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New Books 2016!

The Isché Library is featuring 17 recently published books on display near the 3rd floor elevator. Subjects include physiology, epidemiology, respiratory care, nursing, psychology, speech-language pathology, audiology, cardiology, physical therapy, and more.

These books are now available for check-out.

Featured titles:

1. Netter’s Essential Physiology, 2nd ed., by Susan E. Mulroney (Call no.: QS 4 M26 2016)
2. Teaching Epidemiology : A Guide for Teachers in Epidemiology, Public Health, and Clinical Medicine, 4th ed., edited by Jørn Olsen, Naomi Greene, Rodolfo Saracci, Dimitrios Trichopoulos (Call no.: WA 18 OL8t 2015)
3. Disaster Medicine, 2nd ed., edited by Gregory R. Ciottone (Call no.:  WA 295 C49 2016)
4. Foundations of Epidemiology, 4th ed., by Dona Schneider, David E. Lilienfeld (Call no.: WA 950 L627 2015)
5. Rau’s Respiratory Care Pharmacology, 9th ed., by Douglas S. Gardenhire (Call no.: WB 342 R239r 2016)
6. Braddom’s Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 5th ed., by Randall L. Braddom (Call no.: WB 460 B72p 2016)
7. Physical Therapy Case Files: Pediatrics, by Eric S. Pelletier (Call no.: WB 460 P36 2016)
8. A Practical Approach to Musculoskeletal Medicine: Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment, 4th ed., by Elaine Atkins (Call no.: WE 103 At5 2016)
9. Textbook of Interventional Cardiology, 7th ed., by Eric J. Topol (Call no.: WG 168 T62t 2016)
10. Management of Swallowing and Feeding Disorders in Schools, by Emily M. Homer (Call no.: WI 250 H75 2016)
11. Supporting Family Caregivers of Adults with Communication Disorders: A Resource Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, by Joan C. Payne (Call no.: WL 340.2 P34 2015)
12. Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy, 6th ed., by Thomas P. Habif (Call no.: WR 17 H11c 2016) E-book also available.
    
13. Avery’s Neonatology: Pathophysiology and Management of the Newborn, 7th ed., by Gordon Bennett Avery (Call no.: WS 420 Av3n 2016)
14. Innovations in Nursing Education, Volume 3: Building the Future of Nursing, by Linda Caputi (Call no.: WY 18 C175b 2016)
15. The NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory, edited by Pamela R. Jeffries (Call no.: WY 18 J38n 2016)
16. Manual of Critical Care Nursing: Nursing Interventions and Collaborative Management, 7th ed., (Call no.: WY 154 Sw3m 2016)  E-book also available.
    
17. A Practical Guide to Forensic Nursing: Incorporating Forensic Principles Into Nursing Practice, edited by Angela Amar and L. Kathleen Sekula (Call no.: WY 170 Am3 2016)

History of Louisiana Medicine Collection

The Isché Library has created a mini-collection highlighting the History of Louisiana Medicine. This collection is located on the 3rd floor near the copy machine and is available for checkout.

Carnival Hours

Library Shoebox Float – 2010

Both Libraries will have shorter hours over Mardi Gras weekend/week. They are as follows:

The Isché Library will close at 6pm on Friday, February 5th and will be open from 9:30am -3pm on Saturday, February 6th. On Sunday, February 7th, it will be open from 12noon to 5pm.

Both Libraries will close at 5pm on Monday, February 8th and will be closed on Tuesday, February 9th.

The Dental Library will close at 5pm Wednesday and Thursday, February 10th and 11th.

All other dates the Libraries will be open their regular hours.

Faculty Publications Spotlight for February

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Ische Library. These eight articles, as well as all of the articles in our Faculty Publications database, are authored by at least one member of our research community here at LSUHSC-New Orleans. Each month the Library is proud to present copies of eight of these publications in a rotating display of 16. They can be viewed in the Reference area, on the wall between the main entrance and the Library elevator, on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.
Here is a list of the newest articles to be featured, with the LSUHSC-NO researchers in bold print:

1. Bagby GJ, Amedee AM, Siggins RW, Molina PE, Nelson S, Veazey RS. Alcohol and HIV effects on the immune system. Alcohol Res -Curr Rev. 2015;37(2):287-297.
2. Bealer R. Accessing the NIH portfolio through a link resolver: Challenges and outcomes. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 2015;12(4):205-215.
3. Denman I, Banajee M, Hurley A. Dichotic listening training in children with autism spectrum disorder: A single subject design. Int J Audiol. 2015;54(12):991-996.
4. Johnson DH, Reske T, Ruiz M. Case report and review of immunodeficiency-associated burkitt lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2015;15(6):e121-5.
5. Primeaux SD, Tzeng TH, Allerton TD, Chiang MC, Cosentino G, Dubin RL, Varughese A, Moore R, Geiselman PJ, Greenway FL, Uwaifo GI. Differences in short-term food preferences following vertical sleeve gastrectomy and roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2015;9(6):628-32.
6. Seymour NE, Paige JT, Arora S, Fernandez GL, Aggarwal R, Tsuda ST, Powers KA, Langlois G, Stefanidis D. Putting the MeaT into TeaM training: Development, delivery, and evaluation of a surgical team-training workshop. J Surg Educ. 2016;73(1):136-142.
7. Singh D, Dalal N, Mullen W, DiLeo Congeni J, Caspi J, Sernich S. Double aortic arch associated with bronchopulmonary sequestration: A rare dual anomaly. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2015;6(1):143-145.
8. Terry B, Kelt RE, Jeyakumar A. Delayed complications after cochlear implantation. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(11):1012-7.

Publications cited in the Faculty Publications database are harvested weekly from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL, to name a few. In addition to articles they include books, book chapters, papers, editorials, letters to the editor, and meeting abstracts, all authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-NO community. The database is maintained by Reference Librarian Kathy Kerdolff and is available to the general public here or via the Library’s webpage. For a PDF of a bibliography of this month’s additions, click here. If you have an article you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact Kathy Kerdolff.
Please come to the Library and view these recent publications by our research community.

Mary Marix Retires

Long time Reference Librarian, Mary L. Marix retired at the end of January. She worked for the LSUHSC Libraries since January 1982. A native of Baton Rouge, Mary received her undergraduate degree in Journalism from LSU and her Masters in Library Science from Rutgers University. Before being hired by LSUHealth, she worked for New Orleans Public Libraries and Touro Hospital.

Mary was awarded an LSUHSC Pfizer Award for Excellence in Education,Research, and Patient Care in 2001 and the Louisiana Library Association’s Lucy B. Foote (Subject Specialist) Award in 2005. She was active in the Medical Library Association, South Central Chapter, Health Sciences Library Association of Louisiana, Louisiana Library Association, and the LOUIS Consortium. Her expertise in searching and knowledge of the nursing literature will be missed.

MLK, Jr Day Closure

Both the Dental and Isché Libraries will be closed on Monday, January 18th in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr Day Holiday. Both Libraries will be open their regular hours on Sunday the 17th (11:30 am to 8 pm for Dental and 12 noon to 12 midnight for Isché) and on Tuesday the 19th (8 am to 8 pm for Dental  and 8 am to 12 midnight for Isché).

Ische Library New Hours

The Isché Library has extended its hours as of Monday, January 11, 2016. The new hours are as follows:

• Sunday 12 noon – 12 midnight
• Monday – Thursday 8 am – 12 midnight
• Friday 8 am – 8 pm
• Saturday 9:30 am – 6 pm

LWW Health Library – Anatomy and Basic Sciences Collection

The Library is pleased to announce that we now have access to over 40 anatomy and basic sciences books from Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins online through the LWW Health Library platform.

The Premium Basic Sciences Collection includes classic course textbooks, review guides, case studies, and videos.  All of the books have been cataloged and can be accessed from the Library’s INNOPAC catalog.  The LWW Health Library can also be found on the Library’s list of databases.

Below is a quick look at some of these essential resources:

• Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
• Clinically Oriented Anatomy (Moore)
• Color Atlas and Text of Histology (Gartner)
• Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy
• Grant’s Dissector
• Histology: a Text and Atlas (Ross)
• Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry
• Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology
• Neuroanatomy: an Atlas of Structures… (Haines)
• Neuroanatomy in Clinical Context (Haines)
• Physiology: Cases and Problems (Costanzo)
• Principles of Pharmacology (Golan)

Be sure to check out the full product!  We hope these will be useful in your studies!

Faculty Publications Spotlight for January

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Ische Library. These eight articles, as well as all of the articles in our Faculty Publications database, are authored by at least one member of our research community here at LSUHSC-New Orleans. Each month the Library is proud to present copies of eight of these publications in a rotating display of 16. They can be viewed in the Reference area, on the wall between the main entrance and the Library elevator, on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.
Here is a list of the newest articles to be featured, with the LSUHSC-NO researchers in bold print:

1. Badeaux J, Bonanno L, Au H. Effectiveness of ondansetron as an adjunct to lidocaine intravenous regional anesthesia on tourniquet pain and postoperative pain in patients undergoing elective hand surgery: A systematic review protocol. JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2015;13(1):27-38.
2. Cardinale JP, Patel MM, Nettles KM, Caballero A, Lopez FA. CLINICAL CASE OF THE MONTH: A 31-year-old man who presents with speech abnormalities. J La State Med Soc. 2015;167(1):35-41.
3. Chauvin SW. Applying educational theory to simulation-based training and assessment in surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2015;95(4):695-715.
4. Gould HJ,3rd, Paul D. Critical appraisal of extended-release hydrocodone for chronic pain: Patient considerations. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2015;111635-1640.
5. Luna-Tapia A, Peters BM, Eberle KE, Kerns ME, Foster TP, Marrero L, Noverr MC, Fidel PL,Jr, Palmer GE. ERG2 and ERG24 are required for normal vacuolar physiology as well as candida albicans pathogenicity in a murine model of disseminated but not vaginal candidiasis. Eukaryot Cell. 2015;14(10):1006-16.
6. Manjiani D, Said S, Kaye AD. Transient glaucoma after an epidural steroid injection: A case report. Ochsner J. 2015;15(1):79-82.
7. Powers MK, Brown ET, Hogan RM, Martin AD, Ortenberg J, Roth CC. Trends in toilet training and voiding habits among children with down syndrome. J Urol. 2015;194(3):783-787.
8. Thompson BM, Haidet P, Borges NJ, Carchedi LR, Roman BJ, Townsend MH, Butler AP, Swanson DB, Anderson MP, Levine RE. Team cohesiveness, team size and team performance in team-based learning teams. Med Educ. 2015;49(4):379-385.

Publications cited in the Faculty Publications database are harvested weekly from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL, to name a few. In addition to articles they include books, book chapters, papers, editorials, letters to the editor, and meeting abstracts, all authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-NO community. The database is maintained by Reference Librarian Kathy Kerdolff and is available to the general public here or via the Library’s webpage. For a PDF of a bibliography of this month’s additions, click here. If you have an article you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact Kathy Kerdolff.
Please come to the Library and view these recent publications by our research community.

Welcome 2016

Both the Isché and Dental Libraries have reopened from Winter Break!

Happy 2016 everyone

Libraries are Closed for Winter Break

Both the Dental and Isché Libraries are both closed for winter break. The Libraries will reopen at 8am on Monday, January 4th and resume normal hours.

Online resources will, of course, be available 24/7 during this time.

Winter Break Hours

The Libraries are now on Winter Break hours.

Faculty Publications for December

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Ische Library. These eight articles, as well as all of the articles in our Faculty Publications database, are authored by at least one member of our research community here at LSUHSC-New Orleans. Each month the Library is proud to present copies of eight of these publications in a rotating display of 16. They can be viewed in the Reference area, on the wall between the main entrance and the Library elevator, on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.
Here is a list of the newest articles to be featured, with the LSUHSC-NO researchers in bold print:

1. Aguilar EA, Barry SD, Cefalu CA, Abdo A, Hudson WP, Campbell JS, Reske TM, Bonafede M, Wilson K, Stolshek BS, Paoli CJ, Tran N, Cheng LI. Osteoporosis diagnosis and management in long-term care facility. Am J Med Sci. 2015;350(5):357-363.
2. Ammon BS, Bellanger DE, Geiselman PJ, Primeaux SD, Yu Y, Greenway FL. Short-term pilot study of the effect of sleeve gastrectomy on food preference. Obes Surg. 2015;25(6):1094-1097.
3. Barcelona de Mendoza V, Harville E, Savage J, Giarratano G. Association of complementary and alternative therapies with mental health outcomes in pregnant women living in a postdisaster recovery environment. J Holist Nurs. 2015;[epub ahead of print].
4. Ellenberg SS, Culbertson R, Gillen DL, Goodman S, Schrandt S, Zirkle M. Data monitoring committees for pragmatic clinical trials. Clin Trials. 2015;12(5):530-536.
5. Hanna EB, Lathia VN, Ali M, Deschamps EH. New or presumably new left bundle branch block in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: Clinical, echocardiographic, and electrocardiographic features from a single-center registry. J Electrocardiol. 2015;48(4):505-11.
6. Larzelere MM, James E, Arcuri M. Treating depression: What works besides meds? J Fam Pract. 2015;64(8):454-459.
7. Longfield E, Stark MW, Jeyakumar A. Soft palate mass. Ear Nose Throat J. 2015;94(10-11):438-440.
8. Samuelson DR, Welsh DA, Shellito JE. Regulation of lung immunity and host defense by the intestinal microbiota. Front Microbiol. 2015;61085.

Publications cited in the Faculty Publications database are harvested weekly from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL, to name a few. In addition to articles they include books, book chapters, papers, editorials, letters to the editor, and meeting abstracts, all authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-NO community. The database is maintained by Reference Librarian Kathy Kerdolff and is available to the general public here or via the Library’s webpage. For a PDF of a bibliography of this month’s additions, click here. If you have an article you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact Kathy Kerdolff.
Please come to the Library and view these recent publications by our research community.

Ische Library Exam Hours Start 11/29/15

Isché Library exam hours start today and will run through Thursday, December 17th.

The hours are as follows:

• Sunday   12 noon to 12 midnight
• Monday – Thursday   8 am to 12 midnight
• Friday   8 am to 8 pm
• Saturday   9:30 am to 6 pm