Finding Books, Journals and Other Resources

To identify books:

Libraries of the University of Hawaii System Voyager online catalog
- Note the library locations since this is a shared catalog including holdings of all UH System Libraries
  - "UHM: School of Medicine" can be found at the Library Resource Center, John A. Burns School of Medicine, formerly known as School of Public Health Library
Hawaii Medical Library Voyager online catalog
Search UH System Libraries and Hawaii Medical simultaneously; select "Libraries of the University of Hawaii System" and "Hawaii Medical Library", and click on "connect."
Hawaii State Public Library System
National Library of Medicine, LOCATORPlus catalog
Library of Congress
National Agricultural Library
National Library of Education
Government documents
Amazon.com useful for determining if a title is still in-print and available for purchase
Abebooks.com an online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books

To identify journal articles on a specific subject, by a specific author

Click here for links to MEDLINE and other journal databases; databases generally provide citations, abstracts, and some full text.

To locate journals owned locally and elsewhere

Electronic Full-text Journals
- Electronic journals and databases available via Hamilton Library - off-campus users will need to enter their library registered UH ID bar code for most of these resources.
- Hawaii Medical Library E-Journals - users will need to enter their Hawaii Medical Library card number to access many of the journals
- ePOI (beta) - browse or search through the biomedical electronic resources of Hamilton Library and Hawaii Medical Library simultaneously. This includes subscription-based and free e-journals, e-books, databases, and websites.
Union List of Serials in Hawaii Health Science Libraries is a printed list of journals held by various Health Sciences Libraries in Hawaii.
- Available for consultation at JABSOM Library Resource Center, Hamilton Sci-Tech Reference Desk, Hawaii Medical Library
Library Resource Center Current Journal List - journals arranged alphabetically by title
UH Voyager online catalog - find print journals at Hamilton Library and other UH campuses
HML Voyager online catalog - find print journals at Hawaii Medical Library
Interlibrary loan for journals not available locally (via Hamilton Library).
To verify whether a title exists check
- National Library of Medicine, LOCATORPlus catalog
- PubList.com, Internet Directory of Publications

To identify publications from the U.S. Government

Google Government Search Engine - useful if you know the title of the publication.
GPO Access - U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
NTIS (National Technical Information Service Publication)
Links from Hamilton Library Government Documents Collection

To identify health/medical information from the news media

Need help? Ask the librarian for assistance: Virginia (Ginny) Tanji, Librarian, John A. Burns School of Medicine

Library Resource Center, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, (808) 956-8666
Updated 01/16/04
tanji@hawaii.edu