National Children’s Dental Health Month

Each February, the American Dental Association (ADA) sponsors National Children’s Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of oral health. NCDHM messages and materials have reached millions of people in communities across the country.

In addition to National Children’s Dental Health Month, the ADA sponsors Give Kids a Smile day the first Friday of February. Give Kids A Smile was designed to provide education, preventative and restorative care to low-income children who do not have access to care.

The LSUHSC-NO School of Dentistry clinics in New Orleans and Baton Rouge will be celebrating Give Kids a Smile day with special guests and events.

So have a little fun and don’t forget to brush and floss!

Who Dat Nation & Bonding

LSUHSC Assistant Professor Adrianne Brennan (Psychiatry) was interviewed in a Times-Picayue article that came out today; she stated “Because we were so bonded as a city through Katrina, we also bonded through the Saints. Our sense of community is so strong.”

I found out about the article from the official LSUHSC twitter feed!

Updates on grant databases

The CRISP database has been replaced with RePORT.

This NIH database kept all the CRISP features and added these:

Hit lists can be sorted and downloaded to Excel.
NIH funding is displayed for each project.
Publications as a result of support from a project contain links to PubMed.

To check out LSUHSC – New Orleans active grants use: LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC NEW ORLEANS in the Organization search box.

EduRoam Available!

As of Feb. 1st, LSUHSC New Orleans is participating in EduRoam, a world-wide consortium of research and educational institutions.

Chancellor Hollier sent out an email on January 25th regarding this new initiative; he stated, “EduRoam is a secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. EduRoam allows campus community members at any participating institution to use wireless network services at any other participating institution worldwide.” Our participation will make it easier for visiting students/researchers to use wireless access on campus, as well as allowing our researchers and students to have access as they travel. EduRoam is less than 2 years old and began in Europe. It is anticipated that membership will increas rapidly.

To use when you visit a participating educational/research institution:
ÔÇó Set up your computer to use a wireless network by selecting ÔÇ£eduroamÔÇØ from the list of available networks.
ÔÇó Logon as UserID@lsuhsc.edu, and give your current LSUHSC password.

EduRoam is a new iniative in the United States, but hopefully it will grow quickly. Check out their US map to see participating institutions.

Haiti Earthquake

Check out NLM’s Haiti Earthquake Health-Related Resources

PubMed?« Revisions in February

Changes coming to PubMed in early February include:

Superbowl Sunday Special Hours

Because of the Black & Gold Superbowl both the Dental & Isché Libraries will have special hours on Sunday, February 7th. The Dental Library will be open from 1:30 to 5 pm. The Isché Library will be open from 10 am to 5 pm. Go SAINTS!

Saints Go All the Way!

NFC Champions

In their 43rd season, the New Orleans Saints are going to the 44th Superbowl.

New Orleans NFC Champions

Just in case you hadn’t heard

It came from the stacks

If you’re like me and a fan of the TV show Bones, you might enjoy these two new additions to the library:

The Bone Lady : Life As A Forensic Anthropologist.
Trail Of Bones : More Cases From The Files Of A Forensic Anthropologist.

As director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory at Louisiana State University, Mary H. Manhein unravels mysteries of life and death every day. A fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an expert on the human skeleton, Manhein assists law enforcement officials across the country in identifying bodies and solving criminal cases. Manhein reveals the everyday realities of forensic anthropology. Going beyond the stereotypes portrayed on television, this real-life crime scene investigator unveils a gritty, exhausting, exacting, alternately rewarding and frustrating world where teamwork supersedes individual heroics and some cases unfortunately remain unsolved. A natural storyteller, Manhein provides gripping accounts of dozens of cases from her twenty-four-year career. Some of them are famous, others less well-known but equally compelling. Possessing both compassion and tenacity, Mary Manhein has an extraordinary gift for telling a life story through bones. Trail of Bones takes readers on an entertaining and educating walk in the shoes of this remarkable scientist who has dedicated her life to providing justice for those no longer able to speak for themselves.

Both books are located at the Dental Library and can be checked out.

3rd Floor News

The public PCs have been restored to the 3rd floor of the Isché Library and some of the new furniture has been delivered, but not the new reference desk. If you need reference assistance, just ask at the front desk.

New Ische Furniture

MobileMicromedex for iPhone, Blackberry

Another new mobile resource is now available for Blackberry, iPhone, and other web-enabled smartphones. MobileMicroMedex 2.0 gives you access to the same clinical evidence content you get on your desktop, at no additional charge, including:

* drugs
* interactions
* drug identification
* disease conditions
* laboratory test information
* alternative medicines
* toxicology
* convenient calculators

To access, follow these steps:
Step 1: Open your mobile browser.
Step 2: Go to http://www.thomsonhc.com/micromedex2/librarian
Step 3: Log in with the LSUHSC specific info. To obtain the LSUSHC login, contact mknapp@lsuhsc.edu, or view the ‘Mobile’ page on the Micromedex site.
(Note: The login should last for the current quarter on your device. At the end of the quarter you will need to return to the MobileMicromedex site to obtain a new username and password.
Quarterly Schedule: January 1, April 1, July 1, September 1)

Early reports from some of our users note that mobileMicromedex might be a little slow and the interface could be improved. Let us know your thoughts on this new product!

USMLE Step 2 Practice

Exam Master now offers USMLE Step 2 Practice Exams. Features include:

• General Principles
• Immunologic Disorders
• Diseases of the Blood & Blood-forming Organs
• Mental Disorders
• Diseases of the Nervous System & Special Senses
• Cardiovascular Disorders
• Diseases of the Respiratory System
• Nutritional & Digestive Disorders
• Gynecologic Disorders
• Renal, Urinary, & Male Reproductive Systems
• Disorders of Pregnancy, Childbirth, & the Puerperium
• Disorders of the Skin & Subcutaneous Tissues
• Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System & Connective Tissue
• Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders

To access this practice exam, login to your Exam Master account, go to NEW EXAMS > Click “Courses” > Click “Select” next to the USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam.

Exam Master also offers test prep for USMLE Step 1 & 3, Board Certification and the NBDE.

To create an account, Click “First time registration” at the bottom of the screen.

Exam Master works best in Internet Explorer.

Update: Ische 3rd Floor

All of the furniture was removed this morning from the Isché Library 3rd floor. It looks like we could host a dance.

Empty 3rd floor

3rd Floor Computers

While we wait on new furniture . . . the public computers located on the third floor of the library (located by reference services) are being removed until later this week.

The public computers located on the 4th in the main area and in the lab are still in operation, as well as the computers on the 5th floor and in the Commons Area. The print stations will still be in operation on the 3rd floor- if you cannot find it, just ask!

Please be patient with us while wait for new furniture to arrive.

MedlinePlus goes mobile

You can now access FREE patient health information in both English and Spanish on your mobile phone.

Medlineplus viewed on your mobile browser

Access this new mobile resource at http://m.medlineplus.gov

Go ahead! After all, your US tax dollars pay for it.