Library Orientation for USC PT class

1. Robert Johnson
robertej@usc.edu

2. Presumptions/Definitions
Overview of the NML building
Introduction to Norris Medical Library’s
website
Background vs. Foreground information
BKN/PT Resource Guide
Specific resources

3. USCNet Username/Password
Mobile device/laptop is connected to USC
Secure Wireless wi-fi network
◦ NML Technology Support Center
323-442-1968
hscaccts@usc.edu

4. USC Guest Wireless
◦ Unencrypted and open to anyone
◦ Limited bandwidth
USC Secure Wireless
◦ Claims to be 18 times faster than Guest Wireless
◦ How to connect your iOS device to Secure Wireless:
http://itservices.usc.edu/wireless/iOS/
◦ How to connect your Android device to Secure
Wireless:
http://itservices.usc.edu/wireless/android/
◦ How to connect other devices:
◦ http://itservices.usc.edu/wireless/

5. Catalog
Database
Link resolver
Mobile friendly website
Mobile app
Subject headings
eReserves
Call Number
Subject guide
Bibliographic Management Software

6. Navigate the NML website (for course
reserves, BKN/PT guide, catalog)
Find online and print resources
Use online tools
Access help

8. WB 460 Physical Therapy
*
Upper Level – PT Books
Call Number: WB 460
4-week Loan
Plaza Level Loan Desk – Class Reserve
Give Library Staff Call Number
2-hr Loan

9. Cost
 Black & White
$.10/page
 Color $.50/page
Lower Level

10. Initial Cost $1.00
$0.50 goes to one-time
card purchase
Card Dispenser/Regenerator
Plaza Level
near Loan Desk

11. Cost
◦ Black & White
$.05/page
◦ Color $.50/page
Duplex printing on
Plaza Level print
station only
Color printing only
in upstairs
Computer lab
NML_PLAZA_DUPLEX
Plaza Level

12. Library Cards
Activate Student ID at Loan Desk
Loan Periods
Books 4 weeks; one renewal
Reserves 2 hours; one renewal

13. Always a good place to start your research
Off campus, this page forces login using
USCNet username/password
Links to all resources available through Norris
Medical Library
◦ HELIX http://helix.usc.edu
◦ Databases (for journal articles)
◦ Reserves
◦ Help
◦ Report a Problem

14. Course reserve – materials earmarked for a
specific class
Sometimes print materials, sometimes online
The system is called “eReserves” but that doesn’t
mean everything on reserve is electronic (yes that
is confusing. No, I can’t do anything about it)
Find link in QuickLinks menu
Exercise: Is there a book by an author named
“Hall” on reserve for Dr. Dieli-Conwright’s class?
Is it online or in print?

15. Hard Copy
Web Link
PDF

17. Books (either in print or online)
◦ Dutton's Orthopaedic Examination Evaluation and
Intervention
Evidence summaries/synopses
◦ UpToDate
“Normal”
◦ Primal Pictures
◦ Zygote Body
◦ Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination

18. A selected group of resources that will be
useful for you.
◦ http://norris.usc.libguides.com/pt
◦ Links to eReserves, online books, journal databases,
online anatomy tools, etc.
◦ NOT COMPREHENSIVE

19. Evidence-based
expert opinion –
written by physicians
Over 8,500 topics
Fully referenced
Drug database
Lexi-Interact™ Online
Topic outline in right
pane as you hover
over title

20. Find reference information on cardiovascular
disease
What did you search?
Which entry was useful?

21. Primal Pictures
◦ Browse by systemic or
regional anatomy
◦ MRI
◦ Slides
◦ Self-assessment
Try linking to Primal
Pictures on your iPad

22. Use Settings to save
USC ‘Library Links’
preference

25. Exercise: Using Google Scholar, can you find
out if USC has access to the article: Validation
of the modified Fresno Test: assessing
physical therapists' evidence based practice
knowledge and skills?

26. Norris Medical Library
pays for some:
http://norris.usc.libguides.com/
mobiledevices
UpToDate
STAT!Ref
UCentral
Other sources:
iMedicalApps
http://www.imedicalapps.com/
Apps For Physical Therapists -
http://apps4pt.tk/

27. Search “usc health sciences
libraries” at the Android
Market or the Apple App Store.
Use to:
Search HELIX, our mobile-friendly
catalog, for books,
journals & electronic
resources
Renew items via your
activated library account
(10 digit ID)
Book a group study room
with your USC netID and
password
Check out the many subject
guides (especially the DPT 1
and Mobile Devices)

28. Priorities for use (highest
priority first)
Higher priority users
may override lower
priority users
Groups using
multimedia materials
◦ > 4 people
◦ < 4 people
Groups
Individuals using
multimedia materials
Individuals
Reserve Online
2 hours per person per
day
No shows: reservations
expire after 15
minutes

29. Reserve Online
Norris Medical Library
www.usc.edu/nml
◦ QuickLinks drop-down
◦ Group Room Reservation
Online Room Booking
System
◦ Login using your USC
NetID and password

30. Please fill out this survey (also found
on the PT guide)! Thanks!
https://uschsl.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?S
ID=SV_9SN1wjVmr0mxBTT

31. Thank you!
For more assistance, contact me:
Robert Johnson
robertej@usc.edu
323-442-1121
Or other librarians:
medlib@usc.edu
323-442-1116