Research Guides: Library Support During COVID-19: Library Resources

Resources to Support the Pivot to Online

While many of the MCPHS Library resources are already available online and familiar to faculty and students, this list highlights those that will be most useful as we pivot from on-ground courses to completely online courses for the rest of the semester. In addition, some publishers have opened access or expanded access to their resources for the short-term.

Videos | Images | Instructor Materials | Self-Testing

Streaming Video

Use online videos to replace a DVD you planned to show in class, find an alternative to a lab activity, or replace in-class demonstrations.

Streaming Videos Guide
This page links to several video collections. Click on a link to search for a video or clip in that collection. Access all of the video sites MCPHS library subscribes to plus YouTube channels and other media channels from well-known publishers.

JoVE Science Education Databases
Video collections about science topics
Includes:
General Laboratory Techniques
Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Lab Animal Research
Additional databases to which MCPHS does not subscribe
Kanopy Streaming Videos
Watch videos from well-known publishers. The library has purchased several films and Kanopy is making a number of other films freely available until April 16th, 2020. Kanopy is in discussions with more of their film production partners to open up even more titles. Need a video that is not available? Ask the library if we can purchase it.

DocuSeek
Do you use the library’s DVD for a documentary in your course? Ask the library if it is available through Docuseek. Docuseek has offered to provide free streaming access for any videos from Bullfrog Films or Icarus in their collection that libraries own as a DVD.
Research Quick Tips
These minute-long clips explain how to select a topic, narrow it down, and use unbiased searches. Find them in Credo Reference.
Tutorials & Guides
Explore all the customized MCPHS guides and tutorials your librarians have created.

Images to Use in Your Slides

Use images to help your students understand a concept or visualize the human body.

SMART Imagebase
MCPHS has re-subscribed to SMART imagebase. Find medical illustrations and animations to use in your slides and quizzes.

Images Guide
This guide links to several places you can find images. Most of the images are medical, but some (such as CC Search ) are more general. The first page lists books and databases that MCPHS subscribe to that include images you have permission to use in your course materials. Other pages have other sources.

Instructor Materials

Some of the library’s subscription products have extra features, such as slide sets, quizzes, or lesson plans for faculty members to use.

LWW Health Library
MCPHS subscribes to pharmacy content and the company is temporarily providing free access to Physicans Assistant, Basic Sciences, Exercise Sciences, Board Review content.
Use MCPHS’s shared faculty account to access image banks, slidesets, activities, and more on the instructor site. The types of instructor materials vary from book to book. Contact the library for the shared username and password. On the instructor site , click “Return User” and enter the username and password.
NetAnatomy.com
Create an anatomy quiz. Find the body part you want, set it to show blank labels, and take a screenshot. Acknowledge that the image is from NetAnatomy.
Pharmacology World
Assign students to watch one of these recorded lecture about pharmacology on their own time. MCPHS shares access to this content with several other institutions.
PharmacyLibrary
This pharmacy database includes sample cases for students to work on. Sign up for instructor access to view the instructor versions of the cases on the Active Learning Exercises tab and the Faculty Materials section on the Pharmacotherapy First tab.

Self-Testing Options

Several of the library’s subscriptions include tools students can use to check their understanding of the content.

AccessMedicine
Access Medicine is an innovative online resource that provides access to more than 75 medical titles such as Harrison's Online and Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, images and videos, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic tools, and an integrated drug database. Free to MCPHS users the ability to view from and download content to a mobile device.
AccessPharmacy
AccessPharmacy from McGraw-Hill Medical is an online curricular resource designed to meet the changing demands of pharmacy education. It allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review more than 30 core textbooks. It includes calculators, video, case studies, care plans, self-assessment, and NAPLEX review. Free to MCPHS users search and view context on a mobile device.
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
Learn about human anatomy through these short videos about different body parts. The body parts shown are only lightly preserved; see full color and textures. Sign up for a free account to quiz yourself.
Credo Information Literacy: Health Sciences
Short, interactive training sessions about finding and using health information. Includes evidence-based practice topics.
LWW Health Library
A collection of core books for pharmacy as well as related videos and case studies. Includes both interactive and text-based self-assessment tools. Learn about pharmacy topics and review for the NAPLEX.
NetAnatomy.com
A website designed to teach human anatomy to health profession students.
PharmacyLibrary
Find pharmacy-specific eBooks and interactive case files. Review for the NAPLEX. Access active learning exercises. Instructors also receive access to answer keys and supplemental materials. Created by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).