Influenza: Evidence Based Resources is a FREE database offered by EBSCO Publishing (from whom the Libraries purchase a number of databases). It is comprised of selected resources from a number of its health related databases. And includes information for clinicians, nurses and patients.
The Isché Library will be offering a RefWorks class this Thursday (Sept. 17th) from 1-2 p.m. To register contact Molly Knapp or call the Circulation Desk @ 504-568-6100.
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager. It allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases.
The archaic days of checking out a key to turn on a computer are behind us!
Beginning today, the computer lab on the fourth floor of the library is keyless. All you need to use it are a valid LSUHSC user ID and password. Stopping at the Circulation desk for a key is unnecessary if you plan to work in the lab.
The 8 computers outside the lab will continue to use key access for those patrons who either do not have a LSUHSC logins, or are having difficulty with their logins. To check out a computer key for those computers, you will still need a LSUHSC ID.
TIPS:
DO NOT save work to the computer. Use a flash drive or save to your personal drive on the network.
Computers are automatically erased every day. Anything left on the computer will not remain there the next day.
Computer lab use is expected to comply with the acceptable use policies as set forth under CM-42 – Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure. Failure to comply with these rules can result in revoked computer privleges. So keep it clean and work/school related, folks!
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has released its Influenza Surveillance Report through the end of August. It finds that:
Further the report states that “there are 737 lab confirmed cases of 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) in Louisiana. Based on an extrapolation from CDC data, the real case count in Louisiana is closer to 39,000.”
Don’t forget to follow the CDC guidelines for staying healthy.
The Isché & Dental Libraries will be closed Sunday & Monday for the Labor Day holiday. The Isché Library will be open its normal Saturday hours of 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Paul Ehrlich developed what is now recognized as the first chemotherapy agent 100 years ago. On August 31, 1909 his 606th compound of arsenobenzene was developed. He was searching for a way to treat syphillis.
Four years later, a memorandum of understanding is signed for a new public-private teaching hospital.
The following resource guide has been updated.
Resource Guides are instructional tools to introduce users to basic information. If you think the Library should add a Resource Guide, please let us know.
Julie Schiavo, reference librarian at the LSU Dental School, has just been awarded an Express Outreach Grant for over $3,000 from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region. Julie’s grant, entitled “Outreach to the LSUHSC-NO School of Dentistry Clinic: Providing Quality Consumer Health Information to Dental Patients,” will provide consumer health computer stations to patients at the Dental clinic.
Congratulations Julie! We are very proud of you!
The latest issue of the Library?óÔé¼Ôäós Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.
With all this talk about immunization in the second year medicine groups and flu season just around the corner, here’s a timely iPhone app.
ShotRecs is a rapid reference guide to the 2009 Childhood, Adolescent and Adult Immunization Schedules as provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s available from the App Store on iTunes.
It features:
– 2009 Childhood, Adolescent and Adult Immunization Schedules
– 2009 Childhood and Adolescent Catch-up Immunization Schedules
– 2009 Vaccine schedule for adults based on medical and other indications
more info & screenshots
Interestingly enough, ShotRecs was designed by a medical student (now an intern in Family Medicine) at Georgetown University. Any Tigers out there designing iPhone apps?
The Isché Library bookdrop was moved back to its original location on the crosswalk earlier this week.
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (a new favorite blog of mine) has a nice review on a recent article from the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine by Langdorf & Hayden called “Turning your abstract into a paper: academic writing made simpler.” Lots of good tips (& a link to the free full text of the article) if you are considering turning a research abstract into a paper.
If your LSUHSC password is ready to expire, it might be a safer bet to change it at a wired computer, rather than attempting to change it while connected (or attempting to connect) to the wireless. Because of individal computer caching issues, the new password does not always work perfectly. Passwords may be changed at any of the Library’s public PCs by accessing your LSUHSC webmail.
APA style was developed by social and behavioral scientists to standardize scientific writing. Here at LSU, the School of Nursing and some departments in the School of Allied Health use APA style to cite references in their papers.
Why is standardized scientific writing necessary, anyway? A big reason is to enable others who read your paper to find the references that you used. Scientific research is built upon the ideas and experimentation of others, and it is critical to credit the shoulders of giants on which you stand.
APA style can be confusing if you’ve never written a paper before. Luckily, there is a great tutorial on http://www.apastyle.org/ that is the perfect introduction to citing books and journals, both in a paper and on your reference page.
If you don’t have time to view the 20 minute tutorial, check out these slide numbers for quick reference:
Link to APA style tutorial: http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm
Slides 14, 15, 16: Citing references in text
Slide 15 includes a handy table of in-text citation styles depending on the number of authors
Slide 18: Components of a citation
Slide 21: Formatting references to journal articles
Slide 22: Formatting a reference to an entire journal issue
Slide 23: Formatting a reference to a book chapter in an edited book
Slide 24: Formatting a reference to an entire book
There’s also a tutorial on What’s new in APA style, 6th edition, if you’re used to using the 5th.
Happy citing!
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