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MCG ID and the Library (Patron) Barcode
Access Library Resources from Off-Campus
Library Electronic Resources: MEDLINE and CINAHL
How to search Ovid MEDLINE and Ovid CINAHL
Tutorials for searching Library Resources
Mediated Searching
Search Strategy for Full-Text Journal Articles
Search ePublications for journal articles
Search GIL@MCG for journal articles https://gil.mcg.edu
How to borrow books with GIL Express
Electronic Books
Patient Handouts
GroupWise email
WebCT

Eligibility for Services
Services are available to Medical College of Georgia faculty, staff, and students located at Medical College of Georgia distance education sites or Medical College of Georgia students enrolled in courses meeting the Board of Regents definition for a distance education course:
"In the University System of Georgia, a distance education course is defined as one in which more than 50 percent of instruction is delivered through one or more forms of distance technology and in which the instructor of the course and the students are separated by time and/or geographic location."

Contact the Library
Peter Shipman
Outreach Librarian
Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library
Phone: (706) 721-9903
FAX: (706) 721-2018
Email: pshipman@mail.mcg.edu

If the Outreach Librarian is unavailable:

Use the Ask-A-Librarian service to contact another librarian for assistance.
Contact the Library Information Center (706-721-3441) during operating hours.

MCG ID and the Library (Patron) Barcode A current, valid MCG ID entitles distance education students, faculty and staff to off-campus access to Library resources and to monitor their library borrowing.

Students without a MCG ID should contact their advisor or the Outreach Librarian.
Faculty and staff without a MCG ID should contact the Outreach Librarian.
Library barcode may be referred to as "patron barcode."

Access Library Resources from Off-Campus Subscription resources require password when accessed off-campus:

when the resource is protected by the campus proxy server, both a username and password are required
when the resource is sourced from GALILEO, a password is required
for the handful of resources listed in ePublications operating independently of those gatekeeping methods, contact the Library Information Center at 706-721-3441 or the Outreach Librarian 706-721-9903 for password assistance.

The proxy server password is identical to the GALILEO password

the password changes four times per year: May 15, June 4, August 15, and December 20
obtain the password from the Library Information Center 706-721-3441 or the Outreach Librarian 706-721-9903; identify yourself to staff with your Library patron barcode.
obtain the password online from the Get a Password link on the Library home page.
review the complete instructions on obtaining the password or view the tutorial GALILEO Proxy Server Access; PDA users may view Obtaining the GIL/Proxy Server Password tutorial.

How do I know when a resource is through the proxy server or GALILEO?

if a proxy server protected resource is selected, a proxy server authorization window opens. Proxy server resources include: Ovid databases, STAT!Ref, Micromedex, ePublications, InfoPOEMs, Web of Knowledge, ScienceDirect, Wiley InterScience, and ImagesMD.
GALILEO resources have the GALILEO icon and are listed in ePublications. GALILEO resources include: Academic Search Premier, Health Source: Nursing/Academic, Health Source: Consumer, EBSCO CINAHL with Full-Text, EBSCO pre-CINAHL, ERIC, AGRICOLA, and Lexis-Nexis Academic.
validate either method once per session.

To access GALILEO databases from off-campus

Click the GALILEO link at the Library homepage or go to http://www.galileo.usg.edu
At GALILEO home page, go to bottom right quadrant and click on link "Log in as another user."
At GALILEO Password Access page, enter the MCG GALILEO password in the box marked "Log in with GALILEO password" and click the Go! button. How to Obtain the Proxy Server / GALILEO password.

Library Electronic Resources: MEDLINE and CINAHL

MEDLINE database indexes clinical medicine journal articles from 1966 to the present.

MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations database of publisher supplied journal information sent to MEDLINE waiting for indexing and inclusion into MEDLINE; usually new journal articles before indexing is applied.

pre-1966 MEDLINE or OLDMEDLINE database indexes the clinical medicine journal articles from 1950-1965.

CINAHL database indexes nursing and allied health journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, etc. from 1982 to the present.

Pre-CINAHL database indexes nursing and allied health literature before indexing is applied.

Several vendors provide interfaces to search MEDLINE, MEDLINE In-Process, pre-1966 MEDLINE, and CINAHL.

MEDLINE vendor	Coverage	Password access	Access point from Library homepage "Quick Links"
Ovid MEDLINE	1966-present	Proxy	Click "Ovid"
Ovid MEDLINE In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations	New, prior to indexing & inclusion into MEDLINE	Proxy	Click "Ovid"
Ovid OLDMEDLINE	1950-1965	Proxy	Click "Ovid"
PubMed MEDLINE (also contains pre-1966 and In-Process MEDLINE)	1950-present	None	Click "PubMed" or http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?otool=mcglib
EBSCO MEDLINE (also contains pre-1966 and In-Process MEDLINE)	1950-present	GALILEO	Click "GALILEO"; then "Medicine and Health" tab
NLM Gateway (also contains pre-1966 and In-Process MEDLINE)	1950-present	None	http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/

CINAHL vendor	Coverage	Password access	Access point from Library homepage "Quick Links"
Ovid CINAHL	1982-present	Proxy	Click "Ovid"
EBSCO CINAHL	1982-present	GALILEO	Click "GALILEO"; then "Medicine and Health" tab
EBSCO pre-CINAHL	New, prior to indexing & inclusion into CINAHL	GALILEO	Click "GALILEO"; then "Medicine and Health" tab

How to search Ovid MEDLINE and Ovid CINAHL
In general, search each concept separately and allow Ovid to help you select Subject Headings for the most efficient searching:

Decide what to search for (topic or clinical question).
Decide which database to search in Ovid: MEDLINE, CINAHL, EBM, PsycINFO, HAPI, or SPORTDiscus.
Search each term separately from Main Search page:
a. enter term(s), Perform Search;
b. Mapping Display - select Subject
Headings, "explode" subject, Continue;
c. Subheading Display - Continue (all);
d. completed search is displayed and numbered at Main Search Page.
Combine searches to narrow or broaden the search.
Use "Limits" to further narrow the search, including EBM filters "Clinical Queries."
Save, print, and email search results using the Ovid Results Manager found at the bottom of each search results page.

Tutorials for searching Library resources
The Library maintains tutorials in a variety of formats designed to aid in searching Library resources

Other tutorials:
PubMed
From the left-hand column "Entrez PubMed" column, click "Tutorial."

EBSCO CINAHL (University of Florida)
Apply the same search techniques to search EBSCO MEDLINE

University System of Georgia Online Library Learning Center
Use for GALILEO resources

Mediated Searching
If a user chooses not to search library resources, a librarian may search the medical literature for a fee. Contact the Outreach Librarian or the Library Information Center for more details or view the Mediated Search Request form.

Search Strategy for Full-Text Journal Articles
Try this method to obtain full-text journal articles:

When searching indexes such as MEDLINE or CINAHL, download full-text articles from search results when found in a database.
Search ePublications, a finding aid to most of the Library's electronic journal collection. (see "Search ePublications for journal articles")
Search the Library's GIL@MCG catalog and have the Library send scanned copies of journal articles from the Library's print collection (fee - $0.10 per page) using the McGILL service (MCG document delivery). (see "Search GIL@MCG for journal articles").
Logon to the McGILL Service and fill out a request to have the Greenblatt Library obtain an article from another library (fee - $5.00 per article) through "McGILL service."
Search the GIL Universal Catalog to locate journal holdings from nearby University System of Georgia libraries for personal on-site visit and self-service photocopying.

Search ePublications for journal articles
ePublications is the searching tool to find most of the Library's electronic collection and usually will require access through the proxy server or GALILEO to access the links to the full-text content. There are several access points in ePublications to find the journal name:

Index tab: to search by provider
Titles tab: to browse list of publications in alphabetical order
Subjects tab: to view list of publications by topic
Search tab: to search any words in the title of the journal
Find box on "Titles" page: in upper right quadrant of page (enter title word(s) and click Search; clicking the "advanced search" link near the find box is same as clicking Search tab.

The blue-underlined hypertext links to the source of the full-text; the description after the link lists the date range of full-text content. In the JAMA example above, there is a proxy server source (Journals@Ovid), a GALILEO source (ProQuest Research Library Complete), a free source (Free Medical Journals), and a password-protected site (HighWire Press that requires contact with the Library Information Center [LInC] to obtain a username and password).

View a tutorial describing how to search for full-text documents.

Search GIL@MCG for journal articles https://gil.mcg.edu
Distance education students may search the Library's online catalog, GIL@MCG and request copies of journal articles from the Library's print collection.

From the Library Electronic Resources page, click on the "GIL@MCG" link:

Click on Exact Search tab
In "Search for" box: enter full or official abbreviation of the journal name
In "Search in" options: select "Journal Title"
Click GO button

All volumes and issues of print journals are listed in the GIL record. Once availability is confirmed:

Fill out an "ILL Requesting Form" in McGILL, the Greenblatt Library's document delivery service (fee for distance students: $0.10 per page for articles from the print collection, $5.00 per article if copy is obtained from another library's collection).
Logon to your McGILL account; click "First Time Users" link to set up your personal McGILL account. When entering your personal information, choose "Distance Student" for Status field.
In "Notes" field of the McGILL request form, restate your distance education status and that the availability of the article in the print collection was confirmed in GIL@MCG
Accept the electronic delivery option to receive the article more quickly

CAUTION: if availability is NOT confirmed, the request will be treated as a usual interlibrary loan transaction and you will be invoiced the $5.00 per request fee.

A tutorial to search GIL@MCG is available; the same techniques are used to search the GIL Universal Catalog. The University System of Georgia also has a link to help searching GIL and use the GIL Express system.

How to borrow books with GIL Express
GIL Express allows eligible MCG library patrons (students, faculty, and staff) to borrow books from any participating University System of Georgia (USG) library collection without a fee for a 28-day loan.

Distance education students and faculty should use GIL Express service to borrow books. It is not possible at this time for distance education students to receive prompt interlibrary book borrowing through McGILL, the Greenblatt Library's document delivery and interlibrary loan service.

"Walk-Up" GIL Express service: MCG patron visits a participating USG library and presents a picture ID to check-out material they select from the shelves.

Online GIL Express service: order book remotely through the GIL Universal Catalog. (UC) (the combined library catalogs of the USG libraries participating in GIL Express) and have it delivered to the USG library of their choice.

There is no fee for GIL Express and the loan period is four weeks. Two renewals are permitted if executed in your GIL@MCG "My Account" before the due date and if no holds, fines, or overdues appear on the borrowing account. Carefully monitor the due date and renewal option from your GIL "My Account." Overdue material will freeze borrowing and unreturned material will accrue steep, non-refundable fines.

The procedure for borrowing GIL Express titles:

Links to the GIL Universal Catalog are found in any GIL catalog on the "Exact" or "Keyword" search interface, or if any search returns zero results.
Search the GIL Universal Catalog
When a book is located for borrowing, click on the book's title link to "select" the item from the search results.
Click the GIL Express Request button at the top menu bar.
Logon to your GIL My Account:
- Select your Home institution (MCG) from the drop down menu
- Enter your Patron (library) barcode from your MCG ID
- Enter your Last Name
- Click the Logon for USG GIL Express button
At the screen with Please Choose the Type of Request, click OK to "GIL Express Request."
At the screen with the GIL Express request form:
- Re-enter your patron library barcode from your MCG ID on the Request form.
- If necessary, add a note in the Comment field.
- Select your choice of Pick-up Library from the drop down menu.
- Click the Submit Request button.
To protect privacy, click Logoff My Account at the end of your session.
After use, the book may be returned to any participating USG library for return to the Holding Library (the library that owns the book).

Electronic Books
While many library patrons are aware most of the Library's current journal subscriptions are available electronically, more book content is becoming available electronically:

Patient Handouts

Handout vendor	Coverage	Password Access	Access Point from Library Homepage "Quick Links"
MD Consult	Disease and Drug	Proxy	Click "MD Consult"; then "Patient Handouts" tab.
Micromedex	Disease and Drug	Proxy	Click "Micromedex"
Health Source: Consumer	Disease (Clinical Reference Systems) and Drug (Clinical Pharmacology)	GALILEO	Click "GALILEO"; then "Medicine and Health" tab
Clinical Reference Systems	Disease	GALILEO	Click "GALILEO"; then "Medicine and Health" tab
Clinical Pharmacology	Drug	GALILEO	Click "GALILEO"; then "Medicine and Health" tab
MedlinePlus	Disease and Drug	None	http://medlineplus.gov
Healthfinder	Disease and Drug	None	http://www.healthfinder.gov/

GroupWise email
Information Technology Support and Services maintains an "IT Help Desk" (Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) and may be contacted at 706-721-4000 to assist with GroupWise questions.

WebCT
The Division of Visual Instruction and Design (VID) hosts WebCT support services for distance education students. For VID assistance: http://www.mcg.edu/vid/WebCTSupport.htm