Jeanne Gittings, Chair of NAHRS, Judy Burnham and Peg Allen
First launched in 1997 as an online host facility for Elsevier Science's full text journals, ScienceDirect has grown to become the largest online full text platform for scientific, technical and medical information. It is based on the World Wide Web. The database provides desktop access to the full text of over 600 Elsevier Science journals (from January 1996 forward).
The USA’s libraries (University and Baugh Biomedical) subscribe to 144
of the Elsevier titles. However, by entering into a consortia agreement
with other state university libraries through the Network of Alabama Academic
Libraries, faculty, staff and students at USA can access full-text
all of all the titles subscribed to by any university library in the state,
over 600 titles
Users can browse tables of contents, search lists, and current and
back issues of specific journals. The database can also be searched
by subject. Users can receive e-mail "alerts" when new material is
added that matches a personal search profile.
To search ScienceDirect, go to http://www.sciencedirect.com/
and click on “group-wide login”. This database is accessible from
any USA networked computer.
Clinical Musculoskeletal Pathology has been added to the tools available from the Integrated Medical Curriculum -- http://www.gsm.com There is no charge for access to this web site. This program allows users to:
| Human Anatomy | Cross Sectional Anatomy |
| Radiologic Anatomy | Essentials of Human Physiology |
| Microscopic Anatomy | Essentials of Immunology |
| The Doctor’s Dilemma | Clinical Pharmacology |
The National Library of Medicine has added a major enhancement to its web-based consumer health resource, MEDLINEplus (http://medlineplus.gov). In addition to nearly 400 medical topic pages, MEDLINEplus now includes over 4,000 articles from the http://adam.com medical encyclopedia. This encyclopedia brings health consumers an extensive library of medical images as well as thousands of articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries.
You can browse the encyclopedia by selecting "Medical Encyclopedia" from the left navigation bar of any MEDLINEplus page. You may also search the encyclopedia by selecting "Search MEDLINEplus" from the left column, typing in your search terms, and selecting the option, "Basic with Medical Encyclopedia" before pressing the "Go" button.
InfoFair 2000 was held at the College of Medicine Conference Room, April 12-13, 2000. Dr. George Lundberg, Editor of Medscape since Feb.1999 (and former editor of JAMA) was the key note speaker on April 12 at 9am in the MSB Auditorium. During his presentation, Dr. Lundberg, who was named by CNN as one of the 10 people to watch in 2000, stressed the importance of information in medicine. He noted that in only a few years, the Internet has become an important part of medical research. However, he stated that the Internet is the medium, not the message. He stressed the need to evaluate medical web sites.
Following Dr. Lundberg’s presentation, the exhibits opened. Exhibitors included CINAHL, Elsevier ScienceDirect, Institute for Scientific Research, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Network of Alabama Academic Libraries, Daniels
Communications, Gold Standard Multimedia, COM Telemedicine and AHEC Departments and several departments from the Baugh Biomedical Library and Media Production Services.
Attendees represented the university, hospitals and the com-munity.
All participants benefited from this snapshot of technology.
Representatives from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine
taught a class on PubMed on April 14 for medical librarians in the
area.
The following classes are offered by the Biomedical Library. All classes can be held at either the Biomedical Library Campus site or UMC site. Advanced registration is required. Contact the reference desk at 460-7044 or by e-mail at medlib@jaguar1.usouthal.edu.
Advantage Internet: Searching & Evaluating
Lost on the Internet? Can't seem to find what you need? Can't tell if the site you've found is trustworthy? This class helps answer those questions. It covers utilizing Internet search engines to find information as well as evaluating web sites for accuracy, authority, currency, content, and organization. Participants should have a basic knowledge of the Internet with some usage experience.
EndNote
If you write research papers and are tired of spending hours typing bibliographies, EndNote is your solution. The session will show you how to use EndNote to search online bibliographic databases, organize your references, and create bibliographies instantly and automatically in your word processor.
Reference Manager
Reference Manager is a database program specifically developed to manage bibliographic references. Anyone involved in gathering references for research or producing bibliographies can use Reference Manager to make managing collections easier. This session will show you how to use Reference Manager to manage your references and prepare formatted in-text citations and bibliographies instantly for your manuscripts.
Internet Basics
This class is designed to give basic knowledge of utilizing the Internet for medical research. It includes browser navigation, printing & saving, searching, and subject-oriented sites.
OVID CINAHL*
Learn to effectively search and retrieve articles using OVID CINAHL as well as techniques to print and save results.
OVID MEDLINE*
Learn to effectively search and retrieve articles using OVID MEDLINE as well as techniques to print and save results.
PubMed/IGM
Learn how to search and navigate Medline through the free databases of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed and Internet Grateful Med (IGM). Learn how to limit results, focus searches, and retrieve articles in print and online.
Workshops for Research Assistants & Secretaries
Learn about the Biomedical Library's resources and services, including remote access, library catalog searching tips for books and journals, article retrieval, and fact finding. Information includes both print and online resources. Participants will learn to locate information for incomplete citations, such as when only the first page and name of the journal is known.
*Participants must have an OVID account and password.
CHID is a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources.
CHID lists a wealth of health promotion and education materials and program descriptions that are not indexed elsewhere. New records are added quarterly and current listings are checked regularly to help ensure that entries are up to date and still available from their original sources. Some older records are retained for archival purposes.
CHID is a cooperative effort among several Federal agencies and has been available to the public since 1985. At present, CHID covers 17 topics such as AIDS , cancer, alternative therapy, kidney disease, communication disorders and arthritis. Each topic is updated on a quarterly basis.
CHID can be accessed at http://chid.nih.gov/index.html and can be used without charge.
The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources.
Seventeen major license agreements are currently in place to provide the latest in online resources. The most recent additions are Poemfinder and African-American Facts on File.
The databases available from AVL are accessible from the Library’s homepage at http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/resources.htm
The legislature has approved $3 million to continue this program for
the coming year.
Sally Murray has been elected as Vice-Chair of the Faculty Senate.
Lynda Smith Touart, medical illustrator in Media Production Services, was awarded first prize in the annual spring show of the Watercolor and Graphic Arts Society of Mobile, for her acrylic painting Water Becomes Her. The painting can be viewed at http://www.touart.com/lynda/water_becomes_her.htm
Ellen Sayed has received notification of her acceptance in the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) at the Senior level. AHIP is the credentialing agency of the Medical Library Association.
Two new staff members have joined the Circulation Dept. Lynette Parker has a library background in techical services. May Kountz is transfering from the University Library where she has worked since 1984.
Robbie Runderson has joined the Systems Dept as a Management Systems Specialist I. His background is in school computer support.
At the recent meeting of the Medical Library Association in Vancouver, Judy Burnham presented a poster “Demystifying Collection Developmentwith a Liaison Program.”
Jie Li will continue to serve as Newsletter editor of MLA/International Cooperation Section of MLA during the coming year.
At the recent meeting of the Medical Library Association, the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section (NAHRS) of MLA presented the Award for Professional Excellence to Judy Burnham. This award is in recognition of outstanding leadership and exceptional librarianship in meeting the information needs of nursing and allied health professionals. Judy has served the NAHRS in several capacities including Chair.
Jeanne Gittings, Chair of NAHRS, Judy Burnham and Peg Allen
The OVID system issued an update this Spring. OVID is the system the Baugh Biomedical Library uses for access to MEDLINE, CINAHL, and other databases. The centerpiece of the new software is a feature called Multifile and Deduping, which allows you to combine multiple Ovid databases, search them simultaneously, and automatically remove duplicate records from the search results.
Other highlights include:
The Baugh Biomedical Library is endeavoring to bring library resources to your office. One tool is MDConsult. Besides the 48 fulltext journals, more than 600 clinical practice guidelines, over 3,000 patient education handouts, there are 38 world renowned reference books available at MDConsult.
The reference books include in MDConsult can be found on the web page
and include standard textbooks in most disciplines.
If you have not signed up for MDConsult, please go to Baugh Biomedical
Library 's website: http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library,
click on resources and then MDConsult. Next click "sign-up now",
to get to the sign-up page.
Once you have signed-up for MDConsult, you may go to MDConsult's website directly at http://www.mdconsult.com to login. You may use MDConsult at any USA campus.
In addition to the reference books in MDConsult, the library also subscribes
to Harrison's Online, which is also available from any USA campuses. No
user ID and password is needed. You may go to Baugh Biomedical Library's
website to access from Resources or go to Harrison's website directly at
http://www.harrisonsonline.com.
Just click on subscriber login.
The next issue of Biofeedback will discuss medical monographs on the
Internet.
Using the SOUTHcat system, USA faculty, staff and students can determine which items they have checked out, when they are due and renew the items. You can also determine any fines or fees that may have been accumulated.
You must login using your USA ID in order to access your patron information and to place requests. (If you have any questions regarding your ID, please ask at the Circulation Desk.) Remember when you are on a public computer to logoff and then use the EXIT button to clear your personal information.
SOUTHcat can be accessed at http://southcat.usouthal.edu/
The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery department is exploring new ways to deliver documents and serve our faculty, staff and students. Whether it is in the interest of time or simply convenience, our goal is to deliver high quality documents to you, wherever you are. Towards this end, we are currently working with two new software packages, Prospero and WinFax PRO, discussed below. Generally speaking, if you have an internet connected computer, we can deliver.
For those who search PubMed, we encourage you to take advantage of our Loansome Doc service. Before placing orders from PubMed, you must set up a service agreement with the CMB Biomedical Library. Using Loansome Doc saves you the step of retyping citations on our paper form or on our web page form. It is also helpful to our staff, since the reference comes directly from MEDLINE and does not require further verification. There is no extra charge for Loansome Doc service. For us, it is simply another way to receive your requests. For more information on Loansome Doc, contact the Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery department at 460-6891 or e-mail medlib@jaguar1.usouthal.edu. You can also visit these web sites for further information:
Loansome Doc Fact Sheet: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/loansome_doc.html
PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
PubMed Fact Sheet: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/pubmed.html
Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery is testing a new software, Prospero,
which facilitates full text document delivery to your desktop. This new
service was recently featured on the library’s web page: http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/docdel/forms.htm
With Prospero, you may now retrieve your article from the library’s server
from your home or office and print it out yourself using Adobe Acrobat,
instead of receiving your article in the campus mail or picking it
up from the library. We have found that images in documents transmitted
via Prospero are clearer than those sent via regular fax.
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We receive a large number of our documents from other libraries as
electronic files. Documents copied from our own collections are scanned
by library staff. Prospero converts these files to pdf, which can then
be accessed using Adobe Acrobat. Prospero sends the requestor an
e-mail notice with instructions and an assigned pin. If you are interested
in assisting the Baugh Biomedical Library in developing this new service,
please contact us at (334) 460-6891 or e-mail medlib@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
At this time, there is no extra charge for this service.
Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery is testing a new software, Prospero,
which facilitates full text document delivery to your desktop. This new
service was recently featured on the library’s web page:
http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/docdel/forms.htm
With Prospero, you may now retrieve your article from the library’s server
from your home or office and print it out yourself using Adobe Acrobat,
instead of receiving your article in the campus mail or picking it
up from the library. We have found that images in documents transmitted
via Prospero are clearer than those sent via regular fax.
We receive a large number of our documents from other libraries as electronic
files. Documents copied from our own collections are scanned by library
staff. Prospero converts these files to pdf, which can then be accessed
using Adobe Acrobat. Prospero sends the requestor an e-mail notice
with instructions and an assigned pin. If you are interested in assisting
the Baugh Biomedical Library in developing this new service, please contact
us at (334) 460-6891 or e-mail medlib@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
At this time, there is no extra charge for this service.
The Baugh Biomedical Library notes with appreciation the recent gift
of Dr. William Gardner.
Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery is also working with a new fax software,
WinFax PRO. Used in conjunction with a scanner, we can fax high quality
documents to your computer if you have your own fax software installed.
For both text and images, but images in particular, we have found
this process to be superior to regular fax. Due to the nature of this technology,
we can only guarantee the quality of articles copied from USA holdings.
We are excited to add WinFax PRO to our existing service. At this
time, WinFax PRO serves as a back up to our regular fax machine. Let us
know on your request form if you would like us to fax your article to your
computer.
Ovid is pleased to announce the addition of the PreMEDLINE (PREM) database. PreMEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) in-process database for MEDLINE, provides basic information and abstracts before a record is indexed with MeSH heading(s) and added to MEDLINE. PreMEDLINE, like MEDLINE itself, encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index, as well as other sources of coverage in the areas of allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science (as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology).
New records are added daily to PreMEDLINE, appearing when the content
of the record meets the scope of the PreMEDLINE database. After MeSH terms,
publication types, GenBank accession numbers, and other indexing data are
incorporated into a PreMEDLINE record; the completed citation is added
to MEDLINE. Completed PreMEDLINE records are added as citations to MEDLINE
on a weekly basis.
You can now take a virtual tour of all of USA Biomedical Library sites.
Go to http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/tour/index.html
or look under More About the Library on our homepage. A “Quick Tour”
of the campus and UMC sites will automatically scroll through photographs
and explanations of both sites’ facilities and services. Alternately,
you can tour all three libraries (including Children’s & Women’s)
by pointing and clicking over a floor plan of each site.
The SOUTHmed Information Network would like to welcome the newest members, Dr. Renee Allen Dyken, Dr. Ross Gardner, Michael Martin, and Dr. Marshall Shoemaker. These health care professionals join a growing list of SOUTHmed members that are provided with the complete information services of the USA Baugh Biomedical Library, including reference, database searching, document delivery, and training. For further information on joining this network and having access to quality health care information, contact Judy Burnham, (334) 460-6888, jburnham@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
New lists of useful web links have been added to the Biomedical Library’s
Medical Specialties page for “Rural Medicine” and “Telemedicine.”
You can view these at http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/specialt/index.html
The 23rd annual conference of the National Rural Health Association
took place in New Orleans May 24-26th. Susan Dentzer, correspondent
at The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, delivered the keynote address.
Ms. Dentzer addressed the health policy proposals of the leading presidential
candidates.
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General Information:
Director, Tom Williams 460-6885 twilliam@jaguar1.usouthal.eduPublic Services and Education : Geneva Bush Staggs 460-7044Reference Services:
Interlibrary Loans: 460-6891 Regional and Technical Services Judy Burnham 460-6888 |
HOURS for CHARLES M. BAUGH BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY
Campus site Monday-Thursday 7:15am - 11:45pm
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The Biomedical Library Biofeedback, a publication of the University
of South Alabama Biomedical Library, is published at irregular intervals.
Editor: Judy Burnham. Contributors to this issue were Everly Brown, Judy
Burnham, Jie Li, and Geneva Staggs. 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
Updated: August 30, 2000