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Geriatrics

Core eBooks for Geriatrics

Access Medicine

► Access Medicine 

Resource providing access to 63 medical books, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self assessment, case files, diagnostic tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to download content to a mobile device. Includes USMLE Easy, Harrison's Online Self-Assessment and Board Review, Williams Obstetrics Study Guide, Hurst's Imaging Tests, and Self-Assessment from Lange Educational Library.

►Case Files: Geriatrics 

AccessMedicine’s Case Files® Collection from McGraw-Hill Education offers the best-selling Case Files® content in an interactive format. 

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Use NYMCat, our online catalog, to search the HSL Library collection for books, journals, and more.

You can find NYMCat in the Resources tab on the library homepage.

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To perform a basic search, use the drop-down box to the right of the search box to choose your search parameters (e.g. title, author, etc.) and then type in your search terms.

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If you use the Advanced Search link, you can limit your results by date, language, location, etc.

NYMCat Advanced Search Screen

After you complete a search in NYMCat, clicking on the title of the material you're interested in will bring you to the item's record. The record will tell you more about the material, such as the name of the author, the publisher, and the publication date.

NYMCat Record View

Now you can see even more information, including the subject headings that have been assigned to this resource. Subject headings, which are words or phrases that describe the material, can be very helpful in telling you more about what this resource is about as well as guiding you to other relevant materials. Clicking on a subject heading will bring you a list of other library materials that have also been assigned this subject heading.

The three pieces of information you need to get a book or other material that you've found in NYMCat off the shelf and checked out are:

1) Home Library Location - where in the library the book can be found, such as Main Library Oversize Collection

2) Call Number - where on the shelf to find the book, such as qWZ40 L991m 1978a

3) Status - whether or not the book is checked out, available, damaged, missing, or only available for use within the library

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Shelf Browsing Guide

WT Geriatrics. Chronic Disease

WT 1-39 Reference Works
WT 100-166 Geriatrics
WT 500 Chronic Disease