Monthly Archives: October 2015

Online Additional Content with Print Books

Many textbook are adding additional information at their website to accompany the text of print books.  Depending on the publisher this feature could be called ThePoint, ExpertConsult or Evolve.    This is really useful in the health sciences.   Most are available at a specific site using a login provided in the print copy.  Some have been set up by the UDM Library  In the past some textbooks came with CDs or later DVDs — this is more convenient.  ...

Symptom Media: new mental health streaming video library

UDM has purchased a new online library of mental health training videos: Symptom Media. This collection of 50 mental health videos is designed to assist health care providers with symptom recognition.  Videos range between 30 seconds up to 15 minutes long and include DSM 5 and ICD Guided Film Collections as well as Assessment Tools. The videos consist of patient interactions that offer samples of what a particular mental health diagnosis looks like. The following are sample video titles from the collection:...

Scary Reading

Halloween is creeping up on us, and the UDM McNichols Campus Library has an alarming assortment of hair-raising and spine-chilling books, poems, short stories and eBooks to put you in the mood for Halloween. If you feel like writing papers is driving you a little crazy, pick up a copy of The Shining by Stephen King. If working through the rest of your assignments feel like a series of trials and tribulations, read about Joseph K.’s disquieting experience in The...