Welcome back Allied Health & Graduate Studies!

Today is the first day of Fall semester 2007 for LSUHSC’s Schools of Allied Health & Graduate Studies. Welcome back!

Check out our post on tips for new students to get an edge on the semester.

Wireless Network Settings have changed

Having issues connecting to wireless on your laptop today? That’s because LSUHSC Wireless settings have changed a little bit.

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE DIRECTIONS

These directions are only for computers running Windows XP.
For information on configuring Windows Vista, contact your School’s computer support.
And remember, if you continue to have problems accessing our wireless network in the library, please let us know! We can’t fix what we don’t know is broken.

New Library Staff

We are pleased to welcome Don Aleman to our Circulation staff. Don has a BA in History from the University of New Orleans.

Don Aleman

Fall semester tips for new students

Welcome to LSUHSC!
Check out these tips:

GET YOUR LSUHSC ID & LIBRARY BARCODE
As you stop by the Registrars office (Library — 4th floor) for your official university ID, make sure to drop by our Circulation desk for a library bar code. You’ll need it to check out books & get off-campus access to our many online resources.

SET UP YOUR PAYPAW ACCOUNT
Once you have your ID & library barcode, drop by the LSUHSC bookstore on the 2nd floor of the Resource Center Building (433 Bolivar St) to set up your PayPaw account. You can use it in the cafeteria (for food) & the library (to print). You can also add money to it online.

QUESTIONS ABOUT LOGINS, PASSWORDS, EMAIL ACCOUNTS?
See our handout on campus logins.
Contact the LSUHSC help desk at 568-HELP for any questions you might have concerning access to WebCT, Blackboard, email, or other computer related services. You can also
contact your school’s computer support directly.

Ovid downtime scheduled this weekend

Attention Ovid users! Ovid databases will be unavailable Saturday, August 11 at 9pm to Sunday August 12 at 2am, Eastern Daylight Time.

Our Ovid databases may be affected and inaccessible for all or part of the downtime.

2 Minutes!

Two minutes is all it takes to learn how to access resources off campus.

Watch the video.
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Beat the cheats with this handy chart

Of course we don’t have a problem with plagiarism here at LSUHSC, but it never hurts to be aware of the different software available to detect would-be cheaters. Josh Fischman of The Wired Campus, the Chronicle of Higher Education’s technology blog, reports on a handy chart PDF comparing several anti-plagiarism tools.

Master that exam with free tools from the library

It’s never too early to start thinking about USMLE, Boards & class exams. Did you know that LSUHSC provides free access to testing tools for medicine, emergency medicine & dentistry?

EXAM MASTER OnLine is a computer based system designed to provide the most realistic and effective exam preparation possible. ExamMaster provides test and study modes, detailed explanations with every question, detailed scoring feedback, and an easy-to-use interface.

You must create a personal login (separate from your LSUHSC email login) to use this resource. A handy tutorial is available here.

So you want print edition test prep?
The library does not collect exam preparation materials because of their unfortunate tendency to disappear, or re-appear with all the answers marked in them. Check the LSUHSC bookstore to order print materials – or sign up for ExamMaster – it’s free to you & accessible online from any location!

What’s new in AccessSurgery

AccessSurgery is an online resource with books, videos, board review & professional expert opinion on surgery.

NEW FOR FALL 2007 — QUICK TESTS
AccessSurgery’s Quick Test lets you test your surgical knowledge and anonymously compare your results to those of your peers. Sign up for the free AccessSurgery e-newsletter (library barcode & PIN req’d for off campus access) and twice a month Quick Test will appear in your email inbox.

You can also access Quick Test from the top menu of AccessSurgery.

Quick Test is developed by Gerard M. Doherty, MD, AccessSurgery’s Editor-in-Chief, from the site’s online resources. Your results will be ranked against those of your peers.

Crime Maps from the City of New Orleans

The City of New Orleans & NOPD have redesigned their Crime Maps database. A great new site!

Need information on property around town? There’s also an address search.

Shop tax free in the LSUHSC bookstore — today only!

Not exactly library related, but today – August 3rd – in the LSUHSC bookstore on the second floor of the Resource Center Building you can shop tax free.

The bookstore is open 9-4pm.

La. male cancer incidence surveyed

A new survey (PDF) released Wednesday by the Louisiana Tumor Registry shows that cancer rates among white and black men are higher than national norms in every parish across the state.

The survey — led by Edward Peters, an assistant professor of epidemiology at LSU — examined cancer cases occurring between 2000 and 2004 and mapped cancer cases by type and parish.

The registry is a part of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

La. male cancer incidence surveyed — nola.com (Times-Picayune)

Kaiser Health Disparities Report: A Weekly Look At Race, Ethnicity And Health — KaiserNetwork.org

Lifestyle blamed for higher cancer rate in Louisiana — wwltv.com

Handy & free tool – PDF document converter from NLM

DocMorph is an online tool that converts files among multiple formats. For example, it will create PDFs from MS Office Documents. It is a totally free, web-based service of a federal agency, and is open to the public.

It can convert over 50 file types (MS Word documents, Raw Text, RTF, PDF, HTML, image files, etc.) into PDF, TIFF, Raw Text, or Synthesized Speech. It also does OCR.

DocMorph is simple to use: upload the document, and wait briefly for the output to appear in the browser.

You need to register and log in — registration is free and logging in requires simply your e-mail with no password.

Who can you thank for this useful & free tool?
Why, the super folks National Library of Medicine, of course!

E-Resources has a new look!

We’ve updated our electronic resources page to make it easier & faster for you to access our online databases & other resources. Check it out!

(Not showing up? Try hitting your SHIFT key + the Refresh button on your browser together, or F5 on your keyboard, to automatically refresh the webpage.)

Pssssst! We also updated the subject listings!

INNOPAC is back up

The library catalog, which was closed for maintenance this morning, is back online.