EZproxy downtime early morning June 15th

The EZproxy service may be unavailable for a short time in the early hours of Thursday, June 15, 2023. This is to complete updates from the maintenance that was performed June 14, 2023.

UPDATE: EZproxy maintenance June 14th

UPDATE: EZproxy is back up and running. If you run into any problems, contact us.

On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, EZproxy will be unavailable for two to three hours for server maintenance. During this time, links from the Library’s catalog, E-Journals & E-Books AtoZ List, Databases, and most other links from Library resources may not work correctly.

If you are off campus, you can log into many resources directly by using OpenAthens. A list of sites where you can do so and instructions are available on the OpenAthens LibGuide.

If you are on campus, please contact us and we can provide links to resources while the system is unavailable.

Librarians with Systematic Review Services Certification

The Libraries are pleased to announce that five of our librarians have earned a Systematic Review Services Specialization Level 1 Certification from the Medical Library Association. They are Sharon Duffy, Rowan Marye, Julie Schiavo, Chandler Smith, and David Trillo. We are in process of revamping our Systematic Review Service so stay tuned for more information on it!

Additionally Sharon Duffy and David Trillo also have their Data Services Specialization Level 1 Certifications, for all your data management needs.

Quiet Study Floor/RCB 5th Floor Project

The Quiet Study Floor/5th Floor of the Resource Center (RCB) will be the site of a project that will take a couple of years to complete. IT will be relocating a data center from the 7th Floor of the RCB to the 5th Floor.

This is the affected area of the floor:

Upon completion, a portion of the floor will be cordoned off for the equipment, but we will add new seating and study areas:

Before any construction can start, the Library’s print journal collection on the 5th Floor will be undergoing major changes to make room for this new data center. It will entail the relocation and removal of over 30,000 print journal volumes and thousands of unbound issues, the loss of 28 rows of shelves, and requires shifting the entirety of the remainder of the print collection. The content of the print volumes and issues to be removed are covered by perpetual access archives purchases and freely-available archival content. In total, over 600 journal titles will be affected.

From now until December, there will be noise during the weekdays as Library staff work to shift the print journal collection and stage the volumes to be removed. There will also be many signs and notes spread throughout the stacks, so please do not remove these notes. Also, locating needed print journals may be a little more difficult during this time.

We apologize for the noise and disruption this will cause. As this is affecting the dedicated quiet study area, please be mindful if others have relocated to a different area to find some quiet.

If you have any questions about this or need assistance locating materials, please contact us.

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.

ClinicalKey EBooks: New Titles, New Editions, and a Few Removals

ClinicalKey has updated our eBook collection with some new titles and editions, but they have also done a little spring cleaning.
New to the ClinicalKey collection are:
Atlas of Reconstructive Surgery: A Case-Based Approach (Pu) 1st ed.

Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea (Sindwani) 1st ed.

Clinical Applications of 3D Printing in Foot and Ankle Surgery (Highlander) 1st ed.

Clinical Decision Support and Beyond (Greenes) 3rd ed.

Contact Lens Practice (Efron) 4th ed.

Differential Diagnoses in Surgical Pathology Tumors and their Mimickers (Abdul-Karim) 1st ed.

Emergency Department Technician Handbook, The (Shesser) 1st ed.

Fetal, Neonatal and Pediatric Neuroradiology (Kralik) 1st ed.

Handbook of Obesity in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Mahmood) 1st ed.

Human Histology: A Text and Atlas for Physicians and Scientists (Dudás) 1st ed.

Kanski’s Clinical Ophthalmology (Salmon) 9th ed.

Low Vision (Dickinson) 1st ed.

Manual of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies (Bashir) 1st ed.

Molecular Biology Techniques (Carson) 4th ed.

Neuromodulation Techniques for the Spine (Abd-Elsayed) 1st ed.

Palliative Radiation Oncology (Vapiwala) 5th ed.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets (O’Young) 4th ed.

Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Hair Restoration (Alam) 1st ed.

Spinal Fusion Techniques (Abd-Elsayed) 1st ed.

Treatment of Acetabular Bone Loss and Chronic Pelvic Discontinuity (Sheth) 1st ed.

As is ClinicalKey’s policy with new editions of eBooks, the previous editions are usually still available for a few months after the new editions are published. New editions published this spring are:
Atlas of Clinical Sleep Medicine (Kryger) 3rd ed.

Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Tiwana) 2nd ed.

Avery’s Diseases of the Newborn (Gleason) 11th ed.

Basic Immunology (Abbas) 7th ed.

Berne & Levy Physiology (Koeppen) 8th ed.

Bland and Copeland’s The Breast (Klimberg) 6th ed.

Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine (Ciottone) 3rd ed.

Clinical Lipidology: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease (Ballantyne) 3rd ed.

Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology (Johnson) 7th ed.

Coughlin and Mann’s Surgery of the Foot and Ankle (Haskell) 10th ed.

Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry (Stefanac) 4th ed.

Elsevier’s 2024 Intravenous Medications (Collins) 40th ed.

Essentials of Equipment in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine (Al-Shaikh) 6th ed.

Goldberger’s Clinical Electrocardiography (Goldberger) 10th ed.

The Harriet Lane Handbook (Anderson) 23rd ed.

Learning Radiology (Herring) 5th ed.

Little and Falace’s Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient (Kerr) 10th ed.

Macleod’s Clinical Examination (Dover) 15th ed.

Penn Clinical Manual of Urology (Guzzo) 3rd ed.

Plotkin’s Vaccines (Plotkin) 8th ed.

Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Soft Tissue Augmentation (Carruthers) 5th ed.

Weedon’s Skin Pathology Essentials (Johnston) 3rd ed.

Ebooks no longer available to us via ClinicalKey are:
Andrews’ Diseases of the Skin Clinical Atlas (Micheletti) 1st ed. We have the 2nd ed.

Atlas of Human Anatomy (Netter) 7th ed.  We have the 8th ed.

Body Contouring and Liposuction (Rubin) 1st ed.

Cardiology Secrets (Levine) 5th ed. We have the 6th ed.

Cornea Atlas (Krachmer) 3rd ed.

Coronary Stenting (Price) 1st ed.

Diagnostic Cytopathology Essentials (Kocjan) 1st ed.

Haematology: An Illustrated Colour Text (Howard) 4^tth ed.

Integrative Medicine (Rakel) 4th ed. We have the 5th ed.

Kaufman’s Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists (Kaufman) 8th ed. We still have access via ScienceDirect.  We also have the 9th ed.

Kirk’s General Surgical Operations (Novell) 6th ed.

Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures (Chernecky) 6th ed. While we do not have ebook access, we do have a print copy for this edition and the 7th and 8th eds. [QY 4 C81L 2013]

Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics (Marcdante) 8th ed. We have the 9th ed.

Netter’s Clinical Anatomy (Hansen) 4th ed. We have the 5th ed.

Netter’s Sports Medicine (Madden) 2nd ed. We have the 3rd ed.

Oncologic Imaging (Silverman) 1st ed. We have the 2nd ed.

The Ophthalmic Assistant (Stein) 10th ed. We have the 11th ed.

Otologic Surgery (Chernecky) 4th ed. We have the 5th ed.

Practical Skin Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach (Patterson) 1st ed.

Surgical Techniques of the Shoulder, Elbow, and Knee in Sports Medicine (Cole) 2nd ed. We have the 3rd ed.

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.

Power Blips? May 11th RCB and May 12th Dental

Facilities is conducting its annual emergency generator load bank testing from May 8th through the 16th. The Isché Library will be affected on May 11th from 8am to 12 noon. The Dental Library will be affected on May 12th either in the morning or the afternoon; there are 2 generators at the Dental Campus and they are each being tested. We are unclear which one is connected to the Administration building.

During testing, the system is supposed to automatically switch to generator power with no disruption to users. However, if something fails, generator power will be restored within 30 minutes.

Here’s the full schedule:

Sister Stanislaus Hall
Monday, May 8th
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Seton Building
Monday, May 8th
8:00 AM –12:00 PM

Student Residence Hall
Monday, May 8th
1:00pm – 5:00pm

Clinical Education Building (1542 Tulane)
Tuesday, May 9th
8:00 AM –12:00 PM

Clinical Sciences Research Building
Tuesday, May 9th
8:00 AM –12:00 PM

Central Utility Plant
Tuesday, May 9th
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Medical Education Building
Wednesday, May 10th
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Lions Eye / LSU Clinics Building
Wednesday, May 10th
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Allied Health / Nursing Building
Wednesday, May 10th
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Resource Center Building
Thursday, May 11th
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Human Development Center
Thursday, May 11th
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

School of Dentistry Campus
Friday, May 12th
Generator # 1: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Generator # 2: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

East Campus Standby Generating Plant
Monday, May 15th
Generator # 1: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Generator # 2: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Generator # 3: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Center for Advanced Learning & Simulation
Tuesday, May 16th
Generator # 1: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Generator # 2: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

New LibGuide for Clinical Practice Guidelines

A new LibGuide has been created to help locate Clinical Practice Guidelines online and in databases. Check it out at this link: https://libguides.lsuhsc.edu/clinicalpracticeguidelines

New Poster Printing Request Process

The Isché Library has a new process for requesting Research Posters. Please check out our Poster Printing page for policies and procedures, and our NEW Poster Printing Libguide for more information and detailed helps and design tips.

NLM Exhibit “AIDS, Posters & Stories” at Dental Library

Dental Library Hours Extended

The Dental Library will be extending its hours on Monday, May 8th. Our hours will be:

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.