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If you have any difficulty locating what you need, you can contact a reference librarian by telephone at 885-1772, via email, or by coming into the library during reference service hours.
The library subscribes to many Web-based databases for use by OIT students, staff, and faculty. Access to these databases is limited to users connected to the Web from an OIT computer. If you are using a non-OIT Internet Service Provider (such as AOL, CDSNET, CVC, etc.) you will need to use your OIT email username and password to access the databases from off-campus.
Check the library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) webpage for information on getting loans of books or copies of articles from other libraries.
Finding Books - catalogs See Tips for using catalog databases
Books can often provide a good overview of or introduction to a topic. They also can provide valuable historical information or thoughtful criticism and discussion.
Use Hedgehog to locate books and journals in the OIT Library. Hedgehog is a Web database containing records for items in the library's collection. OIT purchases books and colorjournals on health sciences from many publishers. The library also receives federal and state government documents relating to aspects of health sciences, particularly those from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Use Summit to locate books at other academic libraries in the Northwest. Orbis lets you request books online, when they are available, and have them delivered by courier to the OIT Library, usually within two working days. Use World Cat to locate books, government documents, CDs, videos, and other items at libraries across North America and elsewhere in the world. A  symbol appearing next to a reference retrieved by a search indicates that the OIT Library owns the item. If the book is not at OIT, students, staff, and faculty can make an online ILL (interlibrary loan) request. Books are usually sent to the OIT Library via U.S. mail so may take a week or more to arrive.
Finding Articles
See Tips for searching electronic databases. Journal articles are the primary means of formal communication among medical professionals. Indexes are Web databases containing references to specific journal articles. These databases are produced by several different companies and have different search software, so remember to check the help screens to find out how to do the most effective search. The following indexes contain significant numbers of references on medical imaging-related subjects.
CINAHL covers journal literature in nursing and allied health, including medical imaging technology, from 1960 to the present. CINAHL contains very few full text articles. A symbol appearing next to a record indicates that the OIT Library owns that item.From CINAHL Information Systems, Inc.
Health Source Plus provides coverage of consumer health issues in newsletters, popular magazines and professional journals. It includes many full text articles and will indicate directly below each record whether or not OIT owns the magazine or journal in which the article appears. From Ebsco Publishing.
Medline is the premier index for professional journal articles in all areas of medicine, including radiography, ultrasound, vascular technology and nuclear medicine. It contains very few full text articles. A symbol appearing next to a record indicates that the OIT Library owns that item. Covers 1966 - present. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Finding Facts - Reference books Tips for using reference sources The library reference area has books with addresses, definitions, data tables and other factual information. Some reference books you may find useful include:
REF R121 .F535. DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL EPONYMS
REF R121 .I55. CHURCHILL'S ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL DICTIONARY.
REF R121 .M65. ENCYCLOPEDIA & DICTIONARY OF MEDICINE, NURSING, & ALLIED HEALTH
REF R121 .M89. MOSBY'S MEDICAL & NURSING DICTIONARY.
REF R690 .P45. PETERSON'S JOB OPPORTUNITIES. HEALTH AND SCIENCE.
REF R847 .D57. ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION DIRECTORY.
REF R856.A3 B879. DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
REF RC78.A3 S74. STEDMAN'S RADIOLOGY WORDS.
REF RC78.4 .M47. ATLAS OF ROENTGENOGRAPHIC POSITIONS AND STANDARD RADIOLOGIC PROCEDURES
REF RC78.7.D53 I88. DICTIONARY AND HANDBOOK OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND CLINICAL IMAGING
REF RM170 .G33. INTRAVENOUS MEDICATIONS : A HANDBOOK FOR NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Finding Web sites See Tips for using Web search engines
Besides using one of the many Web search engines (some good ones are available as links from the OIT Librarys Web search engine page), there are other ways to identify higher-quality websites on your topic.
Use NetFirst, a Web catalog containing records for selected websites. You can do a keyword search on your specific topic and retrieve a set of links to related sites.
Use the Internet Scout Report Archives to identify sites screened for quality and cataloged as part of the Internet Scout Project.
These are some sites providing search capability or links with information on medical imaging technology:
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists www.arrt.org
Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers www.avir.org
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