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Medical Library Resources

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Library User Guide: Medical Students

What: This guide offering a student-specific focus for accessing remote and physical library collections & services available at the COM and the Wimberly Library.  

Where: Click here to access the student guide. 

LWW Health Library

What: LWW Health Library is a medical education resource providing textbooks, cases, and study tools.   

Where: Access via browser. 

Features:

  • Books, cases, multimedia
  • USMLE study tools: self assessments
Mango Languages

What: Mango Connect is an online self-paced language learning system covering over 40 languages and including 16 ESL classes taught in the native language. Each lesson combines real life situations and audio from native speakers with simple, clear instructions.

  • Student Tech Fee funded

Where: Access via browser or app. 

  • Browser: Mango Languages 
  • App: iOS| Android
    • Download the app to get your first language in any language for free. Link your profile to FAU Libraries to gain full access to Mango content. 

Features: 40+ languages, medical Spanish lessons. 

Manuscript Matching

What: Manuscript matching is available through multiple sources to help determine which journals would be the best fit for your manuscript. Please note that matching does not guarantee acceptance and the Medical Library only provides a Fellowship Code to waive BMJ Case Report fees. 

Guide: Scholarly Communication- Choose a journal or Publisher

Where: Access any of the following via browser:  

Medical Librarian Events Calendar

What: Calendar for viewing the Medical Librarian classes, workshops, drop-in resources sessions, Book Club meetings, and more. 

Where: Access the medical librarian's online calendar of events by visiting the link: https://faulib.libcal.com/calendar/medical-librarians

Medical Librarians

The medical librarians are here to help: Check out below for how we can assist you.  

  • Offering multiple support venues: emails, virtual office links for screen sharing, and phone. 
  • Drop-in office hours provided daily, M-F 
  • Instant bookable appointments via Bookings.   
  • Create a ticket via COM Support. 

Contact: 

Troubleshooting: 

You may experience error issues when accessing resources while the librarians are out of the office. While waiting for us to return your email, here is a page that details troubleshooting steps you can try: 

Services: One-on-one and group appointments; Orientations; Off Campus/ OpenAthens Access; Research & curriculum support; Literature review assistance; and more.

Mobile Apps

What: There's an app for that! And a guide. This guide lists the Libraries' medical resources that offer an app, as well as any special directions to register, access, and renew. Other tabs review COM resources, and apps that users may find useful for patient education, CME, classroom tools, and more. 

Where: Click here to access the mobile app guide. 

Natural Medicines

What: Authoritative resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies.

Where: Access via browser.

Features:

  • CME, diagnostic tests, drug information, EBM
  • Patient education: English, Spanish, and French
Nature

What: Includes full-text access to 80 titles from Nature Publishing Group and partner societies, with archives dating back to 1869. Search across life science and physical research journals, life science review journals, clinical review journals, as well as complimentary web content. Includes titles such as Nature, Nature Protocols, Nature Communications, Nature Methods, and Scientific American.

Where: Access via browser. 

Features: Images, journals

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

What: NEJM is a weekly general medical journal that delivers high-quality, peer-reviewed research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators, researchers, and the global medical community.

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