Volume 73 Number 6 October 2006	back to contents

1Education and Information Services Librarian; 2Assistant Director for Information Services, and 3Vice President for Information Technology, Associate Dean for Information Resources and Systems, Associate Professor of Medical Education, and Director, Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

Address all correspondence to Pauline Beam, Education and Information Services Librarian, Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library, Box 1102, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029-6574. e-mail: pauline.beam@mssm.edu

Grant support: None.

Adapted from Grand Rounds presentations to the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, on January 21, 2005, and to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, on September 20, 2005. Updated as of January 2006.

Abstract

Over the last two decades, changes in technology have allowed academic medical center libraries to bring the world of biomedical information to the physician's computer desktop. Because digital libraries have grown so rapidly and in so many ways, some clinicians may be uncertain about the services and resources that are available to them. This article explains how clinical faculty can best utilize their library to support their research and patient care. It addresses some of the most common myths about the “new” medical library, and it highlights innovations in library resources and services that can help physicians to better access, use and manage medical information.

Key Words

Medical libraries, academic medical centers, internet, information services, librarians, physicians, professional practice, continuing medical education, information management.

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