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To search the Anesthesia Library Online Catalog, you may either use the computer in the Anesthesia Library or make a disk
copy from the Librarian, and use it in any computer with Microsoft Works software. The Library still keeps the card catalog
which is locate on the top of the computer cabinet. The card catalog has not been updated since 1997.
To access the Online Catalog, double click on the Anesthesia Library Catalog icon from our Library's computer menu. There
are three ways to find information, here are two simple methods:
1. Highlighting with Find
* Choose Find from the EDIT menu. Type a term you seek. Click on <OK>. You can type less than a complete entry, but
type enough to weed out similar entries, e.g. typing bus you will find not only bus, but business, busy, and bush.
2.Simple Queries
* Choose CREATE NEW QUERY from the TOOLS menu.
* Change the name that WORKS has given the query you are about to create, e.g. change AUTHOR to TITLE.
* For every criterion you want to include in the query, complete one row.
Click on APPLY NOW icon.
VIEWING RECORDS
After finding information, switch from list view to form view by clicking on different icons.
SHOWING DISPLAYED RECORDS
After viewing your results (the other records are temporarily hidden), you can switch back the displayed records by choosing
SHOW ALL RECORDS from the VIEW menu.
The Anesthesia Library Online Catalog and web site, the Medical Research Center Library Online catalog and website, PubMed,
internet, ccMail or BMEC email, Anesthesia Simulator 3.0, WordPerfect 8.0, and scanning programs can be accessed in the Anesthesia
Library.
HOW TO SEARCH THE ANESTHESIA LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG
- Double click on Anesthesia Library Catalog icon, you will find any information in the Library. For more information on
how to search our OPAC, please click here.
HOW TO ACCESS MEDLINE
Method 1: Double click on the Internet icon, enter www.hscbklyn.edu in URL (locator), press <ENTER> key, then click on Medical Research Library of Brooklyn, Databases, Databases by Title,
M button, and any Medline database sequentially (Follow the instruction on the screen).
Method 2: Double click on the Telnet to BMEC icon.
Type hscbklyn.edu at IP Host/gateway, and click on CONNECT.
Enter your login name and password, press <ENTER>.
When the Main Library's main menu appears, enter 2, press <ENTER>, enter 2 again, and press <ENTER>. Ask the
Librarian the login name and the password, then follow the instructions on the screen.
HOW TO SEARCH THE MAIN LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG
- Follow the above method 1, click on Catalog after finding the Library web site.
- Follow the above method 2, enter 2 when reaching the main menu, then enter 1.
HOW TO USE THE INTERNET EXPLORER
- Double click on Microsoft Explorer (5.0), and fill out URL, e.g. http://www.asahq.org, and press <ENTER>.
HOW TO ACCESS THE ANESTHESIA LIBRARY WEBSITE
3. How to Scan Text and Image
The following is a simplified menu for scanning. For more information, please read the original menu. Before scanning,
turn on the scanner first, then the computer (If the computer is on already, reboot it). Then open the scanner lid. Put the
material to be scanned, face down with top of the page toward the window, on the scanner glass against the edge of the rulers.
Close the lid.
How to scan the text
- Double click on the OPLIMIT to Scan Text icon.
- Click on NEW JOB from the File menu, or click on the icon with paper in a hand.
- Click on SCAN menu when the Load Scanner Window opens.
- After scanning the first page, click on Stop Scanning if one page to be scanned or Add Pages if more pages to be scanned.
- After clicking on Stop Scanning, Save As Window opens. Choose Drive A (Default is drive C), and enter a file's name, and
click on OK. It is saved as a file.
- To exit, click on the File menu, drag and highlight EXIT.
The default format is WordPerfect 6.1, and it can be changed from the File Type window to other formats.
How to scan the image
- Double click on the PhotoImpact SE to Scan Image icon.
- Choose ACQUIRE from the File menu, highlight IMAGE menu, enter a file name, click on Save, and click on ACQUIRE from the
Acquire Image Window.
- Click on PREVIEW to see a preliminary view of the image.
- Click on icon to select the final area to be scanned (Click and drag on the mouse to form a frame).
- Click on the first icon at the upper right of the screen. The Type Menu Window opens (To scan color image, choose Millions
of colors, to scan black & white image, choose 256 shades of gray, to scan line art, choose line art. Resolution for color
or black & white images should be 72 dpi, and line art 300 dpi).
- Click on SCAN icon. The image is delivered to your image-editing software, where it can be edited further and saved as
a file.
- To exit, click on the FILE menu, drag and highlight EXIT.
4. AMA Manual of Style Reference Examples
The following is examples of AMA Manual of Style. For more information, please check American
Medical Association Manual of Style : A Guide for Authors and Editors. 9th ed. Baltimore : Williams &
Wilkins, 1998.
BOOKS
| An Entire Book |
Chung DC, Lam AM.. Essentials of Anesthesiology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia,
Pa: W.B. Saunders; 1997. |
| A Chapter
in a Book |
Kass IS. Physiology and metabolism of the brain and spinal cord. In: Newfield P, Cottrell
JE. Handbook of Neuroanesthesia. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1999: 3-19. |
| Editors |
Cummins RO, ed. Textbook of Advanced Cardiac Life Support. [Dallas, Tex.]: American
Heart Association, 1994. |
| Volume & Edition Number |
Rampil IJ. Anesthesia for laser surgery. In: Miller RD. Anesthesia. Vol 2. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livinstone;
2000. 1999: 2199-2212. |
| Page or Chapter Number |
Cottrell JE, Newfield P. Preface. In: Newfield P, Cottrell JE. Handbook of Neuroanesthesia.
3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1999: xv. |
| Serial Publications |
Abram SE, ed. Pain Management. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone; 1998. Atlas
of Anesthesia., Vol 6. |
| Theses & Dissertations |
Simon F. Predictor of Parental Anxiety Among Parents of Children Undergoing Sedated Procedures
a Thesis in Nursing [master's thesis]. New York : State University of New York. Health Science Center at Brooklyn; 1999. |
ARTICLES (Journal title abbreviations
can be found in the US National Library of Medicine's current Index Medicus)
| Journal Articles |
Leighton BL, Topkis WG, Gross JB, et al. Multiport epidural catheters: does the air test
work? Anesthesiology. 2000; 92:1617-1620. |
| Subtitles |
Brun-Buisson C, Doyon F, Carlet J, et al, for the French ICU Group for Severe Sepsis. Incidence,
risk factors, and outcome of severe sepsis and septic shock in adults : a multicenter prospective study in intensive care
units. JAMA. 1995;274:968-974. |
| Without Volume # |
Arkoosh V. Aspiration risk and NPO status during labor: background. SOAP Newsletter.
Winter 1997:8-13. |
| Supplements |
Lee JH, Capdeville M. Improved outcomes and resource utilization in off-pump coronary bypass
patients versus conventional CABG. Anesth Analg 90(suppl 4S):SCA52. |
| Newspaper Articles |
Steinhauer J. Legislators approve listing of missteps by doctors on web. New York Times.
June 24, 2000;A1. |
MEDIA
| Audiotapes, Videotapes |
Airway Management: Endotracheal Intubation [videotape]. Garden Grove, Calif.: Medcom;
1988. |
| TV or Radio Broadcast |
O.R. fires [transcript]. "20/20." ABC television. March 16, 1998. |
ELECTRONIC CITATIONS
| Software
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Anesthesia Simulator [computer program]. Version 3. Issaquah, Wash.: Anesoft; 1997. |
| CD-ROMs
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Gatt SP, Pybus A, Watterson LM, Collier CB, Dey P. Hypertextbook of Regional Anaesthesia for Obstetrics : an International Perspective
[CD-ROM]. [S.l.]: Becton Dickinson; 1996. |
| A Journal Article on CD-ROM |
Miller RD. Use of neuromuscular blocking drugs in intensive care unit patients. Anesth
Analg [serial on CD-ROM]. 1995;81:1-2. |
| WWW |
The Anesthesia Library of SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn page. Available
at: https://www.angelfire.com/ny/sunyanesthesialib. Accessed June 29, 2000. |
| Email |
Re: Dept. & Library websites. (Twersky R. [twersky@pipeline.com], e-mail, June 20, 2000). |
If a work is written by 6 authors or fewer, cite all names, e.g. Doe JF, Roe JP III, Coe RT
Jr, Loe JT Sr, Poe EA, van Voe AE; if a work is written by more than 6 authors, use "et al" after 3rd author, e.g.
Doe JF, Roe JP III, Coe RT Jr, et al.
5. How to Access Downstate Lotus-Notes
Email
To access your Downstate Medical Center Lotus-Notes email, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to Downstate email website at: http://email.downstate.edu.
2. Enter your full name as Username, click on Login.
3. Enter changeme as password for the first time, click on Login. You can access your email now, and change your password
after logging in your account.
The sample email address for John Adams is either : john.adams@downstate.edu, or, jadams@downstate.edu.
If you cannot access your email account, please contact the Computer Center at (718)270-2593. We will use your Downstate
Lotus-Notes email address to communicate with you in the future.
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