of adolescents at risk for or with problems associated with substance abuse. Special emphasis is given to different psychosocial and pharmacological interventions as well as to the treatment of coexisting psychiatric disorders.

You can access the Book of the Month from the PsychiatryOnline.org homepage, scroll to the bottom of the page to find Book of the Month. From the Health Sciences Library website select Find Articles> Databases> and select PsyhchiatryOnline from the drop down menu (or browse by letter or title).

You’ll have access to Clinical Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment as a PDF download for the month of May.

AHFS DI® Essentials™ is designed to offer health professionals easy access to knowledge that is critical at the point of care. Essentials™ monographs draw on the meticulously evidence-based guidelines in the full AHFS DI® database, distilling for the health professional the essential information on prescription and key over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in an easy-to-use, highly structured outline format.

You can access PIER® from the Health Sciences Library website select Find Books> Electronic Books> and browse by title (A for ACP Pier and AHFS DI Essentials).

Photo Safari: Kenya and Tanzania

Jeffrey C. Freedman, Ph.D. and Tess Freedman, Ph.D.

Show Description

This past October, Drs. Jeff and Tess Freedman visited national parks, conservation areas and game reserves in Kenya and Tanzania, on a trip organized by Swarthmore Alumni College Abroad.  On this photo safari, they identified and photographed wildlife, including some 45 species of mammals and more than 100 species of East African birds, from ostriches to the lilac-breasted roller.  This show will present twenty of their favorite wildlife photographs.  Narrative descriptions will briefly indicate predator-prey relationships, how some East African mammals and birds are adapted to their specific habitats, some physiological consequences of their adaptations, how certain African birds, like the Sacred Ibis or the Secretary Bird, got their names, and other “fun facts”.

Artist Biographies

Jeffrey C. Freedman.  B.A. Swarthmore College; Ph.D. in Biology, University of Pennsylvania; has since 1979 performed research and taught Cellular Physiology and Medical Physiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University.  In February, he retired under the Distinguished Faculty Retirement Program.  He currently is Commander of Syracuse Sail & Power Squadron, and teaches boating safety and boating-related courses to the public at local high schools and at Oasis.  He currently serves as Vice-Chair of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Citizens Participation Work Group on the remediation of Onondaga Lake.  An amateur photographer, he has exhibited in the “On My Own Time Art Show” at SUNY-Upstate, the Everson Museum of Art and at the Syracuse Museum of Science and Technology (MOST).

Tess Freedman.  B.A. Swarthmore College; Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, retired as Research Professor of Chemistry at Syracuse University where for many years she performed research and taught introductory and advanced chemistry courses.  She has also taught chemistry at Swarthmore College and Onondaga Community College.  An amateur photographer, her photographs are displayed at Onondaga Yacht Club, Liverpool, NY, where she is currently Vice-Commodore.  She has won photo contests of the Onondaga Lake Partnership, and has had photos in environmental publications of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Great Lakes Conservancy.

The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection is updated on a monthly basis. Included below is a list of new talks that have been added to the collection in the last month. To access Upstate’s subscription to the Henry Stewart Talks database, from the homepage of the library go to Find Articles> Databases> click on the letter H, and navigate to Henry Stewart Talks towards the bottom of the page.  If you aren’t able to connect, be sure to follow the aforementioned step to access the library’s subscription to the database.

In support of the Syracuse Orange and their Final Four appearance, were turning Upstate orange on Friday, April 5.  Show your support for the SU basketball team by wearing orange-themed clothing (attire must be appropriate to the patient-care setting).  By wearing orange, we can show all of Central New York how Upstate supports the outstanding accomplishments of these student athletes and coaches, and wishes them great success this weekend.

April brings access to Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill, edited by Stephen J. Ferrando, M.D., James L. Levenson, M.D., and James A. Owen, Ph.D.

A comprehensive yet practical guide to the prescription of psychotropic medications in patients with medical illness, Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill is designed to be useful to clinicians practicing in a broad range of specialties, from the psychosomatic medicine specialist caring for a delirious patient with cancer to the general medical practitioner prescribing an antidepressant to a diabetic patient who recently had a myocardial infarction. This manual

•     Provides useful psychotropic prescribing protocols that can be employed by primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and other medical professionals.
•     Reviews fundamental principles of psychotropic drug prescribing across medical specialties.
•     Educates clinicians regarding the growing evidence base supporting the safety and efficacy of psychopharmacological treatments for a diverse range of psychiatric problems in medically ill patients.
•     Provides clinically relevant information concerning psychopharmacology in the medically ill, including pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles, drug-drug interactions, and organ system disease-specific issues.

This manual, beyond serving as a clinical guide, should become a mainstay of curricula in general psychiatric residency programs, psychosomatic medicine fellowships, and nonpsychiatric residency training programs that prepare physicians to provide safe and effective psychopharmacological treatment for patients with medical illness.

You can access the Book of the Month from the PsychiatryOnline.org homepage, scroll to the bottom of the page to find Book of the Month. From the Health Sciences Library website select Find Articles> Databases> and select PsyhchiatryOnline from the drop down menu (or browse by letter or title).

You’ll have access to Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill as a PDF download for the month of April.

Welcome to What’s your App-titude –

Our monthly post to share information about Health Sciences mobile apps!

Tweet us your favorite app @upstatehsl #upstateapps

  Post the app info to our Facebook  page

Our featured app this month is First Consult from MD Consult.

 First Consult for Point-of-Care Evidence Based Answers to Clinical Questions

•  Browse Medical Topics, and Differential Diagnosis
•  View Clinical Presentations, Prevention and Treatment
•  Retrieve updated peer-reviewed practice guidelines
•  Access First Consult point of care content without direct data connection

How do I download the First Consult App?

1. From the Library home page at library.upstate.edu, select MD Consult from the Popular Links list
   “Create an account” from within the institution’s database access
2. Open the App Store on your mobile iPhone/iPad device
   Search for “First Consult“  Click “Free” “Install App“
3. Click “I use First Consult and know my username”
   Enter your MD Consult username and password (from the personal  account created) and start using the First Consult App!

               https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-consult/id399677784?mt=8

*Visit First Consult via the MD Consult database directly to access

•  Full text articles from over 80 journals and clinics
•  Over 13,000 patient education handouts
•  Procedures integral to the practice of medicine
•  Patient education by conditions, treatments, medications and specialty