This quick, less than 2-minute read provides all the information you need to access the Medical Library services and resources available.
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Always Reliable. Always on Time. Always the Best. Laken Cortez, M.D.
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Your Medical Library Support Staff
As your healthcare team partner, it is an honor to support physicians, medical residents, advanced practice clinicians, pharmacists, nurses, clinical nurse specialists, psychologists, allied health professionals, research scientists, and clinical administrators with just-in-time clinical evidence-based practice information.
Our goal is to provide easy access to authoritative information resources and user-focused services in support of best-in-class evidence-based answers to complex clinical questions.
You can call on us for help with literature searches, article or book chapter retrieval, and/or obtain instruction on how to construct a clinical or research question and search strategy.
Of the 1082 requests the librarians filled in 2024, 62% were for patient care and 22% for educational purposes.
Areas Served: Palo Alto Medical Foundation, PAFMG, Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Sutter Delta Medical Center, ABSMC, MPMC, Sutter East Bay Group and Eden Medical Center, PAMFRI
Medical Librarians • Geralyn “Geri” Bodeker, MLIS, MSHS • Jennifer “Jen” Scolari, MSLDT, MLIS
Patient Educator II | Library Liaison • Jennifer Sampson, MSN, RN (Palo Alto)
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Medical Librarian Services
The Silicon Valley Medical Librarians are known for the speed that we deliver information (articles, book chapters, books, literature search results), and the accuracy and quality of the information provided. • Quickly and easily identify the most recent information on a clinical topic • Evaluate the validity of information and avoid misinformation • Stay up to date on new clinical findings • Avoid information overlook and verify AI-generated citations Librarians can assist with finding the right information, at the right time, for the right patient or purpose. Healthcare providers face constant information overload making it difficult to quickly identify relevant, accurate, and critically appraised patient care information. The One Search portal provides point-of-care and evidence-based tools, resources and information relevant to everyday patient care or research needs.
In 2024, we delivered 3,310 documents and saved approximately 1040 hours of clinician time by conducting librarian-mediated searches.
The Ask the Librarian online request forms are available on the MySutter intranet and One Search portal. Requests are filled according to priority ( Urgent, Rush, or Normal ). Specifically, we deliver information to support patient care and education purposes, and policy, clinical pathways, or guideline development.
The medical library staff in Palo Alto and Burlingame facilitate lending print books upon request from our small collections.
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Medical Librarians • Curate diverse and valuable collections.
Make deliberate and systematic choices to select the books, journals, databases, and other resources needed for research and clinical care all accessible from One Search and the My Sutter intranet.
• Manage resource access to support data discovery.
A single sign- on entry “opens the door” to a robust index of open access and proprietary full text articles and book chapters. The One Search portal also includes online resources, databases, and search tools. Additional portals are located on the navigation bar leading to the most current websites, journals, and books available. Find the hard-to-find. Medical librarians manage multiple requests each day for physicians and healthcare providers and deliver knowledge-based information to support patient care (e.g., diagnosis, treatment, tests ordered, medication choices). Delivering high quality, vetted literature and information takes time, and a professional skill set.
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• Provide reference and library instruction support. Answer reference questions, fill information requests, and educate clinicians and healthcare providers on library research resources and evidence-based practice search methods.
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One Search (Ovid Discovery Service) is a one-stop portal that enables finding and retrieving full text articles and book chapters to inform clinical decision making.
Log in with your Sutter Health email address and password. We recommend that you save the link to One Search (listed below) on your desktop as a shortcut or internet bookmark.
When you enter the portal, you will be able to search Discover to find the vast collections of journals, books, databases, and online sources indexed and easily discoverable in One Search. In addition, searches in Discover will allow you to .
Save searches, citations, or create a journal alert in One Search. Additional portals located on the One Search navigation bar includes artificial intelligence , evidence-based practice and continuing education .
If you are unable to download a full text article from our collections, search engines, or publisher sites, simply submit an Ask the Librarian online request form either from the One Search home page or Discover citation.
Top Resources: Access Medicine, Micromedex, NatMed Pro, Sanford Guide, The Medical Letter, UpToDate
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One-Stop-Shop
Activate a Journal Alert: Search for your favorite journal from the One Search, Library eResources journal index or Discover search citations. Example: Type in the search box Current Opinion in Pediatrics . Click the yellow bell to activate the journal alert. The journal will then be activated in your “ Account ” queue. Saving searches and citations in Discover: Conduct a search and click the yellow star in the search box. The results will be saved in your “Account” queue wherein you can “tell” the system to generate new search results daily, weekly, monthly, or never. The new search results will then be delivered to your Outlook inbox. To save citations, conduct a search and click the yellow star to bookmark the citation(s) and create a folder. Get Help: If you need a literature search, articles or book chapters, Ask the Librarian for help by submitting an online request form with the details (No PHI). The librarians are expert searchers and skilled in discerning if an article was retracted, biased, or if a journal is flagged for editorial misconduct. Take Note: If there are citations from PubMed or publishers where you cannot obtain the full text yourself or you run into a paywall, simply submit an Ask the Librarian online request form. The librarians can borrow articles or book chapters on your behalf from other lending libraries in the United States and Canada.
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Ovid Collection
Clinical Publications: American Family Physician - Nutrition in Clinical Practice New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) – AI, Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, Evidence, Journal Watch
eBooks: 5-Minute Clinical Consult, Artificial Intelligence for Improved Outcomes, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Business Publications (Magazines & Newspaper): The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Harvard Business Review Health Affairs, Harvard Medicine, Scientific American
Access Medicine
Diagnostic tests – Primary Care Guidelines – Medical Diagnosis & Treatment – Patient Education Advisors Board Review – Videos – Podcasts - Drug Monographs – Case Files (Android and iOS mobile apps)
Library Catalog
Getting to Yes * Hug Power * Move Fast and Fix Things * Outlive *Start with Why * Resilience * Rewired
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Getting Started with EndNote and RefWorks Web Learn how to cite your sources using citation managers. Instructions include creating an account and importing citations from One Search, PubMed and Ovid MEDLINE. How to Set Up a Literature or Journal Alert in One Search Learn the simple steps to identify your favorite journals in our collections and begin receiving the current issues in your email inbox (daily, weekly or monthly). Save searches or citations in your Account queue. Literature Reviews Beyond PubMed: Crafting Effective Searches in Other Online DatabasesOnline At Sutter Health, we have access to an array of research literature databases, many of which contain relevant content not included in PubMed. In this consult, you will learn how to identify and select the best databases for your research. Literature Search Help Consult with a medical librarian for assistance in finding evidence-based literature for publication, conference presentations, continuing education, patient care, or Grand Rounds purposes. Librarians are experts at finding high quality literature and vetting studies or reviews for bias and journal editorial reliability.
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I am so appreciative of the high-quality, librarian-mediated literature searches and speed of delivery. I am a former librarian myself, and in my opinion, it is faster and quite frankly better if I just send my requests to the medical librarians . Denise Babin, M.D . • Handled patient care differently or changed advice given to patient. • Improved their evidence-based clinical decisions and quality of patient care. • Obtained new knowledge or substantiated prior knowledge in their expertise. • Promoted better decision-making and yielded better patient outcomes. • Received quality and accurate, just-in-time information delivered with high speed. Recent polling of clinicians who received just-in-time, librarian-mediated, evidence- informed or knowledge-based information reported that after reviewing the information:
Source: Library Services & Resources Poll responses
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