Books & Collections

Book: Clinical Emergency Medicine Casebook

Clinical Emergency Medicine Casebook. Joel T. Levis and Gus M. Garmel. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. "Clinical Emergency Medicine Casebook offers a unique strategy for learning a case-based approach. Each case is from real patients and actual events...

Do you have a description for grant or accreditation applications?

Yes. For the most current description & statistics, please see our Resource Core Grant Description. This page includes data on how many eJournals and databases Lane subscribes to, the total number of volumes in the collection, total number of books...

Does Lane have any audio recordings?

Lane subscribes to Audio-Digest, a weekly series of sound recordings of meetings, lectures, and presentations. Each specialty has a series. Browse the tapes and CD's in their cabinet on the ground floor of the library. Detailed holdings can be found...

Does the library have headphones available for check out?

Yes. Headphones may be checked out at the Service Desk. Headphones circulate for 2 hours and are for library use only. A Stanford ID or driver's license is required to check out headphones....

eBook reading station

eBook reading station It is difficult to read books online on small screens, which is why Lane Library has set up an eBook Reading Station in the Stone Room (See the Stone Room floorplan). You will need to log in...

How can I access both Lane's eJournals and Stanford eJournals when off campus?

Proxy access to Stanford University resources is provided in two different ways: 1. For the Lane Medical Library, proxy access to biomedical eJournals is provided via webpages that automatically detect whether you are on or off campus. When off campus,...

How can I create a stable link to a Lane Library catalog entry?

The context You are writing a reader or syllabus for a course and would like to link to a catalog entry from the Lane Medical Library, such as for a book, whether physical or electronic. Doing so will enable...

How can I find a comprehensive list of medical calculators?

LaneConnex lists a variety of calculators. There is a link to this page from the home page under the heading Journals, Books, etc. The Clinical search also includes calculators as one category; search for a title or topic in the...

How can I find out what new journals Lane is subscribing to in my special area of interest?

On any LaneConnex web page, type a word or phrase into the Search box, and search either eJournals or eResources. Titles containing your search term will be displayed. This approach lists all the eJournals, eBooks, etc., relevant to a general...

How can I suggest a book or journal for the library?

Lane Library welcomes suggestions for all types of resources: books, journals, websites, databases, information systems, etc. Complete a suggestion form online or send your suggestion to your Lane liaison. To provide topnotch library service, it is vital that we know...

How do I request items from Offsite?

Some of Lane's less frequently used materials are stored in an offsite facility. You can request these through the Lane Catalog by following the steps below: 1) While viewing the record in the Lane Catalog, go to the top of...

I need a good introductory textbook of bioinformatics

The problem You need a good practical textbook of bioinformatics to get you started with analyzing biological sequences and structures. Solutions David Mount's textbook is one of the best introductions for quickly understanding sequence and structure analysis. It is...

What are HotBooks?

What is it? HotBooks is a quarterly listing of a small number of books (whether physical or electronic) believed to be of substantial relevance to research in the life sciences ongoing at Stanford. It is prepared by a Lane...

What computer and software manuals are available at Lane?

The Lane Library provides access to many software and computer manuals online via Safari and 24/7. Try searching for either the topic (e.g., UNIX) or the book title in the LaneConnex search box; when results are displayed, select a relevant...

What does it mean when a title is on campus and there is a note to check Socrates?

If you see this note on a record in Lane's catalog, Location On Campus: Check Socrates for Location(s), you know that a journal is available on campus in another library, e.g., Falconer Biology, Green Library, Swain Chemistry, etc. Generally this...

What happens if I damage library materials?

If the Library's material is damaged while in your possession, notify staff of damages upon return of the material. If the material is not overdue, there will be no penalty unless it is irreparable. Please point out any damaged material...

What is the community information file (CIFDB)?

The community file is used as an authority file. Addresses and phone numbers can be found for associations, societies, and people. Brief biographical and historical information plus some definitions might also be found here....

What is the fastest way to learn Excel for science and engineering?

Microsoft Excel has a very powerful analysis functions for performing: statistical analyses (included regression, ANOVA, determining confidence intervals and generating descriptive statistics) time series curve fitting equation solving numerical integration and differentiation optimization David M. Bourg's book Excel Scientific and...

What materials does Lane have to help with USMLE Board Review Prep?

Lane Medical Library has many online and print resources to help you study for the USMLE Steps 1-3. For printed books in the Lane collection, check out the examination review collection near the service desk, or search Lane's Catalog using...

Where are Lane's oversize journals?

The oversize journal collection is located on the lower floor next to and behind the elevator. There are signs indicating the location. Ask at the Service Desk for additional assistance....

Where are the current issues of journals kept?

Most of our journal titles are available online. Both the eJournals page and Lane's catalog provide links to eJournals by journal title or by subject. Unbound print journal issues are shelved with the bound volumes in the periodical stacks, arranged...

Where can I access books online (eBooks)?

What is it? The full text of a wide variety of recent books ranging from biology to computer science and chemistry can be accessed online. What is it for? Evaluating books prior to purchase Quickly accessing information without having...

Where can I find good summaries of bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics topics?

What is it? Notwithstanding its discouragingly long title, the Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics (EGGPB) provides excellent coverage of the vast domains listed in its title. What is it for? EGGPB should be one of the first...

Where can I find radiology eBooks?

Lane library owns almost 100 eBooks related to radiology, most of which are already available from Lane's eBooks page The large packages of online books that Lane acquires can take weeks, even months to process. The list below represents accessible...

Where can I learn about image analysis techniques?

The problem You need to come up to speed on image analysis for microscopy, medical imaging or array analysis purposes, e.g.: preprocessing images to enhance readability automatically identifying cell or nucleus boundaries for automatic counting quantifying image data, e.g., from...

Why can't all books and journals from SAL be delivered here at Lane?

Books from offsite (Lane's Offsite collection and Stanford Auxiliary Library aka SAL) must be delivered to the library that owns the item, i.e., has the item in its circulation system. How can you tell? The catalog tells you. A book...

Why does Socrates give different information from the Lane Catalog? Which is correct?

Lane's catalog is updated daily, so it is the most current source of information on our collections. Our records are entered into Socrates much less often, so you may find discrepancies between the two catalogs. For example, if Lane adds...

Why is there a twelve month delay on this journal?

Reasons vary for why some publishers delay online access to current issues (sometimes up to 12 months). Lane makes every effort to provide access to all issues whenever possible. Each author has a choice of where to publish. The author's...

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