Feeling Glassy

The permanent glass panels which will divide the Isché Library from the Library Commons are being installed today. The new front doors to the Library are scheduled for installation tomorrow.

DynaMed, MD Consult, UpToDate Smackdown

A new study from Australian Family Physician found “no clear ‘winner'” between DynaMed, MD Consult and UpToDate when it came to answering clinical questions.

You can read the full report free online here:
http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200810/28814

Honestly, I’m happy if you just use an evidence-based clinical resource instead of Google.

DynaMed: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/ss&d/data/dyna.html
MD Consult: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/ss&d/data/mdconsult.html

Elevator Down

We spoke too soon about our elevator working yesterday. It is once again out of order. We’ll post again when it’s working.

Best Nursing Books of 2008

The January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Nursing has published their annual “Book of the Year Awards 2008,” as chosen by AJN’s panel of judges.

View the short list & long descriptions. (login off campus req’d)

See below for list selections available now in the library.

AACN advanced critical care nursing
Toward healthy aging: human needs and nursing response
Capturing nursing history : a guide to historical methods in research
Patient safety and quality : an evidence-based handbook for nurses.
Wong’s clinical manual of pediatric nursing (E-book!)
Evidence-based Nursing Care Guidelines: Medical-surgical Interventions (E-book!)
Medical-surgical nursing : clinical management for positive outcomes
Creative teaching strategies for the nurse educator
Precepting in nursing : developing an effective workforce
Human centered nursing : the foundation of quality care
Mastering the teaching role : a guide for nurse educators

Did you know?
You can also email our Collection Development Librarian to request a book you think the library should add to the collection.

Ische Library Elevator Working!

The renovations to the Isché Library elevator are complete. Come take a ride!

Ische Library Entrance

The construction workers have been working on the new lobby to the Commons & the Library since Friday. This morning they started working on the doorway into the Isché Library. Don’t worry you still have access. Work on the doorway should be completed in a few days.

Top Dental Journals

Top Dental Journals
The 2007 statistics have come out and according to Journal Citation Reports these are the top journals in the category of Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine.

Impact Factor:
The average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year.
1. Periodontology 2000
2. Journal of Dental Research
3. Journal of Endodontics
4. Dental Materials
5. Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Current Articles:
The number of articles published in the JCR year.
1. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
3. Journal of Periodontology
4. Journal of Endodontology
5. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Total Cites:
The number of citations to the journal in descending order.
1. Journal of Dental Research
2. Journal of Periodontology
3. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
4. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
5. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Immediacy Index:
The average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published. This indicates how quickly articles in a journal are cited.
1. Periodontology 2000
2. British Dental Journal
3. Journal of Orofacial Pain
4. Journal of Adhesive Dentistry
5. Dental Materials

If you would like to see the rest of the list, check out Journal Citation Reports in the Web of Knowledge database.

Discounts for LSUHSC faculty, staff, and students

Did you know that you can get an LSUHSC discount on your Cox High Speed Internet just for being a student or working at LSUHSC? Or that all faculty, staff, and students receive a 10% discount at the LSUHSC Dental Faculty Practice? Check that discount out and others on the LSUHSC Discounts Page.

RefWorks in 15 Minutes

Need a refresher or want to learn more about REFWORKS (our premier bibliographic management tool), but don’t have the time? REFWORKS IN 15 MINUTES is an online class designed just for you! Dates and times are below.

RefWorks in 15 Minutes
While the ideal way to teach users the basic features of RefWorks is to conduct a full training session, we realize that in some situations you may have only a few minutes to demonstrate the power of RefWorks. During this session, you’ll rapidly learn: how to create an account; direct export citations from two databases; create a folder; create a bibliography from a list of citations; and create a bibliography using Write N’ Cite.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:00 am
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=719278374

Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:00 pm
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=715252868

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:00 pm
https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=718377981

More Classes are available – from Write n Cite to RefShare to the basics –
Check out the full schedule on Refworks.com

Off Campus Access

Just a quick reminder that most LSUHSC-New Orleans resources are available off campus (any where not on the LSUHSC network). This includes full-text materials, books & journals. Check out our handy tutorial.

Inauguration History

The Library of Congress had created a history of presidential inaugurations page.

To watch today’s inauguration on campus, there are two choices:
“The broadcast will be shown in the Medical Education Building, Lecture Room A, from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. Classes will end at 10:45 AM. Due to the continuing construction on the 2nd floor of the MEB, please use the 1st floor to enter and leave the Lecture Room.

In addition to the Lecture Room, for those wishing to view the coverage from their computer, the broadcast will be available from our web servers at http://webdev2.lsuhsc.edu/inauguration/ To view the broadcast, click on the preceding link using Internet Explorer on a computer with a wired connection. The broadcast will be available at the Schools of Dentistry and Public Health and all buildings on the downtown campus. The broadcast will not be available at the LSU Interim Hospital or via Citrix, VPN or wireless connections.” from an email from the Chancellor.

What’s Up with the Construction?

For new students or ones that haven’t been to the Isché Library in awhile, the construction zone will be the new Library Commons. This space when completed will feature study tables, video rooms, a coffee shop, exhibit space, and 24/7 access. Work began in May 2008 and should be completed in Spring 2009.

Faculty Pubs – 2008

Check out the LSUHSC ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ New Orleans Faculty Publications database for your 2008 publications to make sure yours are included. I check Biological Abstracts, CINAHL, Web of Science, PubMed, SCOPUS, and EMBASE.com for publications from LSUHSC ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ NO. Books, book chapters, and local and regional conference abstracts are not indexed in these resources and may have been overlooked.
If your 2008 publication is not there, please submit citation information to Kathy Kerdolff, Reference Librarian (kkerdo@lsuhsc.edu).

MLK Day Hours

The Isché & Dental Libraries will be open regular hours on Sunday, January 18th. But will be closed on Monday, January 19th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a university holiday.

Mass Gatherings and Public Health

Ever wonder why you always get sick at Mardi Gras? Surely it couldn’t be the mass consumption of food and drink combined with the scrambling around outside in all types of weather. Overindulgence aside, the “Mardi Gras malaise” sprang to my mind when I ran across “Public Health Surveillance for Mass Gatherings” (full text PDF) from the Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Lombardo, J.S., et al.; Vol. 27, No. 4 (2008):

Abstract:
Mass gatherings represent specific challenges for public health officials because of the health risks associated with crowd size and duration of stay. In addition, population movement requires public health departments to interact across jurisdictional boundaries to identify risks and disease-management solutions. However, federal privacy laws restrict the sharing of patient data among public health departments in multiple jurisdictions. This article examines previous disease surveillance practices by public health officials in planning for mass events
and describes a simple approach for sharing health-risk information that was employed in 2007 during Super Bowl XLI by the health departments of Indiana, Marion County, Cook County, and Miami-Dade County.

Want more? In honor of the Inauguration, Superbowl, and other large spectacles, the National Library of Medicine has put together a fresh new bibliography on Public Health Preparations for Mass Gatherings.