Interns and other House Officers have access to resources such as veterinary databases; full text PDFs of articles; articles from other libraries; scans or holds of materials at the UT Libraries; research support; and point of care resources.
To get PDFs of articles at publishers' sites and in databases such as Pubmed and Web of Science, get the LibKey Nomad extension for Chrome, and also Firefox, Vivaldi, Edge, or Brave. Select University of Tennessee Libraries as the organization when setting up LibKey Nomad.
5/18/2020 Nomad now works with these databases
Web of Science, Endnote, other Clarivate services
feature the Kopernio plugin,
prompting users to install Kopernio to get the PDF.
Example:
Before installing Kopernio consider:
the Kopernio terms of use and privacy policies are contradictory
Don't use SCI-HUB
SCI-HUB "Hosts material without regard to copyright"
SCI-HUB "May pose a security threat"
SCI-HUB is not the solution to access to full-text.
SCI-HUB is a symptom that the scholarly communication system does not serve scholars or readers: it is not affordable, not equitable, and not innovative.
There are notable exceptions. examples of affordable, equitable and innovative: PeerJ and the ECS Free the Science
Solutions include:
More:
Obtain articles and other items from other libraries by filling out a request after registering for ILLIA.D. Free service to UT students, faculty, and staff. Check to see that journals or books are not in OneSearch before submitting the request so that it won't be returned.
OIT offers a variety of research support services including statistical consulting to UT students, faculty, and staff.
Purpose of this guide: use these 4 services to find best evidence at point-of-care faster
Overview video--
More information: Handout--
More information: See TABS above on this guide
Video above is from publisher. More on Vetstream YouTube Channel
Comments from veterinary librarian
Consultant is free to anyone anywhere
Jeanine Williamson | jwilliamson@utk.edu | Veterinary Librarian (interim)
Jeffrey Hines | jhines@utk.edu | Evening Supervisor
Primary contacts for veterinary medicine @ Pendergrass Library