Free Digital Magazine Checkout and a Cornucopia of New Technology at Liberal Memorial Library

Database Spotlight

The library offers so many useful resources that some of them can be overlooked in our efforts to connect our patrons to the information that they are looking for. Some of our patrons might not be aware of the health related databases that can be reached through our website at http://www.lmlibrary.org/databases.asp or from http://www.kslib.info/librarians/eor.html. These databases are made available to all Kansas residents free of charge by the State Library of Kansas and by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

EBSCO Consumer Health Complete

Consumer Health Complete is a browsable medical database including drug information, topic fact sheets, news, magazines, medical dictionaries, and encyclopedias. It is a thorough and user-friendly resource, providing information covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to holistic and integrated medicine.

EBSCO MEDLINE

MEDLINE was created by the National Library of Medicine and offers information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. It uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.

EBSCO Alternative Health Watch

If you’re interested in strictly alternative health information, then the EBSCO Alternative Health Watch might be more what you’re looking for. This database focuses on perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers full text articles for more than 180 journals and reports. There are also hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine.

If your interests are of a more scholarly nature you could use either EBSCO Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition or ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source


EBSCO Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source

This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more.


EBSCO MedicLatina

For our Spanish speaking patrons there is also the Medica Latina, a unique collection of medical research and investigatory journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. This Spanish language database contains full text for 130 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish.


New Equipment

The library was able to take advantage of a grant from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) to purchase several new items for our patrons.

• An additional children’s computer - Having another children’s computer will please the little ones and shorten the afternoon waiting list.
• A new document scanner for the patrons – We have a new sheet fed document scanner, located downstairs in the computer lab, that patrons can use to scan their pictures or documents directly to usb, to email, or to one of the library’s computers.
• We have also upgraded our free WiFi access to make it more reliable and easier to use.
• We will soon add a Nexus 7 tablet to our small collection of eReaders and devices available for demonstration purposes. If you’re not sure if an eReader or full fledged tablet is right for you, you can come in to the library and try out some of the different devices.

Zinio – Online Newsstand

The library’s subscription to Zinio officially began October 31st. Our patrons now have access to full color, interactive digital magazines that they can download and read on their mobile devices, home computers, or one of the library’s computers. There are no waiting lists and no need to return any magazine issue that has been checked out. Magazine issues that have been downloaded to a patron’s device remain there until deleted.


Creating an account is a two part process. You have to create a library zinio account to check out and a personal zinio reading account to download and read your magazine.

Part 1: Create a library account to check out magazines:

1. Go to: http://zinio.lmlibrary.org. Browse the collection and click on a magazine to check out.
2. Click on Create New Account in the upper right hand corner to create a new account.
3. It will ask for your library card number. Liberal Memorial Library patrons will need to enter the code lici + their library card number. The number will look something like this: lici123456. Click Submit.
4.  After your library card is verified, it ask for your name, your email address, and to create a password. The email address and password will be what you use to login.
5. Once your account is created click on Check Out and then the Complete Checkout button.
6. Your magazine is now checked out and available to read on your Zinio.com account

Part 2: Create a free Zinio.com account to start reading.

1. After checking out your magazine, a Zinio.com window will open and prompt you to create a Zinio account or log in.
2. Create a new Zinio account by entering your name, email address, and a password. The email address will need to be the same as the one you created in Step 1.
3. Be sure to uncheck the Send me email about updates option if you don't want to receive emails from Zinio.
4. Click Register.
5. Your personal reading account is now activated and your magazine is available in the Your Library tab on Zinio.com.

Daylight Savings Time Ends

And just in case you haven’t already heard it a hundred times before, Daylight Savings Time ends today so remember to set your clocks back.