Rebecca Bealer

Changes to resource access from Allied Health wired workstations

If you are using a wired workstation in the Allied Health building, we’ve had to make a change that now requires you to log in when accessing Library resources. We had reports of issues when users were trying to get to ebooks, articles, and databases, and this is the way to resolve those problems.

When you click one of the Library’s links to resources, click this link:

When you click this link, you will most likely not be asked to re-enter your credentials, as those should be pulled from when you logged into your workstation.

This change ensures that your rights to access our subscribed content is passed along to the book, journal, and database websites.

Another tool that will help you more easily access resources is the LibKey Nomad browser extension. We have a LibKey Nomad LibGuide that shows you how to set up and use this tool that makes getting to journal articles very easy.

If you need assistance with this or any other Library resources, contact us.

Tour the New Website: Nifty Boxes

Our second stop on our tour of the new Library website brings us to another new feature, boxes with quick links to helpful resources:

These boxes provide quick access to

• Databases: all subscribed databases, along with many helpful free resources
• E-Books & E-Journals A to Z: a list of all online books and journals you can access
• Resources by Subject: Curated guides with subject- and course-specific resources
• Research and Education: contact your school’s Library Liaison or get research assistance
• LSU Health Digital Scholar: the new institutional repository
• Off Campus Access: information about accessing resources when not on campus

When you hover over the images for each box, a description will pop up with more information about that link:

If you have any questions about our new website or any other Library resources, contact us.

Tour the new Library website: Menus

The revamped Library website now has meany features that should make getting to your favorite and most useful resources much easier. The new menus across many of the pages highlight a number of these resources and tools:

Hover over each category to explore the sites we’ve put together to assist you. If you find yourself in need of help, the Help option has a selection of links and tools to assist you:

Stay tuned for the next stop in our tour of the new Library website, but if you need help don’t hesitate to contact us.

New look for the website!

The Libraries’ website has been updated to use the new institutional template, and there are new links to get you to the resources you need.

You will now see a menu that has links to resources for students, researchers, clinicians, and residents, along with popular links:

The Databases listing has also been updated with even more quick links to popular resources:

We hope you find these changes helpful, but if you have any questions please contact us.

Special thanks goes out to all Library Staff who offered their suggestions, and especially David Nelson and Akriti Karki for their help in making this change.

FIXED: Problems with Thieme journals

UPDATE April 25, 2023: The issues with Thieme journals has been fixed.

Original post April 24, 2023: Thieme is having problems with the online versions of the journals we get from them, and at present only the tables of contents of the issues and abstracts of the articles are available.

We will update when we have more information.

If you need any help with this or any other Library resources, please contact us.

Library Catalog unavailable 11 pm 4/10/23

INNOPAC, the Library Catalog, will be unavailable for approximately an hour starting at 11pm on Monday, April 10, 2023. The outage is necessary for a system update.

The majority of Library resources will still be available during this time.

Please contact us if you need any assistance.

All JoVE Research videos now available

The Library now provides access to all sections and videos from JoVE/Journal of Visualized Experiments Research.

You now have access to the following video journals:

• Behavior
• Biochemistry
• Bioengineering
• Biology
• Cancer Research
• Chemistry
• Developmental Biology
• Engineering
• Environment
• Genetics
• Immunology and Infection
• Medicine
• Neuroscience

The Research section also includes the JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments. This resource has techniques and demonstrations of laboratory processes for:

• Biological Techniques
• Biology
• Cancer Research

These new subscriptions are thanks in large part to Marlene Bishop, Head, Collection Development, who was responsible for negotiating and finalizing the agreement for this resource, as well as the bulk of the Library’s offerings.

If you have any questions about this or any other Library resources, please contact us.

Library Catalog unavailable 11pm 3/28/23

INNOPAC, the Library Catalog, will be unavailable for approximately an hour starting at 11pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The outage is necessary for a system update.

The majority of Library resources will still be available during this time.

Please contact us if you need any assistance.

New journals from The Royal Society

In addition to the Library’s existing subscriptions to Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences and the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, we now have access to the current issues of Biology Letters, Interface Focus, and Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

Previously, the three new journals were available after a one-year embargo, but our subscriptions to these titles now mean you can access the most recent content from these journals.

If you need help with these or any other Library resources, please contact us.

More journals available from the American Chemical Society

We now have a subscription to the American Chemical Society (ACS) Core Plus Package. This package has brought access to fifteen new journals, as well as adding current access to five journals already in the Library’s collection.

Some of the journals included in this collection are ACS Nano, Journal of Physical Chemistry Sections A, B, and C, and Environmental Science & Technology. These titles are added to our existing subscriptions to Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, and Journal of Proteome Research.

If you need any assistance with these journals or any other Library resources, please contact us.

BMJ Case Reports institutional fellowship now available!

We’re happy to share that the Library now has an institutional fellowship to BMJ Case Reports. This means you can submit case reports for publication at no cost.

When you’re ready to submit a case report, please email reference@lsuhsc.edu to obtain our institutional fellowship code.

If you need assistance with this or any other Library resources, please contact us.

Read and Publish agreement available for three Rockefeller University Press journals

We’re happy to announce we have entered into our first Read and Publish agreement that will provide the opportunity to publish articles open access at no cost to you! If you wish to publish in the Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Experimental Medicine, or Journal of General Physiology from Rockefeller University press through December 31, 2023, those articles will be free for all to access and also deposited to PubMed Central.

More information about this agreement can be found at https://rupress.org/journals/pages/read-and-publish-lsu-health, and there is an authors’ guide to walk you through the process to take advantage of this new opportunity.

We are grateful to Rockefeller University Press for providing this benefit as part of our existing subscriptions to their journals.

If you have any questions or need assistance with this or any other Library resources, please contact us.

Barcode and PIN login no longer supported for online access

Logging in with a Library barcode and PIN is no longer supported to access online resources. You must use an LSUHSC-NO email address and password or an LSUHSC-NO username and password to log in.

If you do not have an LSUHSC-NO email account, contact the IT Supporters in your school to start the process. Once you have an email account, logging in is easy through EZproxy and OpenAthens.

Please contact us if you need assistance.

UPDATED: Access to Bone and Joint Journal

February 14, 2023 Update: The issue has been resolved, so you will be able to access this journal on campus and whenever a link goes through EZproxy. You can, however, still use the direct OpenAthens link if you’d like. Please let us know if you run into any problems.

If you need to access Bone and Joint Journal and its previous titles, please use this link to get to the content when both on and off campus: https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lsuhsc.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fboneandjoint.org.uk%2Fjournal%2Fbjj. You will need to log in using your LSUHSC-NO email address and current password.

If you attempt to get to this journal on campus or off campus via any Library link that goes through EZproxy, we are currently unable to get to any subscribed content.

If you need assistance with this or any other Library resource, please contact us.

Adding funds to PayPaw accounts

With the ongoing network issues, the only way to add money to your PayPaw account is at the Bookstore. There is a minimum of $10, but cash cannot be used. The Bookstore opens weekdays at 9am.