Welcome to BiblioBlast, the newsletter of the D. Samuel Gottesman Library of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. BiblioBlast will inform you about new Library resources and keep you up to date with our classes, events and other activities. It will also highlight tips to make our online resources easier and faster to use.
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All of us at the D. Samuel Gottesman Library welcome new and returning students and wish you a successful academic year! Please let us know when you need information or have questions about services or access to electronic resources. We’re here to help you.
From the Library’s mobile page http://m.library.einstein.yu.edu, click on Reserve a Group Study Room to reserve your room. You will be prompted for your remote access login and password. For more tips, see the Library's Who Knew? Tips from the Reference Department Guide.
For additional help, email the Reference Department or call 718.430.3104.
EndNote X7.0.1 for Windows and X7 for Macs are now available for download at http://library.einstein.yu.edu/Research/EndNoteAgreement.php. Please follow the download and installation instructions carefully. Before you upgrade, check EndNote’s compatibility chart to make sure X7 works with your version of Windows or Mac OS and your word processor.
If you are already using EndNote X7 for Windows, you should be prompted to update to X7.0.1 the next time you open the EndNote program. If you are not prompted to update when you open EndNote, go to Help > EndNote Program Updates.
Remember to close all Microsoft Office programs when installing or updating EndNote. To check which version of EndNote you have, click Help > About EndNote.
Want to learn more? Attend a workshop:
All workshops are held in the Library Training Room, Forchheimer 119N.
EndNote I: Building Your Library -- Learn how to create a Library, add records from PubMed and other databases, and organize your EndNote Library.
Tuesday, August 20, 3:00-4:30pm
Monday, September 16, 9:30-11:00am
EndNote II: Creating Bibliographies with MS Word: For those who have taken EndNote I. Use EndNote’s Cite While You Write feature to insert citations and images into documents. Build and format bibliographies according to specific reference styles. Change and edit reference styles.
Wednesday, August 21, 3:00-4:30pm
Tuesday, September 17, 9:30-11:00am
For even more information, visit our EndNote Research Guide: http://libguides.einstein.yu.edu/EndNote. contact a Reference Librarian by phone, 718.430.3104, by email, askref@einstein.yu.edu, text 66746 and start your message with medlib, or stop by the Reference Desk.
*New* Up To Date – Mobile App
UpToDate Anywhere, the mobile app, is now available for iOS devices (iPhones, iPads, etc.), Androids, and Windows8 tablets.
Follow these steps to get the app:
1. From a desktop or laptop computer, click on the UpToDate link on the Library’s home page:http://library.einstein.yu.edu.
2. Click on the red Login/Register button on the top right-hand corner of UpToDate’s main search page.
3. Fill out the New User registration form. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from UpToDate.
4. Download the UpToDate app on your mobile device from the App Store, Google Play, or Windows Store.
5. Log on to UpToDate with the user name you just created.
Important: In order to maintain mobile remote access to UpToDate, you must log on to UpToDate from an Einstein IP address every 30 days. The easiest way to do this is to click on the UpToDate link on the Library’s home page: http://library.einstein.yu.edu.
For more information contact the D. Samuel Gottesman Library Reference Department at 718.430.3104, emailaskref@einstein.yu.edu .
The next Book Club meeting will be Wednesday September 11 at 9:00 a.m.
We’d like to use the meeting time to choose books for future meetings and to discuss any ideas you may have for improving the club. Please bring any book ideas you may have to the meeting.
The Book Club is open to the entire Einstein Community. Meetings are held every other month. Books are selected by club members. If you have any questions and to RSVP, please contact the Reference Department at askref@einstein.yu.edu or 718.430.3104.