10 ways to test facts

Are you a pirate in the sea of information?

Check out this article on Brittanica Blog by Gregory McNamee on strategies to avoid the riptides when assessing information you find-online or otherwise.

MDConsult News

DID YOU NOTICE
MDConsult got a makeover last month: check it out!

MORE MDC NEWS
MD Consult was recently named one of “24 Tools No Doctor Should Be Without” by MD Net Guide. According to the Web site, “We consulted several MDNG editorial board members to determine which tools and resources they rely on and compiled this list of the top tools every physician should at least be familiar with, if not use in his or her everyday practice.” The full list is at available here (free registration required). Wow! MicroMedex, PubMed, Cochrane & Ovid also made the list!

BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
Rakel: Conn’s Current Therapy 2007 has been added to MD Consult Core Collection. It replaces Rakel: Conn’s Current Therapy 2006.
Yeo: Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 6th ed., has been added to the MD Consult Choice Collection-Surgery. It replaces Zuidema: Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 5th ed.
Burg: Current Pediatric Therapy, 18th ed., has been added to the MD Consult Choice Collection-Pediatrics, replacing the 17th edition.

LOOKING FOR MORE?
The library has oodles of e-books ready for you! MD Consult is only one of several places you can get online books. Check out these resources:
AccessMedicine
AccessSurgery
AccessEmergency Medicine
PsychiatryOnline
Stat!Ref
Thieme ElectronicBook Library

PDA redux

Miss the PDA expo today on the 2nd floor of the MEB? It’s OK. We’ll be back in the same spot tomorrow for the New Residents Orientation. Even if you’re not in Medicine, drop by for literature on a variety of PDA resources available to you for free as faculty, student or staff of LSUHSC.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by, and if you’re an incoming third year medical student — welcome back!

PDA Expo

The Library is hosting a PDA Expo this morning. It features the products available for your PDA FREE from the Library. Check it out in the MEB Lobby 2nd floor.

We’re Back—-

INNOPAC is back online.

Catalog Maintenance

The Libraries’ Online Catalog, INNOPAC, is down for maintenance.

No bones about it, these online anatomy books rule!

Summer semester is in full swing, and for some of you that means anatomy class. Before you start hacking away those cadavers, consider hacking of a different kind: using an e-book in the lab, direct from your laptop, to identify that fatty tissue.

Whoa! You mean I don’t even have to open a book???
Thieme ElectronicBook Library has over 20 atlases of the human body, including Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy, Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Vol.3, & The Human Body.

AccessMedicine, AccessSurgery & AccessEmergency Medicine are also good resources. Though no specific anatomy books are in here, a keyword search for any body part can give you lots of results from a ton of different e-books.

Computers are lame. Giving me the print edition
Not into the e-book thing? Good news — you can browse our extensive anatomy section of the library by going to the 4th floor books & looking for the call number QS 4 ot QS 17.

INNOPAC Maintenance

INNOPAC, the Libraries’ online catalog for books and journals, will be down for scheduled maintenance on Thursday, June 21st beginning at 8 a.m. The downtime will be anywhere from 4 to 8 hours.

Revenge of the Microforms

The Library has purchased a new microforms reader/printer; it is located in the public computer area on the 3rd floor. This new model is digital and users can opt to print directly or save the file to a jump drive.

One Year and One Day

The John P. Isché Library re-opened post-Katrina one year ago yesterday. After being closed for almost 10 months, it was a relief to return. It’s amazing what has been accomplished in that year, from inventorying the entire collection (books, journals, and rare material) to the expansion of resources and services.

School of Medicine seeks Asthma Patients

From the LSUHSC School of Medicine News Page:

The Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is seeking patients with asthma and COPD to enroll in several different studies and would appreciate assistance. If you have a patient who may qualify, please call the Asthma Research Center at 568-3450, and leave the patient’s name and contact number. Thank you!

New Books!

Our new books display is back after a long hiatus!

New Book Display

These books are available for checkout. Swing by the library and browse away.

We can’t stop talking about RSS

RSS (aka Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary) is a format for sharing and distributing Web content, and it is taking over!

For example, check out all the RSS feeds available from the NIH & the National Library of Medicine. Whether you want updates on consumer health news, high quality information about marketed drugs, or NIH Clinical Alerts & Advisories, there’s a feed for you. You can even set up an RSS feed on your specific research interests in PubMed. Now that’s one way to impress your colleagues!

RSS still confusing? Don’t let it threaten you. Check out this quick & easy overview of RSS from USA.gov & become an RSS-pert.

Get relevant content fast with Scopus

We just acquired Scopus, an abstract and citation database from Elsevier. That’s all well & good, but what can this database do for you?

As a researcher:

• Find out who is citing you, and how many citations an article or an author has received. Analyze citations for a particular journal issue, volume or year.
• Use this information to complete grant or other applications quickly and easily.
• Use the refine results overview to quickly see the main journals, disciplines and authors that publish in your area of interest.
• Uncover important and relevant articles that you may otherwise miss.
• Check out the work and citations of other authors.
• Click on the cited by and reference links to track research trends and make connections – within or across disciplines.

Want more information?
Scopus: content, coverage, quick facts

RSS Readers – a closer look

Our bulletin board for June features a look at RSS feeds & blogs. Click the link below for more information.
RSS readers here