Palmer College of Chiropractic West, Library, About

The caliber of a college's library is an important indicator of its intellectual strength. Palmer College West's library is a dynamic, 14,000- square-foot learning center that has large windows and picturesque views of the South Bay area and nearby mountain ranges, and occupies nearly 15 percent of the campus. The Library houses 9,650 books and more than 12,000 periodicals. Its assets include nearly 1,000 video and audio tapes on chiropractic history, practice management, and patient care procedures as well as a journal center that subscribes to more than 300 magazines, trade publications, and chiropractic association newsletters from around the world. The newly installed on-line patron computer station provides Library visitors immediate status regarding the availability of a journal, book or video.

Palmer College of Chiropractic West
Announces the Addition of MDConsult Core Collection Database

The West campus of Palmer College of Chiropractic announce the addition of MD Consult Core Collection. This is a collection of information resources designed to meet the clinical content needs of health care professionals. This collection integrates

· a compilation of 51 health care specialty reference books,
· 70 health care journals and Clinics, and 30+ Yearbooks.

In addition, it has

customizable handouts written for the patient
peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, and
Pharmaceutical information for over 22,000 drugs including the average cost of treatment.

The database has various other information including the weekly current interest features, This Week in Medicine, What Patients Are Reading, and In this Week’s Journals. The Current Practice section includes a Case of the Week and Clinical Insights. The Student Union Section has information on medical mnemonics, case studies, and information on how to get published.

Off Campus access is available for this collection by establishing a Personal Login while on campus, which can be used as an entry port, with the user name and password established by the individual used for access off-campus. Approximately 3 times per year, the accounts will expire and a new personal login will have to be established. If you have any questions about this resource, please contact Phyllis Harvey at the Davenport campus.

Palmer College of Chiropractic All Three Campuses Announces the Addition of a Site License to JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association

A site license has been arranged for all three campuses to JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. The access to the journal is available through a link in the A to Z eJournals List on the left side of the all three library web page links. Access is available from 1998 to present. If you have any questions or problems with access, please contact Phyllis Harvey at the Davenport campus.

Other Palmer College West Library resources include:

Affiliations

The Palmer West Library maintains professional relationships with the Medical Library Association; CLIBCON (the Chiropractic Library Consortium); and the Northern California Medical Library Group (NCMLG). Membership in the NCMLG facilitates inter-library exchanges of books and related materials between Palmer West and local hospital libraries, to which students have access privileges.

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Palmer College of Chiropractic All Three Campuses Announces the Addition of a Site License to JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association

Other Palmer College West Library resources include:

Affiliations