Notice of policy change for Library Print Card holders

Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | Comments Off

The volume of printing from Library computers has decreased significantly over the last several years, which means it is no longer cost effective to maintain all aspects of the Library’s current print management system. Therefore, effective Tuesday, February 1, 2012, the Library will discontinue all credit accounts for printing in the Library, which will affect all Print Card numbers beginning with “1”, “2”, or “3”.

Cash/debit Print Cards will continue to be used for printing from Library computers, and all users will be required to purchase a card in one of three ways:

  • Use a $1 bill at the Card Dispenser on the Main Floor of the South Campus (main) Library.  Additional value can also be added (with a $1, $5, $10, or $20 bill or coins).
  • Bring a paper IDR to Library Administration (Room E3.314) Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Bring a personal credit card, check, or cash to Library Administration (Room E3.314) Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Please feel free to contact us at 214-648-2626 with any further questions.

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Introducing your new Library Practice Presentation Room

Posted on Jan 12, 2012 | Comments Off

Nervous about that upcoming class presentation? Need to practice for that important conference session? To help you, the Library has created a Library Practice Presentation Room on the Main Floor of the South Campus (main) Library.

This service is available to any UT Southwestern employee/affiliate. This fully equipped conference room may be reserved for 30-minute blocks on the following days and times:

  • Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Note: Last appointment available at 5 p.m.)
  • Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Note: Last appointment available at 4 p.m.)

An online reservation form is available for advance requests. Walk-in reservations are subject to availability.

The Library Practice Presentation Room (Room E2.406) offers the following amenities:

  • LCD projector for PCs and Macs (Note: Mac adapter is available for checkout)
  • “Remote Clicker” to practice PowerPoint slide transitions
  • Seating for up to 10 people for group practice presentations or audience feedback
  • Podium, clock, and whiteboard

Participants will need to bring their own laptop or check one out from the Information Desk to use the LCD projector.

Please note that the Presentation Practice Room is neither a meeting room nor an individual or group study room. If you have any questions, please send an email to LibPresentRoom@UTSouthwestern.edu.

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Dallas medical history: "Map It!"

Posted on Dec 29, 2011 | Comments Off

Do you know where the first open-heart surgery in Dallas was performed? Where was St. Paul Sanitarium built? What about the first “Baby Camp” cottage in Texas? Find more than 50 of these historic locations with the map feature in the Library’s Medical Milestones in Dallas, 1890-1975 web exhibit.

To explore, click on the “Browse Items” tab in the web exhibit, then select Browse Map. Zoom into the map for greater detail. Web exhibit items are marked on the map with red map pin icons.

Browse Map feature in web exhibit

Click on one of the pin icons to see a preview of the image. Click on the link or the thumbnail image to view a larger image and more information about that item.

map pin icon with item preview for web exhibit

The map feature is also accessible when viewing individual items with location information. The map is available at the bottom of the page between the citation and the social bookmarking features.

item level view with map at bottom of page

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

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Library hosts Darwin exhibit through January 2

Posted on Nov 21, 2011 | Comments Off

The UT Southwestern Library is displaying “Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of the Evolutionary Theory”, a four-panel exhibit from the National Library of Medicine. The display, which will be available through January 2, is located near the Library entrance (turn right after you enter) and provides a brief overview of Darwin’s groundbreaking work and its impact. In 1860, Darwin (born 1809, died 1882) published The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, which was the first book to propose the theory of evolution.

To accompany the display, the Library has gathered 28 books about Darwin and the theory of evolution from its holdings. These books are on a book truck near the display during the Library’s staffed hours. You are welcome to browse and check out these books. Electronic books about Darwin and his work are also available via the Library web site.

The Library owns an original edition of On the Origin of Species…, as well as a number of Darwin’s other books. These original editions are located in the Library’s Rare Book Room. To view these original editions or to arrange a tour of the Rare Book Room, please contact Bill Maina, Archivist and History of Medicine Librarian, via email or at 214-648-2629.

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Learn from the experts at the November 14-17 classes

Posted on Nov 11, 2011 | Comments Off

The Library is presenting a “Learn from the Expert” series on November 14-17, 2011. These unique training classes give you an opportunity to learn about new features and get answers from trainers of the EndNote and SciFinder resources.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Beginning EndNote Sessions – Learn the basics of the software.
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. in E2.310A Library Classroom
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. in NL3.120 Classroom
Advanced EndNote Session – Learn some special features of the software.
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. in E2.310A Library Classroom
Web-Based EndNote Session – Learn the web-based version of the software.
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. in NL3.120 Classroom

Cheryl Rodriguez, Content Manager for Research Software products at Thomson Reuters, will showcase special features of the EndNote bibliographic software to assist with your research. Ms. Rodriguez’ role is aligned with the product development team, allowing her to provide critical feature improvements to the Research Software product line. Prior to her current role, Cheryl was a technical support representative and content specialist at Thomson Reuters.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
SciFinder/SciPlanner Training Sessions
9 a.m. – 10 a.m. in E2.310A Library Classroom
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. in E2.310A Library Classroom
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. in NL3.120 Classroom
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. in NL3.120 Classroom

Peter Blasi, SciFinder Applications Specialist for Chemical Abstracts Service’s (CAS) West Region, will be on campus to conduct training sessions about your Library’s SciFinder resource, including the new SciPlanner feature. With a diverse background in biochemistry and patent law, Blasi has more than four years of experience with CAS assisting SciFinder users with valuable search techniques and strategies for this chemical and biomedical database.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Searching for Clinical Literature Using…Google?!?
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. in E2.310A Library Classroom

Jack Bullion, Clinical Informationist at UT Southwestern Library, will show you how to effectively and efficiently search for clinical literature using Google Scholar.
In this new Library class, you will learn how to:

  • Set your preferences to include complete full-text UTSW holdings
  • Send references from Google Scholar to your EndNote account
  • Build awareness of its limitations compared to databases like MEDLINE
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Fall health policy forum spotlights the legal landscape of health care reform

Posted on Nov 9, 2011 | 2 Comments

The UT Southwestern Library will sponsor a free health policy forum presentation by Thomas Mayo, J.D., a law professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU), entitled “Health Care’s Day in Court: Trials of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”. The forum will be held on Tuesday, November 15, at 12 noon, in McDermott Lecture Hall D1.700 and is open to the public. Ethan Halm, M.D., UT Southwestern Professor of Internal Medicine and Clinical Sciences and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, will host the forum. Light lunch will be served so please come early!

More than 20 legal challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been filed since it became law in 2010. Five federal district judges and three federal appeals courts have rendered contradictory opinions concerning the legality of the “insurance mandate” and other aspects of the law. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to consider the ACA and rule next year.

Meanwhile, implementation of the law proceeds. For example, insurance companies cannot deny coverage because of previous condition, children may remain on parents’ policies until age 26, and there is no lifetime cap on insurance benefits. What happens next will likely impact every aspect of health care delivery in America.

Thomas Wm. Mayo, J.D., is Associate Professor, SMU’s Dedman School of Law; Adjunct Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern; and Of Counsel, Haynes and Boone, LLP. He is also the immediate past director of SMU’s Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility. He currently teaches about nonprofit organizations, health care law (health care finance and regulation), torts, and bioethics, as well as a literature course for fourth-year medical students and third-year law students. He is a Fellow in the American Health Lawyers Association and the former poetry columnist for the Dallas Morning News.

Ethan A. Halm, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor of Internal Medicine and Clinical Sciences and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern. Dr. Halm, who holds the Walter Family Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine in Honor of Albert D. Roberts, M.D., is actively involved in clinical epidemiology, outcomes, and health services research. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University, M.D. from the Yale School of Medicine, and M.P.H. from Harvard University. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, among others.

Co-sponsors of the Forum:
UT Southwestern Medical Center Library, UT School of Public Health/Dallas Regional Campus, UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Department of Clinical Sciences/Division of Ethics & Health Policy, American Medical Women’s Association, Medical Humanities Interest Group, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, Dallas County HHS District 3 Public Health Advisory Committee, UT Southwestern Department of Family Medicine/Division of Community Medicine, Dallas-Ft.Worth Area Health Education Council, UT Southwestern Department of Clinical Sciences/Division of Outcomes and Health Services Research, Global Health Interest Group, and UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Clinical Sciences, recipient of the NIH’s CTSA award, titled “UT Southwestern Clinical and Translational Alliance for Research (UT-STAR).”

Pre-registration for the forum is not required. For more information, please contact John Fullinwider either by phone at 214.648.3801 or by email at  john.fullinwider@utsouthwestern.edu.

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New VisualDX features and usability enhancements

Posted on Oct 24, 2011 | Comments Off

VisualDx now offers several new enhancements:

  • Drug Eruptions with Drug Citations: VisualDx has expanded its disease information to include citations from the literature documenting drug-disease relationships for every diagnosis with an associated medication finding.
  • Sorting of Differential Builder Results: Rankings are now based on importance and commonality/rarity in North America.
  • Associated Medications Disease Search and Text: Drug-induced conditions can now be searched by medication name using the search function in VisualDx. Each diagnosis will now feature an associated medications table that allows users to sort the list by medication name or number of citations in literature.
  • Content Additions: VisualDx has added 35 new diagnoses and 412 new images (22,758 in total).

Ginger Roberts, Library Liaison to the Medical School, says, “Students and new residents tell me they’re glad we have VisualDx, especially because its ease makes it a quick reference, and having a ‘jillion’ images can only help. The MS1s & MS2s say the differentials are great for new learning support.”

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COS introduces Pivot for funding tracking

Posted on Oct 20, 2011 | Comments Off

You now have access to COS Pivot as part of UT Southwestern Library’s existing subscription to COS Funding Opportunities. To take advantage of all it has to offer, visit http://pivot.cos.com and use your current COS login name and password to gain access.

Don’t have a UTSW COS login name and password? Go to http://www.cos.com/utswmc.shtml to register as a new user and set up your COS Profile.

Pivot focuses on what matters most: the ability to find both appropriate funding opportunities and other collaborators in your area of interest. Pivot provides the most comprehensive, editorially maintained database of funding opportunities for research, fellowships, travel grants, and more. Plus, it integrates this with our unique database of three million pre-populated scholar profiles, which makes finding funding and collaborators quick and easy.

Find Funding Now and for the Future

Pivot provides you with your own home page to track your most important active funding opportunities or keep an eye on opportunities for future projects. In addition, you can make the most of your time by saving your searches and receiving weekly alerts that meet your criteria.

Not sure where to start? Pivot helps to jumpstart the process with the Funding Advisor, which matches funding to the profiles in Pivot. Claim or create your Pivot profile to receive funding recommendations based on your experience and expertise. (Note: Newly created profiles are editorially vetted before being visible on Pivot.) Funding matches provide a starting point for funding, and introduces opportunities, sponsors, topics, and keywords that can be used for your own searches.

Connect to Collaborators

Search for potential collaborators at your institution or beyond. Pivot provides user-friendly tools to refine your search that identify people you may not know. In addition, Pivot expedites the discovery process by presenting links from funding opportunities to find possible collaborators and makes it easy to share funding opportunities with colleagues and follow up on shared items. You will soon be able to set up your own collaborative groups within Pivot.

Ready to Support You
Support materials and webinar information can be found at http://pivot.cos.com/support. For campus support, please contact Mary Ann Huslig at maryann.huslig@utsouthwestern.edu.

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SciFinder delivers new enhanced features

Posted on Oct 20, 2011 | Comments Off

SciFinder includes journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, and dissertations. Users may search for keywords in several fields (e.g., author name, research topic, molecular formula, chemical reaction) or use SciFinder’s drawing component to search for chemical structures/substructures.

SciFinder now offers the following enhancements:

  • Sort reference answer sets by citation count to identify influential authors, research concepts, and potential collaborators
  • Create “keep me posted” alerts
  • Access to SciFinder via any UT Southwestern networked computer
  • Explore research topics from “Index Term” links

SciFinder provides access to the following Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases:

  • Chemical Abstracts: Provides a comprehensive indexing of chemical literature (1907-present).
  • CAS Registry: Contains over 63.3 million organic and inorganic substances and over 63 million nucleotides and proteins. Also includes calculated, predicted, & experimental properties; chemical structures; names: and synonyms.
  • CASREACT: Includes single and multistep organic reactions (1840-present).
  • CHEMLIST: Provides regulatory information on chemicals.
  • CHEMCAT: Includes commercial availability of chemicals from major suppliers.
  • MEDLINE: Contains a comprehensive database of the biomedical literature (1951-present).
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UpToDate's newest feature: Graphics Search

Posted on Oct 11, 2011 | Comments Off

The ability to search graphics was one of the most requested features in UpToDate‘s recent subscriber survey. With a new Graphics Search, clinicians can search graphics directly without first going to a topic. Finding the right graphic quickly will now be much easier and will save time.

UpToDate has more than 23,000 graphics, including pictures, tables, illustrations, diagrams, graphs, algorithms, and movies. These graphics can help make evidence-based medical decisions, prepare for lectures, and educate peers, students, and patients.

This new feature enables users to:

  • Search all the graphics in UpToDate
  • See search results in thumbnail format
  • See all topics that reference a particular graphic
  • View all graphics associated with a topic in thumbnail format

UpToDate’s informational flyer can assist with how to use this new function.

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