FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
Medical Library Resources
What: Guide to help structure your search strategy, guide you to helpful resources, and level up your results with.
Where: Click here to access the EBM Literature Search guide.
Features: Evidence Based Medicine, Gray literature, PICO, Citation/reference management
What: Embase is a biomedical and literature database offering clinical practice, research, and medical education tools and resources.
Where: Access via browser.
How:
- Videos: Embase Literature Search Demo
Features:
- EBM, gray literature, journals, PICO
- Emtree [controlled vocabulary]
- Email alerts: for searching
What: As the libraries switch to Primo/Alma and OpenAthens, you may encounter error messages. Some may be related to the resource itself and others can be solved with a few troubleshooting steps. The medical library has a troubleshooting page that has some steps you can attempt to take before reaching out to a librarian.
Where: Click the hyperlink, left, or the link below.
- Support page: Troubleshooting Error Messages
Error Messages (please note this is not an inclusive list):
- Bad Request: Cookies not enabled. For assistance please contact your organization administrator.
- Safari cannot open the page because the network connection was lost.
- Bad Request Unknown site
- Forbidden: You are not entitled to access this resource. For assistance please contact your organization administrator."
- 400 bad request
What: Delve into EBM resources, biostats resources, study design, and systematic reviews.
Where: Click here to access the Evidence Based Medicine guide.
What: The FAU Medical Librarians provide both collaboration and consultation services for systematic and scoping reviews for students, faculty, and staff of the FAU Schmidt College of Medicine. Please complete the Request form if you would like one of the FAU Medical Librarians to collaborate or consult with you on a review.
Where: Access and fill out the Medical Librarians Evidence Synthesis Service Request Form HERE.
Timeline: Once the form is complete, please allow 1-2 business days for a response from a librarian. Completion of Evidence Synthesis Services vary and are determined on a case-by-case basis. Currently co-author level requests have an average turn around time of 3 weeks which is subject to lengthen based on volume of requests. Collaboration level requests will be coordinated with individual schedules.
What: To authenticate your FAU status when signing into Library resources, you will receive an FAUNet ID (which will also act as your FAU email.)
Where:
- Access FAU's OIT Self Services page to:
- Activate your account.
- Retrieve your FAUNet ID.
- Reset your password.
- Access Myfau.fau.edu to:
- Access your FAU Email.
- Set up email forwarding options.
- Forwarding Emails Tutorial (print)
What: Guide to help find images to use in your lectures, slides, or papers for publication.
Where: Click here to access the Finding Images guide.
Features: images, multimedia
What: Use this Google Scholar link to see full-text options via Find it @ FAU.
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Where: Access via browser.
Features:
- Journals
- Email Alerts: for search term(s)
What: Guide for finding grants & funders, grant writing support, Library resources, and more.
Where: Click here to access the Grants and grant writing guide.
What: ILL is a department that provides article delivery and short-term loans to the FAU Community from a vast network of libraries and document suppliers on a local, state, national, and international basis.
Where: Click here for the ILL Department Home Page.
How: Click here for additional support material.
