Pardon our noise…

Workers are upgrading the computer wiring systems in the library. Expect it to be noisy on the Gravier St side of the library today.

Public PCs get a makeover

If you notice a difference on the Public PCs, that’s because we’ve recently updated the homepage to match our regular library homepage. Links to PayPaw and LSUHSC Webmail can be found at the bottom of the library homepage.

Fall is here and so are our new hours!

Yesterday was the autumnal equinox. On the equinoxes the sun spends the same amount of time on either side of the equator. THANKS TO OUR NEW EXPANDED HOURS, you can now spend equal amounts of time in and out of the library.

NEW LIBRARY HOURS
Sunday 1:30 p.m. – 12 midnight
Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 12 midnight
Friday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Nursing students: Finding a good article

For nursing students looking for a peer-reviewed/refereed article, here’s a couple tips:

To find a nursing article, use CINAHLplus with Full text, a database available from the Ebscohost link on the library home page

Try using the following limits in CINAHLplus: PEER REVIEWED, RESEARCH ARTICLE & Journal subset: CORE NURSING
You can find these limits on the REFINE SEARCH tab in Ebsco.

Happy Searching!

Wireless is back up

The LSUHSC Wireless Network is back online.

Wireless Problems on Campus today…

Information Security is reporting issues with the LSUHSC Wireless network relating to authentication. They are investigating.

In the meantime you can check out a network cable or use any of the laptop ports in the library.

If you conduct research like this, you’re in big, BIG trouble

A recent article in the Australian Family Physician recently gave this librarian a myocardial infarction.

Meet Dr Q.
When a patient asked his advice regarding the discontinuation of warfarin after an episode of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), he used Yahoo.com to find an answer PDF.

You might be thinking, “what’s so wrong with that?”

Two words: Ellen Roche
In 2001, Ellen Roche, a healthy, 24-year-old volunteer in an asthma study at Johns Hopkins University, died because a chemical she inhaled led to the progressive failure of her lungs and kidneys. In the aftermath, it came out that the researcher who conducted the experiment and the ethics panel that approved it allegedly overlooked numerous clues about the dangers of the chemical, hexamethonium, given to Roche to inhale.

So what resources did this researcher allegedly search?
Look no further than Google, Yahoo!, LookSmart, and GoTo.com.

As a health care professional, you should AT LEAST conduct a cursory search in PubMed. It’s free. It’s authoritative. And on the LSUHSC Library homepage, you can use our customized PubMed link to get ALOT of added content and full text that you’ll never see using Yahoo! or Google.

Plus, if you kill anyone you can at least testify during the malpractice suit to having searched the biomedical literature. In fact, the reference librarians here can even do a mediated search for you. All you have to do is pick it up…and use it.

Expanded Hours Start Sunday, Sept. 23rd

The Isché Library will have new regular hours beginning on Sunday, September 23rd.
Sunday 1:30 p.m. – 12 midnight
Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 12 midnight
Friday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Don’t forget we will have expanded hours for Final Exams as well as limited hours for Thanksgiving and Winter Break.

AUXILIARY FAIR TODAY – MEB 2nd floor lobby

Microsystems is holding an Auxiliaries Service Fair today in the MEB 2nd floor lobby from 9 to 4. Check out vendors such as Gateway, Dell, Hewlett Packard, and CompUSA in attendance, as well as some other Auxiliaries such as Medical Center Stores and Duplicating and Graphics. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

CONSTITUTION DAY EVENTS @ LSUHSC

On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created. 220 years later, we call this day CONSTITUTION DAY.

Not familiar with the holiday? That’s because before 2005, September 17th was known as “Citizenship Day”, a relatively obscure American holiday. Now, thanks to a recent federal law, all high schools, colleges and universities that receive federal funds are required hold an educational event about the Constitution on September 17. So what’s ours?

In observance of Constitution Day, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans will present a panel discussion entitled ?óÔé¼?ôThe Constitutional Rights of Health Care Providers in a Regulatory Context?óÔé¼?Ø. The panel discussion will take place on Monday, September 17, 2007 from noon to 1:00 p.m. in Lecture Room A of the Medical Education Building located at 1901 Perdido Street in New Orleans. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend this event.

Friday blog-o-rama

Whew! That test is finally over and you’re ready to kick back, relax and watch the Saints beat the crud out of Tampa Bay. But it’s not like you’re doing anything on Saturday. Why not check out this cornucopia of medical student blogs? Whether you passed or failed that monster MIP exam, there’s bound to be another medical student out there in Internet-land blogging in commiseration.

(& to make sure our other fine schools of health sciences don’t feel left out, OT/PT & Dentistry have a pretty healthy representation on here too.)

Vista Wireless instructions corrected

It turns out the Library was running a different version of Vista then most of our students; the corrected version is now available on our website.

LSU Dental School clinic reopens in NOLA

This just in from the Times-Picayune:

Two years after storm damage forced it into exile in Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University’s dental school reopened its New Orleans clinic today.

“This is a milestone for us because is the return of the last of our school,” LSU System President John Lombardi said at a news conference in the clinic.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

To all of our dental students: welcome back! The Dental Library should be opening soon. Meanwhile, the LSUHSC Main Campus Library is open to serve your needs.

Main Campus Library Hours | Directions to Main Campus | Dental Library Homepage

Pardon our Noise

The 1st step in upgrading all the wiring in the Library will happen tonight; unfortunately it’s going to be noisy. Alterations must be made to the wiring closets on all 3 floors of the Library. The work will occur tonight (Wednesday, Sept.12th) and tomorrow night (Thursday, Sept.13th) from 5 – 10 p.m. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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