Mcgoogan News

With the Thanksgiving holidays approaching, please note that the library’s hours will be modified. Items in red are what deviates from normal hours.

Wednesday November 25, 7:30am - 4:00pm
Thursday November 26, CLOSED
Friday November 27, CLOSED
Saturday November 28, 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday November 29, 1:00pm - 11pm

Regular hours resume Monday, November 30 at 7:30am.

The EBSCO to RefWorks direct export is currently not functioning properly. EBSCO believes they will have this function fixed by Friday or Saturday (November 13th or 14th). In the mean time, use workarounds 2 and 3 as described in the RefWorks LibGuide to either save your results until the direct export is working again (work-around 2) or, if you can’t wait for the return of the direct export function, import your results using RefWorks internal filters (workaround 3), though that functionality is sometimes buggy.

Starting on Monday November 16, ExamMaster account holders will need to log in with the email address that was used during the initial registration process. Usernames will no longer work. If you do not know the email used to register, log into your account now, go to My Settings, then My Account.

ExamMaster is a database available to UNMC users and consists of the following practice test areas:

• USMLE
• Certification Review Series
• Medical Subject Review
• PANCE
• NAPLEX
• Dental
• NCLEX

UNMC faculty, staff, and students now have the ability to access MDConsult on their web-enabled mobile devices (e.g. iPhone, Blackberry, Treo, etc.). Available content includes ebooks, MDConsult journals, Clinics, and guidelines. FirstConsult is not included through this interface and requires a download onto your device.

Before accessing MDConsult from the library’s website, you must first create an MDConsult account by clicking on the Create Account link on the upper right-hand corner of the MDConsult website. Once you have created that account, access MDConsult via the library’s website on your mobile device. You will need to authenticate first with your Lotus Notes username and password and then MDConsult will allow you to log in with your MDConsult account.

To learn more about using and accessing this new feature, you can register to attend a webinar hosted by MDConsult during the week of November 9, 2009.

On Wednesday, PubMed has been experiencing intermittent downtime due to problems in the National Library of Medicine computer room.

Whenever PubMed is down, you can still search MEDLINE via EBSCO. Please note that PubMed updates its database with new citations on a daily basis, so some citations may not be available in EBSCO at the time of your search.

For more information, search the Helix Catalog.

• Biopsy interpretation of the liver / Stephen A. Geller, Lydia M. Petrovic., WI 700 G318b 2009
• Cardiac imaging / Stephen Wilmot Miller, Lawrence M. Boxt, Suhny Abbara., WG 141 M647c 2009
• Charting made incredibly easy!., WY 100.5 C486 2010
• Comprehensive vascular and endovascular surgery / [edited by] John W. Hallett … [et al.]., WG 170 C737 2009
• From molecules to networks : an introduction to cellular and molecular neuroscience / [edited by] John H. Byrne, James L. Roberts., WL 102 F931 2009
• General thoracic surgery / edited by Thomas W. Shields … [et al.]., WF 980 G326 2009
• Health assessment & physical examination / [edited by] Mary Ellen Zator Estes., WY 100.4 H433 2010
• Manual of clinical dialysis / Suhail Ahmad., WJ 378 A286m 2009
• Mental health nursing : an evidence-based approach / [edited by] Robert Newell, Kevin Gournay., WY 160 M5483 2009
• Pharmaceutical practice / edited by A.J. Winfield, J.A. Rees, I. Smith., QV 778 P5353 2009
• Physical diagnosis of pain : an atlas of signs and symptoms / Steven D. Waldman, WL 704 W164p 2010
• Research for advanced practice nurses : from evidence to practice / Magdalena A. Mateo, Karin T. Kirchhoff, editors., WY 20.5 R43125 2009
• Sleep disorders medicine : basic science, technical considerations, and clinical aspects / [edited by] Sudhansu Chokroverty., WM 188 S6323 2009
• Sternberg’s diagnostic surgical pathology / editor, Stacey E. Mills, WO 142 D536 2010
• Structural bioinformatics / edited by Jenny Gu, Philip E. Bourne., QH 506 S9266 2009
• Textbook of anxiety disorders / edited by Dan J. Stein, Eric Hollander, Barbara O. Rothbaum., WM 172 T356 2010
• Transmission electron microscopy : a textbook for materials science / David B. Williams, C. Barry Carter., QH 212 E4 W722t 2009

• UNMC’s RefWorks Group Code will change sometime this Friday, October 30th. The new group code can be found at http://info.unmc.edu/library/refworks.html.
  

• The new PubMed interface simplifies exports to RefWorks! Check out the RefWorks libguide (PDF) to find out how.

• Students, before you graduate, ask about free RefWorks access for Alumni! RefWorks is developing a new program for the alumni of institutions that license RefWorks. This program is supposed to provide free, continued RefWorks access after graduation. It’s not yet clear how this program will be administered. If you are a student and find RefWorks valuable, please ask us about this program before you graduate. You can contact Cindy Schmidt, at cmschmidt@unmc.edu or 559-7077, or the Library’s reference desk at askus@unmc.edu 559-6221. The program details may not be available until May.

• New RefWorks interface to be available in 2010. RefWorks technical support is planning to release a redesigned RefWorks interface in late 2009. You will not be forced to switch to the new interface immediately. We’re told that it will be available as an option for quite awhile before it becomes the default interface.

As always, please contact the library to arrange for a one-on-one or group RefWorks training session.

The National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine division has many online exhibits, some of which will get you in the mood for Halloween:

• Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine
• Do Mandrakes Really Scream? Magic and Medicine in Harry Potter
• Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature

Additionally, among the millions of published biomedical articles and books, there is sure to be research influenced by popular culture and folklore. Take a look at some of these Halloween-esque themed articles:

When zombies attack!: Mathematical modelling of an outbreak of zombie infection
P. Munz, I. Hudea, J. Imad and R.J. Smith
in: J.M. Tchuenche and C. Chiyaka (Eds.)  Infectious Disease Modelling Research Progress (pp.  133-150). Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
Free full-text (PDF)

Harry Potter and the curse of headache.
Sheftell F, Steiner TJ, Thomas H.
Headache. 2007 Jun;47(6):911-6.
PMID: 17578544
Abstract /  UNMC full-text /  TNMC full-text

Classification of human breathing sounds by the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus.
Gröger U, Wiegrebe L.
BMC Biol. 2006 Jun 16;4:18.
PMID: 16780579
Free full-text

[Does garlic protect against vampires? An experimental study]
Sandvik H, Baerheim A.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1994 Dec 10;114(30):3583-6. Norwegian.
PMID: 7825135
Abstract

On the plausibility of Superman’s x-ray vision.
Pittenger JB.
Perception. 1983;12(5):635-9.
PMID: 6676715
Abstract

With print journal subscriptions being replaced by online subscriptions, the current journal shelving has become increasingly sparse. To address these changes, the library first moved the leisure reading area to this shelving. With still many empty shelves, a new home was sought and at long last finally found for the shelving units.  This area, located by the photocopy room on the 6th floor, has now become an expanded seating area to be enjoyed by even more readers and relaxers. Enjoy!

Additionally, new counters and sinks, with hands-free faucets,  have been installed in all of the library’s restrooms. Thank you again for your patience during our plumbing problems and upgrade period.

Sometime within the next week or so, the PubMed interface will change over to what is the now the Preview site. To learn more about the changes, you can read the NLM Technical Bulletin or watch a 30 minute NLM webinar.  You can also peruse the PubMed Basics guide, which was created for UNMC users. For in-person instruction, you can register for library PubMed classes, which are scheduled in November and December. You can also contact the Reference Desk (559-6221 or askus@unmc.edu) for one-on-one instruction and assistance.

Please note that during this preview (and perhaps after), NLM is making modifications to the new interface, in reaction to feedback provided by PubMed users. If you would like to provide feedback, please do so. The more voices that are heard regarding an issue, the more likely that modifications will be made. Feedback can be submitted through the PubMed Help Desk form.

There are a few major changes that will impact UNMC users. First, in order to utilize Limits, see your search History, or view search Details, you must be in the Advanced Search.

Second, RefWorks users should follow these steps in order to save files for RefWorks imports:

1. After selecting citations or moving them into the Clipboard, click on the Send to link
2. After a box with selections pops up, select File
3. Once File is selected, a drop-down menu of Destinations will appear. Here, you can select the MEDLINE format
4. Once MEDLINE is selected, click the Create File button (obstructed in the following image) and follow usual file-save procedures.

You will not see your citations in MEDLINE format, but they will be saved in the format, if selected. This change saves you a step!