InfoFair
'98
InfoFair
'98
The latest innovations in medical information online access, traditional services, media production services as well as many other technical innovations (i.e., Internet phone, the Virtual Human, distance learning) will be showcased. Refreshments will be served throughout the day.
For further information, call Tom Williams, Biomedical Library Director, at 460-6885 or email twilliam@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
OVID NEWS
During March and April the Biomedical Library will be migrating its current in-house OVID online system to an Internet connection with OVID online nationally. Users will see an increase in available databases which will now include:
SYSTEMS UPDATE
The Biomedical Library is in the midst of conversion from Token-Ring to Fast Ethernet. This process will probably take a few months.
Beginning in March, the Biomedical Library began charging for printing. Invoices for print charges were sent at the end of Winter Quarter
BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY CLASSES - SPRING QUARTER 1998
The following classes, scheduled for April through June 1998, are open to University faculty, staff, and students and SOUTHmed members for searching MEDLINE, CINAHL, the Core Biomedical Collection, the PDR Electronic Library and Stat-Ref. Friday classes at the Campus site focus on using CINAHL for nursing information, but may change to MEDLINE according to demand.
OVID MEDLINE, CINAHL, CORE BIOMEDICAL COLLECTION, PDR Electronic
Library and Stat-Ref:
| Biomedical Library Campus Site |
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| Biomedical Library Medical Center Site |
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| Biomedical Library Campus Site | Monday | 3:00pm-4:30pm |
| Biomedical Library Medical Center Site | Monday | 3:00pm-4:30pm |
INTERNET GRATEFUL MED DATABASES (OTHER THAN MEDLINE)
Biomedical Library Campus Site
2nd Tuesday of each month starting in April, 2:00pm-3:00pm
INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES
Biomedical Library Campus Site
3rd Tuesday of each month, starting in April, 2:00pm-3:00pm
SECRETARIES' WORKSHOP
Biomedical Library Campus Site
April 22, 1998, 2:00pm-3:00pm
LOCATING HEALTH SCIENCE GRANTS ON THE INTERNET
Biomedical Library Campus Site
June 12, 1998, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Please call 460-7044 to reserve a place in a class at the Campus Site, or 471-7855 to reserve a place in a class at the UMC Site. Send email to medlib@jaguar1.usouthal.edu.
DONATIONS
The Biomedical Library would like to thank Mrs. Christine Kelly for a recent donation that helped to expand the Biomedical Library's book collection.
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE HOMEPAGE UPDATE
Dr. Benjamin Estrada, Pediatrics has started a Pediatrics Infectious Disease Newsletter called 'The Bug'. There is an email version sent out the second Friday of each month and a web version that resides at http://southmed.usouthal.edu/com/thebug/.
Three College of Medicine departments have created homepages this year:
FULL-TEXT ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
Many publishers have created electronic versions of their journals for the World Wide Web. Until recently, most were free trial subscriptions but now more and more are for paid subscribers only. The Biomedical Library is subscribing to some electronic journals listed at http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/e-jour.htm for our patrons benefit. Keep checking back on our homepage for more titles as we add to the list.
Most of these journals can be accessed from any computer on campus with a campus IP address. Here is a list of some of our most recent subscriptions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
In addition to the USA page mentioned above, below is a list of WWW pages that include table of contents for journals:
UnCover is a database of current article citations taken from over 17,000 multidisciplinary journals. Searching the UnCover databases is free. Users may also sign up to use UnCover Reveal, an automated alerting service that delivers the table of contents to your email box, for $25 a year. For more information, see http://uncweb.carl.org/.
Other publishers that offer free table of contents by e-mail include:
In October, Tom Williams assisted by Sally Murray presented a paper at the annual meeting of Southern Chapter/MLA titled "Internet Security: Big Brother MIGHT be Watching." In May they will present another paper on privacy at the Medical Library Association Annual meeting, "Internet Privacy: An Oxymoron?" Jie Li will present a paper titled "Distance Learning in Medical Education" and a poster "Comparison of Search Engines' Performance in Searching of Health Information: Evaluations and Recommendations" at that same meeting.
As a co-instructor, Judy Burnham is teaching a series of Internet training classes for the Alabama Health Sciences Libraries Association. A class was held in Tuscaloosa in February and another will be in Auburn in April.
WWW SITE OF NOTE
HealthGate now offers a Diagnostic Procedures Database. The database explains 295 medical procedures, covering major aspects of each procedure, including procedure name, indications and contraindications, description, patient preparation, methods and interpretation, with illustrations. There is no charge for use of this database. The URL is http://www.healthgate.com/HealthGate/free/dph/static/index.html
EVALUATION OF WWW SITES
It is estimated that 50% of WWW sites are mounted by organizations or individuals who may provide biased information. Therefore, it is important for the user to evaluate sites for reliability. Using the following checklist, one can determine the value of a WWW site:
With the exploding amount of information available over the web, medical information is becoming increasingly available. A number of clinical trial sites are now accessible:
SOUTHmed UPDATE
The Biomedical Library would like to welcome the newest member of SOUTHmed, the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center Medical Library.
Library personnel have started to make site visits at the SWAHEC hospitals that are SOUTHmed members: Vaughn-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital, Washington County Infirmary, Stabler Memorial Hospital, Atmore Community Hospital, Monroe County Hospital, Thomas Hospital and South Baldwin Regional Medical Center. For hospitals, membership in the SOUTHmed Information Network meets the criteria for provision of library services under the JCAHO Management of Information standard. Included in the library services for hospitals are on-site consultations (which can be used in preparation for a JCAHO accreditation site visit); training classes in accessing medical information, via databases (i.e., MEDLINE) and the Internet; full access to the resources, electronic and print, of both sites of the Biomedical Library; use of the USA Biomedical Library Homepage as a gateway with links to a wide range of Internet resources as well as full-text resources; online searching; and photocopy services for journal owned by the Biomedical Library. Other fee-based benefits of SOUTHmed include document delivery of titles not owned by the Biomedical Library (not available at all to non-members) and access to the full MEDLINE and CINAHL databases. SOUTHmed members also have access to the full range of services offered by the College of Medicine's Media Production Services.
On March 30, Judy Burnham presented a session on the Internet for the
AACN in Mobile.
For further information on joining SOUTHmed or if interested in arranging
for a meeting presentation, contact Judy Burnham, 471-7855.
BIOFEEDBACK, New Series, Issue #39, Spring 1998
The Biomedical Library Biofeedback, a publication of the University
of South Alabama Biomedical Library, is published at irregular intervals.
Editor: Judy Burnham. Comments should be addressed to Judy
Burnham, Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
36688-0002
To make comments, suggestions, or get more information, send email to medlib@jaguar1.usouthal.edu or call (334)-414-8210.
University of South Alabama Biomedical Library
Revised: 12/28/00