Love the library? Need some extra cash?

The library is currently accepting applications for a new student worker. Stop by the Circulation Desk to pick one up or call Remeika Fobb-Daniels at 568-6100 after 4pm for details.

Mac Tiger Wireless Instructions

Reference Librarian, Molly Knapp has put together an instruction sheet for how to connect to the Library’s wireless connections using Mac OS 10.3/10.4, aka Tiger. Another sheet on the newer OS, Leopard is forthcoming.

Questioning Prozac

A new meta-analysis published in PLoS Medicine questions the efficacy of Prozac and similar anti-depressants in treating all but the most serious forms of depression. “Using complete data sets (including unpublished data) and a substantially larger data set of this type than has been previously reported, we find the overall effect of new-generation antidepressant medication is below recommended criteria for clinical significance,” wrote researchers.

The study, entitled “Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration” involved researchers from the UK, US and Canada. “Given these results, there seems little reason to prescribe antidepressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients, unless alternative treatments have failed,” says Prof Irving Kirsch, the study’s Principle Investigator and Professor of psychology at Hull University. “This study raises serious issues that need to be addressed surrounding drug licensing and how drug trial data is reported.”
Read the article from PLoS Medicine

News article from Guardian Online

Do you have what it takes to run with Tigers?

Tiger Run is an annual 5k walk/run hosted by the Medical School Student Government. The race is a fundraiser for student-run charitable projects, including the LSU student-run clinics.

Race Details:
March 30th
Audubon Park, shelter #10 (located at the Magazine St. entrance)
Race day registration and check-in begins at 7:30 AM
Race begins at 9:00 AM
Post-race party will include food, soft drinks, water, beer, and music!

Cost:
Registration includes a t-shirt, race entry and access to the post-race party
$18 for registration by March 7th. ($3 LSUHSC discount using the coupon code – “Tigerrun08”)
$20 for registration on race day
$12 T-shirt only

Registration:
Online: www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/tigerrun
By mail: email tigerrun@lsuhsc.edu for registration form.

Contact Meghan Wilson with any questions at tigerrun@lsuhsc.edu or 504-234-5480

Hope to see you there!!

New knowledge path on oral health and pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents

Presented in time for Children’s Dental Health Month, the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) released a new edition of its knowledge path about oral health and pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents.

This electronic resource guide points to resources that analyze data, describe programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to and the quality of oral health care. Separate sections identify resources on specific aspects of oral health including child care and Head Start, dental sealants, early childhood caries, fluoride varnish, K-12 education, pregnancy, and school-based care. A separate section lists oral health resources for consumers. This was produced in collaboration with the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University.

The knowledge path is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_oralhealth.html

Other topics are also available: http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html.

Latest Cancer Data Online

The American Cancer Society has announced the release of Cancer Facts & Figures 2008. Annual editions back to 2000 can be found online at their website.

Meet Denty, the Dentasaurus Rex

February is Children’s Dental Health Month.

In recognition of this annual event, Julie Schiavo, Reference Librarian at the LSUHSC Dental School, and the Pediatric Dentistry Department worked together to create a brochure on good dental habits for children. The pediatric dentistry department will be distributing this to their patients and it will also be going to the school nurses in the New Orleans Recovery School district.

Check out Denty’s Tips for Healthy Teeth online! (PDF)

NLM Drug Information Portal

The National Library of Medicine has announced the release of its Drug Information Portal. The portal “gives the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers a gateway to current, accurate and understandable drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies.” (from the official press release) There are over 12,000 records with links to MedlinePlus, PubMed, etc.

Library Newsletter Spring Issue Available!

The latest issue of the Library’s Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.

Blackboard back online

All issues have been resolved.

Blackboard still not showing the love

Another Blackboard update:

As of 3:45 am 2/14/08, we are still waiting on the complete restore of the Blackboard software/databases. The process is taking longer than expected.

We’ll keep you updated as the situation changes.
Happy Valentines Day!

Blackboard is still experiencing problems

Currently the Blackboard system has encountered a major problem, that will require a major shutdown of the system. Blackboard Tech support needs to do a complete rebuild of the operating system.

A backup of all user information was created at 2am 2/13/08, and all transactions since that time is being stored on the transaction server that works in conjunction with the database server. Once we get the database server back online, all user accounts will be updated once it syncs up with the transaction server.

Bottom line: Blackboard is still down for the time being.

Blackboard is experiencing problems today

The Blackboard server is currently experiencing problems. You will experience problems with ID Works, and other services. Blackboard is aware of the problem and they are working on trying to resolve the issue.

Medical dignitaries grace Carnival’s conclusion

Mardi Gras is over, but we can’t resist one final Carnival connection between LSUHSC and the glittering courts of faux royalty.

If you read Sunday’s (2-10-08) Times-Picayune Living section’s “Splendid ending: a confluence of crowns”, you may have noticed that 1982 Nobel Prize winner Dr. Bengt I. Samuelsson attended the Rex Ball. Dr. Samuelsson and his colleagues received the 1982 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work with prostaglandins and related biologically active substances. Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director of the LSU Neuroscience Center of Excellence, also made mention. He took a day off from synaptic signaling to sling beads at Carnival revelers Tuesday morning.

(Eds note: If you have any boeuf gras left, Dr. B, the library is taking donations!)

Your PDF Problems solved

Ever click on a link to a full text journal article & run into this error message?

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Aggravating, right? Well fret no more, a solution is here!

Turns out, this error message is related to settings in Adobe Acrobat (the program that lets you read PDFs). Try these simple steps to fix the full text from our online journal providers.

1. Close your browser.

2. Open Adobe Reader.

3. Go to the Edit menu and select Preferences

4. In the left column select Internet

5. Uncheck Allow fast web view

6. Uncheck Display PDF in browser

7. Click OK, and try again

The PDFs will display in a separate window rather than in your browser window.

STILL NOT WORKING?
Check to see if you have pop ups disabled in your browser. Internet Explorer does this automatically, and this will also cause the full text not to display.

As always, if you still can’t get the PDF full text, PLEASE LET US KNOW! Email reference@lsuhsc.edu or call 504 568 6100 with the article information, and we will get the article for you. If we don’t know its broke, we can’t fix it!