Faculty Publications for August!

The Isch?® Library has been maintaining a monthly display that highlights recent articles by LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty. This display is being regularly updated with materials that have been gathered into the Faculty Publications Database. The Database is maintained by the Isch?® Library as a prominent resource.

The newly added articles are located in the Isch?® LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

About the Isch?® LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database:

The Faculty Publications Database includes citations to papers, editorials, letters to the editor, meeting abstracts, books, and book chapters authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Information in this database is retrieved from several sources, including: PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS, EMBASE.com, CINAHL, PsycInfo and contributions directly from faculty members.

Access to this database is available to the public. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact Kathy Kerdolff.

Please come and peruse these publications, which exemplify the ongoing achievements of LSUHSC-New Orleans’ first-class work in the health sciences fields.

Articles Newly Placed on Display:
(LSUHSC authors are in bold print)

Aradhya S, Smaoui N, Marble M, Lacassie Y. “De novo duplication 11p13 involving the PAX6 gene in a patient with neonatal seizures, hypotonia, microcephaly, developmental disability and minor ocular manifestations.” American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 2011;155(2):442-444.

Ayres KM, Lowrey KA, Douglas KH, Sievers C. “I can identify Saturn but I can’t brush my teeth: What happens when the curricular focus for students with severe disabilities shifts.” Educ Train Autism Dev Disabil. 2011;46(1):11-21.

Bril V, England JD, Franklin GM, Backonja M, Cohen JA, del Toro DR, Feldman EL, Iverson DJ, Perkins B, Russell JW, Zochodne DW. “Evidence-based guideline: Treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy-report of the American association of neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine, the American academy of neurology, and the American academy of physical medicine & rehabilitation.” Muscle and Nerve. 2011;43(6):910-917.

Christakis A, Gandolfl A, Lavy D, Joseph S. “Appendiceal sequestration of ingested mercury as a cause of appendicitis.” The American Surgeon. 2011;77(6):795-796.

Datta R, Naura AS, Zerfaoui M, Errami Y, Oumouna M, Kim H, Ju J, Ronchi VP, Haas AL, Boulares AH. “PARP-1 deficiency blocks IL-5 expression through calpain-dependent degradation of STAT-6 in a murine asthma model.” Allergy. 2011;66(7):853-861.

Hanna EB, Glancy DL. “ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: Classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats.” Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2011;78(6):404-414.

Primeaux D. “QRFP in female rats: Effects on high fat food intake and hypothalamic gene expression across the estrous cycle.” Peptides. 2011;32(6):1270-1275.

Thien P, Thien D, Roberts J, Maristany M, Lopez F. “Clinical case of the month: A 20-year-old man with cough of two months duration.” Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society.2011;163(May/June):172.

2 Minute Tips: Write-n-Cite

Two Minute tips is a series on our blog where we bring you short video tutorials on various tools and resources in the library.

Today weÔÇÖll look at Write-n-Cite. ItÔÇÖs a Microsoft Word Add-in from RefWorks (our bibliographic manager) that inserts citations as you write a paper, then formats the whole thing into a bibliography for you. Check it out!

Write n Cite Video tutorial

Want to learn more? ThereÔÇÖs a RefWorks class on Monday August 15th 10-11 AM. Call us to sign up.

Wow! $4.3M to School of Nursing

New Orleans City Business reported today that the LSUHSC School of Nursing has received $4.3 million in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services. Congratulations SoN!

2 Minute Tips: RefGrabit from RefWorks

2 Minute tips is a new series on our blog where we bring you short video tutorials on various tools and resources in the library.

Today we’ll look at RefGrab-it. It’s a bookmark tool from RefWorks (our bibliographic manager) that makes it easy to grab PubMed citations and format them into a bibliography. Check it out!

RefGrab-it Video tutorial

Want to learn more? There’s a RefWorks class on Monday August 15th 10-11 AM. Call us to sign up.

Welcome back 2nd year med students!

Is summer vacation already over? Welcome back to our second year medical students, for whom start classes tomorrow.

Class is the other way

Class is the other way!


Image from a 1938 issue of The Tiger, the student newspaper of the LSU School of Medicine. The entire run of the paper is available for free online from the Louisiana Digital Library.

4th Floor copier

*Edit Monday, July 25th* The 4th floor copier is working again but only with PayPaw or dollar bills.
The Library’s 4th floor copier is out of order until further notice but don’t worry, there is a copier on both the 3rd and 5th floors near the elevator. As a reminder:

  • Black & white copies with cash at 10?é?ó per page
  • Black & white copies using Pay Paw at 8?é?ó per page
  • Color copies using either for 25?é?ó
  • Remarkable Woman in Medicine

    An obituary for Dr. Ruth Aleman, a revered New Orleans pediatrician, was recently added to the LOUISana Digital Library. Dr. Aleman made amazing strides for women in medicine in the early 1900ÔÇÖs, most noted is her status of being the only woman to head staff at Hotel Dieu.

    Over a span of many years Dr. Aleman served as nurse during World War I, graduated from Medical School and worked as an instructor of pediatrics at the Hotel Dieu School of Nursing and Tulane University. For sixteen years she participated in private practice and between 1930 and 1945 she remained a visiting physician at Charity Hospital.

    To read more about her accomplishments before her death on November 11, 1958 visit the LOUISiana Digital Library Collection or click here.

    Interestingly enough, Dr. Aleman is also a relative of one of the circulation associates at the John P. Isch?® Library.

    LSU Med Center Catalogs online

    The LSU Medical Center Catalog/Bulletin is now available for viewing online under Academic Catalog under Online Resources A-Z. You can look at course offerings, requirements and faculty rosters from 1996-2011. Catalogs previous to 1996 will also be available for viewing when the digitization project is complete.

    Dental library hours

    Effective Sunday, July 17, 2011, the LSU School of Dentistry Library hours will be:

    Sunday Closed

    Monday through Thursday 8 am ÔÇô 8 pm

    Friday 8 am ÔÇô 5 pm

    Saturday Closed

    Pay Paw Machine Working Again

    The Pay Paw Value Transfer Station (VTS) located on the 3rd Floor of the John P. Isch?® Library is finally back in business.

    Students, Faculty and Staff may resume depositing money onto their Pay Paw Cards or purchasing a guest card as necessary.

    Reminder for new students: If you would like to learn how to format your LSUHSCID for easier printing, CLICK HERE.

    F as in Fat

    The Trust for America’s Health has released a new report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011 which finds that adult obesity is increasing across the Nation. Louisiana is the 5th most obese state with 31.6% of its adult population being obese; we are one of the 16 states with an obesity rate above 30%.

    Independence Day Hours

    4thofJuly

    The John P. Isch?® Library will close Sunday, July 3rd and Monday, July 4th in observation of Independce Day, a scheduled University Holiday. The Dental Library will also be closed.

    The Library will reopen on Tuesday July, 5th at 8am for standard hours of operations.

    We hope everyone has a fun and safe Independence Day!

    PayPaw Bookstore Min.

    The PayPaw Machine in the John P. Isch?® Library is currently out of order. Until the repairs are complete the LSUHSC bookstore will allow PayPaw users to add less than the usually required $20 minimum.

    We will keep you posted on this matter. . . until then, thank you for your patience!

    FDA’s Scoop on Silicone

    Today the FDA highlighted various resources regarding Breast Implants on their website.

    The information is available to encourage continuous education for those who have already undergone forms of breast augmentation, in addition to providing authoritative information for those considering Breast Implants.

    Within this page readers can find a link to the Update on the Safety of Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants (2011) – Executive Summary that supplies interesting facts about ÔÇ£Preliminary data from the post-approval studies; a summary and analysis of adverse events reported to FDA since approval; and a review and analysis of recent clinical publications about the safety and effectiveness of silicone gel-filled breast implants.ÔÇØ

    Even though this procedure has been around for quite a while it is good to know that current resources are available.

    E-Journals List Outage

    The Electronic Journals List will be unavailable Tuesday June 21st, from 7pm until 9pm. Links to journals from the Library’s catalog will still work during this outage.