The D'Angelo Library offers a wide variety of classes designed to assist users in developing skills in Library research, information management, and specific resources available in the Library.
Classes include:
- Library Medical Informatics (MSI) – This class is designed as a general information class for first-year student introduction to the Library.
- Database Refresher Class (MSII) – The Database Refresher Class is required for students prior to beginning their first clinical clerkship year.
- Bioethics Introduction to Library Resources
- College of Biosciences Introduction to Library Resources and Research
- Anatomy Fellows Research Class
- OMT Fellows Research Specific Class
- New Faculty Orientation to Library Resources
- Introduction to PubMed
- Introduction to Research
- What’s New in Library Resources
- Ovid and PubMed Tips for Research
- Where to Publish My Article? Impact Factors and How to Find Them
- Medical Statistics Resources
- Utilizing Library Resources (class designed for faculty/ staff)
- E-Portfolios in Medical Education (class for faculty/staff)
- Database Specific Class
These classes are open to KCUMB students, faculty and staff. Individual sessions can be scheduled by contacting the Circulation Desk at 816-654-7260 or the Digital Services/Reference Librarian at 816-654-7264.
Database Refresher Class – The Database Refresher Class is recommended for students prior to beginning their first clinical clerkship year.
General Tutorials:
Several tutorials are available and provide quick assistance to some of our databases. Contact the Library for more specialized class sessions.
Access Medicine - This is a PowerPoint guide to using Access Medicine.
Clinical Key - ClinicalKey is the world’s first “clinical insight engine.” More than a traditional search engine, ClinicalKey is built from the ground up on Smart Content tagged from Elsevier’s proprietary EMMeT taxonomy.
Clinical Pharmacology - At the Clinical Pharmacology first page, click on the Tutorial/Help tab, and then click on the tutorial link.
ERIC
OVID Tutorial
PubMed Tutorial
Science Online - An eight-minute video that introduces users to Science content, shows how to browse articles and research the site, how to find daily Science news, and more.
SpringerImages FAQs
UpToDate