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Webster C. Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library: University Libraries


Frequently Used Tools:


For Veterinarians & Technicians:

Updated February 2010 Maintained by Ann Viera, Veterinary Librarian (annviera [at] utk [dot] edu)

Videos about the resources on this page:


Brochure Services for Veterinary Practitioners in .pdf


Veterinary Medical Journals

To find articles search one of the databases below.

To find articles about the business of running a practice, search the Gale's databases available through TEL, the Tennessee Electronic Library. For example, the Gale Business Plans handbook has a business plan for a veterinary hospital. Need help? Contact the librarian with business expertise in your public library's region or Ann Viera

Database and coverage

Source & Cost

Total Journals Indexed

Veterinary Journals Indexed

CONSULTANT
depends on disease;
7000 diseases of 8 species
Guide to Consultant (.PDF document)

Cornell CVM

Free

about 70
about 70

NIH/National Library
of Medicine

Free
4000
about 100 - listed in the Guide to PubMed
Veterinary Infomation Network--about $600/year
about 70
about 70



About the databases above:

A brief comparison is available in pdf <---click here to launch

1) Start with CONSULTANT if you need information on a disease. CONSULTANT is free and very easy to search. It covers 7,000 diseases of 8 species (avian is the only exotic). Choose search by diagnosis.

2) PubMed, also free, is the database to search if the species or disease you are looking for is not covered by CONSULTANT or you need more articles than are listed in CONSULTANT.

PubMed News:
Compendium is indexed in PubMed from July 2007.
The Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery is indexed in PubMed from Sept 2007.

3) VIN, available for a fee from the Veterinary Information Network, indexes about the same 70 veterinary journals as CONSULTANT or PubMed. Additionally, VIN provides other resources for a community of 42,000: message boards, consultants, a bookstore, CE, client handounts and more.

A free service for veterinary technicians, VSPN (contact for VSPN at VIN is Nanette Walker Smith, M.Ed., RVT, CVT, LVT VSPN Nanette@vspn.org) and a free quality site for pet health information called Veterinary Partner are some of the other benefits of belongling to VIN.
Disclaimer: there is no financial or other relationship between VIN and Ann Viera or any UT Library, including Pendergrass Library. VIN provides a free password so VIN can be demonstrated to veterinary students and used to answer reference questions. VIN no longer accepts support or endorsements from any companies.


How to get copies of articles :


Are a veterinarian practicing in Tennessee?

Yes--Please contact Tracy Luna, Lending Supervisor at the
UT Knoxville Libraries Interlibrary Loan Department
to set up an account to receive free copies of articles.

No-- Please check with the veterinary library in your state.


Quality health information for pets and people

Pets:

People:

  • Refer friends, family, clients, and staff to MEDLINEPLUS with confidence.
  • Medlineplus is accurate, current, commercial free and totally private source of health information selected and continuously refined and updated by the librarians at the National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health.
  • American College of Physicians Medlineplus is "Premium information for patients"

    Brochure to download for veterinarians and technicians about Medlineplus:

  • Medlineplus for Heatlh Professionals Tri-fold brochure February 2010

    Brochure to download and copy for the practice waiting area:
  • Medlineplus Tri-Fold June 2008


    Free magazine subscription for the practice waiting area:
  • New Medlineplus Magazine. Add value to your practice. Clients will learn~from their veterinarian~where to go on the Web for the best health information.

Housecall or Mobile Veterinary Practices

Speaker's Resources


New Books--purchasing

Veterinary Bookstore of Tennessee (VBOT)

Student-run bookstore--open 12-1 daily during the fall and spring semesters; Tuesdays 12-1 in the summer. Hours may vary.
Call / email before your visit. See Web site for more information.


Old Books--disposing

What to do with older Veterinary Textbooks and Journals: Criteria and Contacts as of 6/08

Are you running out of room in your clinic or home library? Before spending time trying to finding a new home for the older books in your collection, please consider this: medical texts are out of date upon publication. If you have commonly used veterinary textbooks that were published more than ten years ago, most likely the best solution is to discard them. In other words, the textbooks published in the 1970s,1980s,and 1990s that were so expensive and meaningful when you were in vet school are out of date and if not downright dangerous now.  It is o.k. to throw them out.

Books less than 10 years, preferably less than 5 years old, may be needed overseas. The AVMA has just updated (March 2008) a list on the Web of contacts from various countries, organizations, or regions that collect and ship veterinary medical texts (and some journals). Each has varying criteria for the age and type of materials accepted.

There is a small chance that very rare books or large runs of journals (complete runs of 10 years or more, preferably bound or in good order) may be needed by the veterinary library at the University of Tennessee or by the library at your alma mater. Please contact Ann Viera at Pendergrass AG-VET MED Library, University of Tennessee (see above for email link and phone) if you have questions about donating unique older books or journals.

 

Vet Agenda: Veterinary Events Worldwide

A free service sponsored by ESAVS and veterinary companies listing veterinary conferences and CE worldwide in six languages.

 


Questions or suggestions about this page?

Ann Viera, Veterinary Librarian, Pendergrass Library, University of Tennessee, phone 865.974.9015

Services for Veterinary Practitioners <--click here to launch .pdf