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March, 2008
IN THIS ISSUE:
1.
Reserving library spaces
2.
RESOURCE UPDATES - Henry Stewart Talks, skeletons, more
3.
TECHNOLOGY TIPS - technology in the library
4.
PUBLISHING NOTES - the Revised NIH Public Access Requirement
5.
NATIONAL HEALTH OBSERVANCES - Nat'l Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
6.
LIBRARIAN PICKS - Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: the Importance of
Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin’s Lost Notebooks
7.
Support the UCD Health Sciences Library!
1. Reserving library spaces
The new Health Sciences Library boasts many wonderful spaces for group work and collaboration. Thirty enclosed study rooms can accommodate groups of four, six, eight, or ten and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Several larger spaces can be reserved by UCD/UCH faculty, staff, and students for uses that are congruent with the academic missions of the library and the campus. Rooms available by reservation
Conference Room, second floor: This room includes a conference table and seating for twelve
making it suitable for small business meetings.
Reading Room, third floor: Frequently used by students wanting a quiet comfortable place to study,
this beautiful room offers mountain views and houses nine library work tables and seating for 60.
Gallery, third floor: Located adjacent to the Reading Room, the Gallery is designed to host local and
traveling exhibits; limited bench seating is available. Our first exhibit, scheduled for March through August, will feature twenty John Fielder photographs. Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians, a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, is scheduled to
be on display in the Gallery April 8 - May 22, 2009.
Tower Room, third floor: This distinctive space includes several small movable tables and 16 chairs
(16 additional stackable chairs are available if needed).
Two Teaching Labs, first floor: Our Teaching Labs are designated to support the library's instruction
program, but can be reserved by UCD faculty for one-time sessions when hands-on computing or computer demonstrations are required. For more information, contact Lisa Traditi, Head of Education, at Lisa.Traditi@uchsc.edu or 303-724-2141.
Videoconference Room, third floor: This room will soon be outfitted with state-of-the-art
videoconferencing equipment and will seat 12.
If you are interested in reserving a room in the library, we recommend that you see the various spaces in person so that you can determine which room will best meet your needs. Please also keep the following information in mind when you consider holding a meeting or event in the library.
1. A minimum of five days advance notice is required to reserve a room. 2. Rooms are available during regular library hours.
3. There is no charge to UCD/HSC personnel to reserve a library room. Please note, however, that a PeopleSoft Speedtype is required when reserving a meeting room in the event a cleaning fee must be assessed.
4. Food and beverages are allowed but rooms must be cleaned after use and furniture must be returned to its original location.
5. Individuals who reserve a meeting room can obtain AV equipment from Educational Support Services. Additional furniture and seating can be ordered from Facilities Operations Building Services. These campus units charge a fee for their services.
6. Although library spaces are beautiful and comfortable, they are not soundproof. The library is a busy place! Groups using library rooms must be cognizant of other library users.
Contact Carolyn Waters, Program Assistant, at Carolyn.Waters@uchsc.edu or 303-724-2143, to reserve a room or for more information.
top FYI:
1. Do you prefer to learn at your own pace, at your own desktop? Check out our online tutorials covering topics including: searching library databases; using technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; and making the most of tools like Endnote, PowerPoint, and Reference Manager. Our Health Sciences Library Orientation 101 tutorial provides an overview of basic library services such as How to renew books and How to find electronic journals in two-to-three minute modules featuring audio narration.
2.Jane - Journal/Author Name Estimator, a new open access tool helps scientists identify which journals are most appropriate for publishing their results and suggests potential reviewers for manuscripts. Jane compares the title and/or abstract of articles to references in MEDLINE to create a list of journals and authors that have published similar articles. Read more about this new tool in Jane: Suggesting Journals, Finding Experts (Schuemie MJ et al,
Bioinformatics, January 28, 2008).
2. RESOURCE UPDATES
E-Resource Trial: Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection
The Health Sciences Library is offering a three-month (March-May) trial of Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection. Access the trial from our Databases web page or from this direct link.
Henry Stewart Talks provides online access to more than 700 seminar style talks by world experts in the biomedical and life sciences. Presentations consist of animated slides with accompanying
synchronized narration. Talks are approximately 40-50 minutes long and cover a range of biomedical and life sciences topics. Plans include expanding the collection to include 1,000 talks.
The Health Sciences Library welcomes your comments about this resource. Please send your feedback to Catherine Reiter, Head of Acquisitions and Collections, at Catherine.Reiter@uchsc.edu.
We have skeletons in our closets!
The Health Sciences Library recently acquired two skeleton models for student study.
The full skeleton model has a removable calvarium cap for neurocranial studies; spring-held mandible and breakaway maxilla that reveal the paranasal sinuses; and spring-articulated bones of one hand and foot on opposite sides.
The disarticulated skeleton model numbers fissures, foramen, and anatomical details on the right side. All bones are disarticulated except the skull, one hand, and one foot. The skull dissects into three parts – calvaria, base of skull, and lower jaw. A key card identifies more than 600 numbered structures.
Both models feature hand painted muscle origins in red and insertions in blue. Muscle names are hand-lettered at each muscle origin and insertion location.
These models can be checked out at the Service Desk for individual or group use in the library. For questions or assistance with the skeleton models, contact Rhonda Altonen, Media Specialist, at Rhonda.Altonen@uchsc.edu or 303-724-2112.
NBDE exam question bank added to Exam Master
Basic Sciences for Dental Examination Part I, a self-study tool for students preparing to take Part I of the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE), is now available in Exam Master. This new resource currently includes approximately 2,185 study questions covering anatomic sciences, biochemistry and physiology, microbiology and pathology, and dental anatomy and occlusion. A comparable resource for Part II of the NBDE is in development. Students can access Exam Master from the Health Sciences Library’s home page (look under "Favorite Tools" on the left side of the page). For assistance, contact Lilian Hoffecker, Liaison to the School of Dental Medicine, at Lilian.Hoffecker@uchsc.edu or 303-724-2124.
In response to requests from UCD health sciences faculty, staff, and students, the following journal subscriptions were purchased for 2008 and are available via the library’s Find Journals web page.
Audio Digest Anesthesiology Brain Pathology
Cytogenetic and Genome Research (no 2008 content available yet)
Ethnicity and Disease Foot and Ankle International Genes and Immunity
Heart Rhythm
International Journal of Obesity
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants
International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry
Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (in process – available soon)
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Association Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
MEDICC Review
Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) Nature Clinical Practice: Cardiovascular
Medicine
Nature Clinical Practice: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Nature Clinical Practice: Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Nature Clinical Practice: Nephrology Nature Clinical Practice: Neurology Nature Clinical Practice: Oncology Nature Clinical Practice: Rheumatology Nature Clinical Practice: Urology Nature Photonics
Nature Protocols Obesity
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
If you have questions or comments regarding journals or other library resources, contact Catherine Reiter, Head of Acquisitions and Collections, at Catherine.Reiter@uchsc.edu or 303-724-2134.
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3. The PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) database is the largest interdisciplinary resource of international literature on post-traumatic stress disorder and mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. The database includes information on assessment instruments used to measure trauma exposure. Access PILOTS from the Health Sciences Library’s Databases web page.
4. Hungry UCD faculty, staff, and students have a convenient new option for fueling their work and study. Stop by the new Library Café for coffee, espresso, tea, and other beverages; fresh salads, sandwiches, and soups; and many other delicious and healthy treats. Operated by the Campus Bookstore and located at the entrance to the Health Sciences Library, the Library Café is open 7AM – 3:30PM, Monday – Friday.
3. TECHNOLOGY TIPS
Technology in the library? You bet!
The new Health Sciences Library provides 48 public computers on the first floor for access to library resources including media and instructional software. Many of you are familiar with library computers but did you know that not all are the same?
Two computer workstations are connected to scanners that work similarly to photocopiers. What’s the difference? An electronic image can be saved or inserted into presentations – even in color.
One computer workstation has been adapted for visually impaired library users and features Zoom Text software and a large print keyboard.
Computer workstations located in the North Computer Commons area of the first floor play DVDs. Some carrels feature VHS players. (Portable DVD players, VHS players, and monitors can also be checked out at the Service Desk for use in study rooms.)
Two networked laser printers allow printing from every library computer on the first floor.
Photocopiers are also available on each floor of the library. The cost for printing and copying is ten cents per page and copy cards purchased before our move to Anschutz are still accepted.
Wireless technology throughout the library enables personal laptops and handheld devices to connect to the Internet via the campus wireless Guest network. Don’t want to bring your own laptop? Laptops with headphones can be checked out at the Service Desk for use in the library. An iPod is also
available for check out at the Service Desk; use an iPod in the library to listen to selected preprogrammed Audio Digest podcasts.
If you’ve visited the library recently, you’ve likely noticed that some library study rooms have been equipped with large flat panel screens. Cables will soon be installed so that the flat panels can be used with media players and laptops.
The library’s Videoconferencing Room will be equipped soon and available for use. A high-tech visualization lab on the first floor will also be developed when funding is available.
For questions or assistance with library technology, contact Rhonda Altonen, Media Specialist, at Rhonda.Altonen@uchsc.edu or 303-724-2112.
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5.Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future (PDF; 1.67MB), a new study from University College London, challenges the assumption that the "Google Generation" - those born or brought up in the Internet age - is the most web-literate. The study claims that young people rely heavily on search engines, view rather than read, and do not have the critical and analytical skills to assess the information they find on the web. What do you think?
6.Unnatural Causes, an upcoming PBS documentary series, explores socioeconomic and racial inequities in health in the U.S. The series "sifts through the evidence to discover there is much more to our health than bad habits, health care, or unlucky genes. The social conditions in which we are born, live, and work,
profoundly affect our health and longevity". The four hour series will be aired on consecutive Thursdays this spring: March 27, April 3, 10, and 17, 2008.
4. PUBLISHING NOTES
What does the revised NIH Public Access requirement mean
for the NIH-supported investigator?
On December 27, 2007, President Bush signed the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (PL-110-61) into law. Section 218 makes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy mandatory and compliance with the policy a statutory requirement.
In response, NIH has released a revised Public Access Policy that requires investigators to deposit an electronic version of articles resulting from NIH funding in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. PubMed Central is the NIH digital archive of full-text biomedical and life sciences journal articles that allows free and unrestricted access.
Previously, submission of manuscripts resulting from NIH-funded research to PubMed Central was voluntary. The new requirement goes into effect on April 7, 2008.
What is the impact of this change?
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has called the new NIH policy "an important step forward for science, scientists, and the higher education community". Many academic institutions, including the University of Colorado, and other interested groups support the adoption of public access to tax payer-supported research. ARL sites the following benefits:
PubMed Central deposit is a convenient substitute for submitting print copies of articles in fulfillment of grant reporting requirements.
Access to the estimated 80,000 articles resulting from NIH funding each year will be greatly expanded for use in research, teaching, and patient care.
A consequence of making work more visible among scientists around the world is greater impact. This open environment will facilitate development of new kinds of computational research techniques. Journal articles in PubMed Central are already linked to other scientific databases such as GenBank, enabling researchers to observe and explore relationships that may not previously have been apparent. The National Library of Medicine will provide long-term digital archiving of articles in PubMed Central, ensuring tomorrow’s researchers can build on today’s findings.
The NIH policy precedent can open the door for institutions to secure expanded rights to use research in teaching, learning, and research.
What does this change mean for UCD NIH-funded investigators?
NIH-supported investigators and their institutions are responsible for compliance with the new policy. If you plan to publish an article resulting from NIH-funded research in a peer-reviewed journal, you should be aware of the following requirements.
Peer-reviewed articles that arise from NIH-funded research and are accepted for publication on or after
April 7, 2008 must be deposited in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. The author’s
version of the final peer-reviewed manuscript, including all graphics and supplemental materials, should be submitted.
Investigators have the option of depositing their manuscripts in PubMed Central using the NIH Manuscript Submission System OR publishing in a journal that submits articles to PubMed Central on behalf of its authors. A list of these journals is available at the NIH website. If you publish in one of these journals, no further action is needed to comply with the submission requirement of NIH Public Access Policy.
Before signing a copyright transfer agreement with a journal publisher, authors should make sure the agreement allows articles to be deposited in PubMed Central. NIH provides sample language that can be used to amend publisher agreements. Using one of the Author Addenda available via the Scholars
Copyright Addendum Engine is another means of retaining author rights. To learn more about
modifying publisher agreements, see "Don’t sign away your author rights!" (The Appendix, December 2007) and/or the ARL Retaining Rights web page.
To help ensure compliance, beginning May 25, 2008, anyone submitting an application, proposal, or progress report to NIH must include PubMed Central reference numbers when citing articles arising from their NIH funded research. This includes applications submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 and subsequent due dates.
The Health Sciences Library is happy to assist UCD faculty with identifying PubMed Central Reference Numbers, locating publisher contact information, and amending publisher copyright agreements to allow deposit in PubMed Central. For assistance, please contact our Ask a Librarian service.
NIH provides a comprehensive set of resources that explain the details of the revised policy and the submission process:
Complete NIH Public Access Policy How to comply with the Policy Submission process
Slide shows/tutorials Frequently asked questions
Skill Kit: NIH Manuscript Submission System
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7. The Rural Health Resource Center, a national non-profit organization, provides technical assistance, information, and education to rural health care providers. Primary areas of focus are performance improvement, health information technology, health care work force, organizational development, and community health initiatives. The Resource Center also offers an extensive listing of educational and training opportunities for rural hospitals.
8. Want to know more about our new surroundings at the Anschutz Medical Campus? Looking for the bank, post office, or a good restaurant? You'll find all the information you need to get settled in the Health Sciences Library’s Anschutz Medical Campus Guide.
5. NATIONAL HEALTH OBSERVANCES
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Finding evidence-based information about colorectal cancer screening
Are you using the best evidence when you screen patients for colorectal cancer? The Health Sciences Library offers many resources that provide evidence-based information.
A variety of Clinical Information Resources provide summarized information on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and practice recommendations based on critical appraisal of the evidence. These clinical resources include ACP PIER, Essential Evidence Plus (formerly InfoRetriever and InfoPOEMs), First Consult, and others. Each rates the evidence on which practice recommendations are based. Ratings might appear as A / B / C or I / II / III to reflect the quality of the source of the recommendations. Usually an A or I rating reflects a systematic review based on high quality randomized control trials, while a C or III rating might be based solely on expert opinion.
The Cochrane Library provides systematic reviews and meta-analyses of high quality randomized controlled trials. Systematic reviews from other sources, evidence based Technology Assessments, and Economic Evaluations are also included in The Cochrane Library.
PubMed, Ovid Medline, Ovid CINAHL, and EMBASE all provide evidence-based searching filters that help users quickly locate high quality studies.
Search by Clinical Study Category in PubMed. Click on "Clinical Queries" (left column under PubMed Services), type the search topic (for example, colon cancer and screening), and then select a category and scope option. PubMed will add a filtered search to retrieve appropriate results.
Search Ovid MEDLINE or CINAHL for a search topic and click on "Additional Limits" to apply a Clinical Queries search filter to the results.
Use Advanced Search in EMBASE and click on "More Limits" to apply an Evidence Based Medicine filter to search results.
OR
Search for a topic, then use the Limit for Clinical Trial Articles in PubMed, Ovid, or EMBASE to narrow the results to high quality studies
Contact our Ask a Librarian service for assistance searching for evidence-based information or to make an appointment for a free consultation with a librarian to identify the evidence-based resources that best fit your needs.
For more information and materials on National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, contact the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation.
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9.Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency, new free online training from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration can help health care providers improve their patient communication skills. The course includes five modules and takes about five hours to complete. You can complete the course at your own pace and you can choose to take the course for credit or not for credit. 10.WinkingSkull.com is a new freely available interactive anatomy resource designed to help health sciences students
study human anatomy. Organized by body region, the site features more than 200 detailed anatomical images. A testing feature allows students to label images correctly against a timer and test results can be viewed instantly to measure proficiency.
6. LIBRARIAN PICKS
Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: the Importance of
Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin’s Lost Notebooks,
Lyanda Lynn Haupt. New York, Boston: Little, Brown and Company,
2006.
Library call number: NF 508.092 HAU
Located in the Amesse Collection, Special Collections Room, 3rd floor
Drawing on Charles Darwin’s notes from the Beagle expedition of 1831-1836, the author has written a personal account of Darwin’s transformation from an avid beetle collector to a philosophicalnaturalist. Darwin began his journey with the innate ability to observe his surroundings with childlike wonder. Even as he developed as a naturalist, Darwin’s observational abilities improved but his sense of wonder never dimmed.
An avid birder and environmental ethicist, the author traces Darwin’s development from his first encounter with the birds on St. Paul’s Rocks, to his observation of flying condors in Lima. Along the way there were mishaps, misidentifications, and an unfortunate episode in which Darwin found himself unwittingly eating a long-sought-after avian specimen! These tales are recounted using Darwin’s own words from his unedited notebooks.
The author also uses personal anecdotes and hypothesizes about Darwin’s emotions based upon her own reactions. The result is not a highly scientific study of Darwin’s life and work but it is a
fascinating glimpse into the possible workings of a remarkable mind. It is also a call to respect nature in even its most minute aspects. Haupt’s book brings to life a young Darwin, eager to explore nature’s bounty.
The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth occurs next year on February 12, 2009. Did you know the Health Sciences Library houses several rare copies of Darwin’s works? The following books are located in our new state-of-the art, climate-controlled Rare Book Room.
On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (London 1859)
Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H. M. S. Beagle (London 1839)
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication (London 1868) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (London, 1871)
Access to the Rare Book Collection is available by appointment. Contact Emily Epstein, Rare Book Cataloger, at Emily.Epstein@uchsc.edu or 303-724-2119 to make an appointment.
The Rare Book Collection is located adjacent to the Special Collections Room on the 3rd floor of the library. Four collections are housed in this beautiful area: the Henry and Janet Claman Medical
Humanities Collection (formerly the Arts in Medicine Collection), the Amesse Collection of leisure-reading materials (where you can find Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent), the History of Medicine Collection, and the Florence G. Strauss Complementary and Indigenous Medicine Collection.
top 11.Scintilla, a new website from the publisher of Nature,
aggregates information from science blogs, news sites, journals, and databases to help users organize, share, and discover information. For example, Scintilla can be used to keep track of the latest papers on schizophrenia, DNA
methylation, or immunology. Users can rate and recommend items, and create and join groups related to particular areas of interest such as Bioinformatics and Open Science.
12. The authors of the editorial Show Me the Data (Rossner M et al, Journal of Cell Biology, December 17, 2007) recently questioned the validity of journal impact factors. Conducting their own study, the authors reveal that their analyses yielded different values from those published. Furthermore, they state that the publisher, Thomson Scientific, was unable to supply data to support its published impact factors.
13. The Art Selection Committee for the Art in Public Spaces Project at the Anschutz Medical Campus has selected seven artists to create artwork that will be placed throughout the campus. Rae Douglass, a California artist, will create a 25-foot sculpture based on the concept of the Visible Human Project that will be placed in the main lobby of the library. Read more about the Art in Public Spaces project and other selected sites at the UCD Public Relations website.
14.Screenshot Studio is a freely available tool that allows you to easily take screenshots, annotate them, and share them. It can be especially helpful for creating instructional materials. Screenshot is a plug-in for Firefox only.
15. The National Library of Medicine recently released the NLM Drug Information Portal, a gateway to current and accurate drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies. More than 15,000 drugs are available for searching.
"It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like." - Jackie Mason
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Contributors to this issue: Rhonda Altonen, Melissa DeSantis, Lynne Fox, Sally MacGowan, Mary Mauck, and Catherine Reiter
Thanks to NIDDK Image Library for the image of the appendix. Copy Editor: Catherine Reiter
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