Literature searches for a fee

If a patron contacts you looking for someone to perform a literature search or systematic review for them, you can refer them to: http://gerstein.library.utoronto.ca/literature-searches.

Literature searches for non UofT students, staff and faculty

Individuals not affiliated with the University of Toronto wishing to contract for literature searches for a fee can consult any of the following:

• HealthSearch - at University Health Network. 416.340.3259
• MedSearch - Valda Poplak, Medical Information Specialist. 416.462.2941; email: valda.poplak@sympatico.ca
• IntelliSearch –main floor at the Metro Central Reference Library, 789 Yonge St (at Bloor). 416.393.7241

UptoDate - September 2012

Just a reminder about accessing UptoDate and where to send questions:
From our information page: http://gerstein.library.utoronto.ca/news/uptodate-access

"UpToDate access is limited to current UofT students (including medical residents) as of May 8, 2012. We regret that faculty and staff no longer have access. Please see the detailed explanation below.
UpToDate can be accessed via Library barcode and pin or UTORid and password.
If you have trouble accessing UptoDate:

• try barcode and pin if UTORid is unsuccessful
• try an alternate browser
• email  ask.gerstein@utoronto.ca with your name and barcode (21761....) and we will try and troubleshoot your access problem"

Staff, if someone comes into the library and cannot access this resource, please take their barcode # and contact information, and send to perry.hall@utoronto.ca who will troubleshoot the problem and contact the patron.

Change to UpToDate login and Dynamed Trial

Please note that as of May 8, 2012, a new contractual arrangement with UpToDate limits access of this tool to University of Toronto PGMEs and students only.

Students can log in using their UTORid or barcode.

Please send any feedback you receive to Sandra.

We have a trial of Dynamed, a comparable product, until June 30, 2012. This trial is open to all. I encourage all of you to try this resource and give feedback.  Dynamed trial

Allison Bell
May 8, 2012
Updated by HC May 17, 2012

Zotero now enabled for our catalogue

A quick note to let you know that the new catalogue interface is now zotero-enabled, with thanks to Bilal Khalid and Ken Yang in the Information Technology Services department for their work in making this possible.

For the metadata-inclined, we are using unapi with RIS format for the zotero data import currently, as it was the most expedient method for making this useful service available. This is roughly equivalent to the catalogue data we export to RefWorks. As time permits, we'll be switching to unapi with MODs, as it allows us to make a richer view of our catalogue records available to zotero.

Sian Meikle
Nov 8, 2010