May 2020 from the university librarian
Posted: May 18, 2020
Congratulations to all our A.T. Still University graduates. The library congratulates you on the culmination of all your hard work and studies, and wishes you well on your future endeavors. I hope the library has been an efficient and useful resource for you during your educational journey.
When you are ready, we offer some resources to our alumni, including 5 free articles per month from our document delivery service.
The library transitioned along with the entire University to online services. Resource usage, questions from faculty and students, and literature search requests have all increased dramatically. The library’s 3D print shop on the Missouri campus with ITS and the Kirksville Vocational School supplied face shields and Montana masks for the local hospital and other health care professionals. They churned out over 700 face shields and are still cranking our face masks for internal ATSU use.
Some important dates to remember:
- PubMed will switch over to its new formatting on May 18; they are calling it the new PubMed, but it will have the same web address. The same features are there, just in different places. It also incorporates a more friendly responsive design for smartphone use.
- The library also has several COVID-19 trials in progress including several databases from VitalSource, McGraw-Hill and LWW/Ovid to support the students through the end of May. These trials can be found on the databases page of the library web site.
Study and work hard, enjoy your last few weeks of the semester and then, enjoy your summer!
Best,
by Hal Bright, MERLS, university librarian