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SEARCH - The Health Sciences Library provides the following value added services to its users in addition to all routine type of services.
1. Reference Service:
Reference service is a personal aid provided to the user by the library staff in interpreting library collection for study and research. The library staff assists the user to locate needed information from the available information resources. On the basis of collection, library provides reference service to its users.
2. Current Awareness Service:
Currently the library offers the following current awareness services to the users.
- Display of new additions in the library
- Publishing of 'new acquisition' in library micro site
3. Circulation:
The books are issued to Interns, Postgraduate Students, Research Scholars and Faculty Members. Bound/unbound journals, audio-visual materials and CD-ROMs are for in-house use only.
4. Photocopying:
Through this service, users can get photocopies of articles from journals and books as and when required.
5. Inter - Library Loan/Document Delivery:
Library helps to obtain photocopies of the references from DELNET (Developing Library Network),
6. Computer Services:
The computer lab of the library offers computer services to users such as word processing, laser printing, color laser printing, dot matrix printing and document scanning.
The CD-ROM collection of the library contains the multi media CDs, DVDs and full text databases include back volumes of medical journal articles, review articles, text books, etc.
8. Internet Access/Wi-Fi:
The Library has a separate Internet Browsing section. Twenty nine [29] desktop computers are reserved for use of the students, six [6] for the faculty members and six [6] for the postgraduate students. Also twenty one [21] desktop computers are reserved for use of the students for accessing e-resources subscribed by the library in all the internet kiosks provided at Level I - IV reading halls. Further, Wi-Fi facility also available in all the reading halls.
9. OpenAthens (SSO - Single Sign-on) - Remote Access to Subscribed e-Resources: Access to the e-resources subscribed by the Health Sciences Library, MAHE, Manipal is available to the faculty members, postgraduate students and research scholars of the Health Sciences Institutions of MAHE at the Manipal campus.
10. OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue): This is the Public Access Catalogue of Health Sciences Library. Users can search all the print resources (books, journals, back volumes of journals, theses, WHO publications, etc.) of the Health Sciences Library through library's online catalog – the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue).
OPAC could be accessed through Library web page https://libportal.manipal.edu/KMC/index.asp or directly through https://kmcmplopac.koha.manipal.edu/.
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Grammarly: Grammarly is the world’s leading automated proofreader. It checks for more than 250 types of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors, enhances vocabulary usage, and suggests citations.
Grammarly is an online grammar and spelling checker that improves communication by helping users find and correct writing mistakes. It’s easy to use: • Copy and paste any English text into Grammarly’s online text editor or install Grammarly’s free browser extension for Chrome and Safari.
• Grammarly’s algorithms flag potential issues in the text and suggest context-specific corrections for grammar, spelling, and vocabulary. Grammarly explains the reasoning behind each correction, so you can make an informed decision about whether, and how, to correct an issue.
12. Training in Accessing e-Resources:
Library arranges for training sessions from time to time to the users in conducting effective literature search using e-resources. 13. Author Workshops:
Library organizes author workshops in collaboration with various publishers for supporting library users in their article publishing process. 14. Turnitin:
Library checks the originality of the documents on request using Turnitin anti plagiarism software.
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