The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library

 

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Get Started:
Use Resources:
Connect to the Library from Off Campus?   Find Out if the Library Owns a Book or Journal?
Visit the Library / Obtain a Library Card?   Access e-Journals?
Connect to the Wireless Network?   Access e-Books?
Obtain a Photocopy/Print Card?   Search for Journal Articles on a Topic?
View a Map of the Library?   Search for Grant Funding for a Project?
Renew a Book Online?   Download Library Resources to my PDA?
     
Locate:
 
Search:
An Article - if you know part of a reference?   PubMed/MEDLINE Effectively?
A Newspaper Article?   For Articles that Cite a Given Article?
A Book Chapter?   For the Impact Factors of Journals?
A Medical Image for a Presentation?    
Patient Education Materials?  
Connect to Full Text:
Drug Information?   From PubMed?
A Test or Measurement?   From Other Databases - Using the FIND IT Button?
The Full Name of A Journal?   From Google Scholar?
Information on Mount Sinai History?   Using an Article's PubMed ID (PMID)?
     
Organize my Research and Manuscript:
 
Request:
Use RefWorks or EndNote?   InterLibrary Loan: Items from Other Libraries?
Format My Paper for Publication?   That the Library Purchase a New Title?
View RefWorks FAQs?   Document Delivery - for Items in Levy Library?
    That a Hold Be Placed on a Checked Out Item?
     
Find Evidence Based Medicine Information:
 
Stay Up to Date:
Use Evidence Based Medicine Resources?   On New Publications and Research?
Find Systematic Reviews?   By Tracking a Topic or an Author?
Find Clinical Topic Reviews?   With Table of Contents Alerts?
 
 
Further Training:

By Phone: Please call (212) 241-7793.
Email: Ask a Librarian
By IM:
Instant message a librarian, M-F, 9-5.
In Person:
at the Reference Desk, M-F, 9-5.

We offer monthly classes on using the Levy library. Consider attending our "Levy Library 101" workshop for an introduction to the online library.

To set up a Research Consult / Appointment with a Librarian: Contact us at: (212) 241-7204 or: refdesk@mssm.edu. We will gladly provide research assistance, database instruction, and library tours and orientations for individuals and small groups.