Mcgoogan News

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

Did you know that the library has a leisure reading area?  Popular magazines and newspapers are provided through a targeted endowment and donations. Visit the 6th floor of the library to peruse these titles:

Magazines

• Art in America
• Ba xiao shi yi wai
• Business week
• Consumer reports
• Du zhe
• Ebony
• Entertainment weekly
• ESPN : the magazine
• Fortune
• Glamour
• Golf magazine
• Islamic horizons
• Macworld
• National review
• Natural history
• New scientist
• News China
• Newsweek
• Omaha magazine
• People
• Rolling stone
• Science news
• Scientific American
• Skiing
• Smart computing in plain English
• Sports illustrated
• Ta chung tien ying
• The encounter : Old Market, Downtown, Riverfront
• Time
• US news & world report
• Us weekly
• Wired
• Xin tiyu

Newspapers

• China Daily
• Lincoln Journal Star
• New York Times
• Omaha Star
• Omaha World Herald
• People Daily
• USA Today
• Wall Street Journal

The homepage for the library http://www.unmc.edu/library will be undergoing changes over the next few months.  Aside from the new UNMC branding that will affect all UNMC websites in August, the design of the library’s homepage will be enhanced.  Don’t worry, all of your favorite online resources will still be linked on the homepage!

The McGoogan Library’s redesigned Web site is ready for viewing in a “beta” version! The beta can only be viewed while you are on-campus.

The goal of the redesigned site is to bring more resources to the front and reduce the amount of searching and clicking. Take a look, and let us know what you think and please provide us with feedback. The new design has several improvements, including:

• McGoogan Library News, ‘About Us’, Research Help, and Services are now available on the home page;
• Research Help, the library’s custom research portals, are now available in a drop down by group format (COD, CON, COP, etc);
• A navbar has been applied across all .html pages to help users more easily navigate the site.

Input from the campus community has been incorporated into the design and is still invited, so please let us know your opinions.

The Library’s redesigned web site is ready for viewing in a “beta” version (on campus only)! The goal of the redesigned site is to bring more resources to the front and reduce the amount of searching and clicking. Take a look, and let us know what you think. Give feedback using the online form

The new design has several improvements:

• McGoogan Library News, ‘About Us’, Research Help, and Services are now available on the Home Page
• Research Help, the library’s custom research portals, are now available in a drop down by group format (COD, CON, COP, etc)
• A navbar has been applied across all .html pages to help users more easily naviage the site

Input from the campus community has been incorporated into the design and is still invited, so please let us know your opinions.

Johnson C, Green B. Submitting manuscripts to biomedical journals: Common errors and helpful solutions. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2009 Jan;32(1):1-12.
“This article reviews common, but avoidable, errors that authors may make when submitting to a health care–focused, biomedical journal (eg, chiropractic, medicine, nursing, and physical therapy). As editors, we offer suggestions for improving the quality of manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals, provide suggestions for how to avoid making errors, and recommend effective writing and submission strategies. Read the full abstract [here].” Article is currently free online.

[as seen on Anne T-V's Blog.]

You may have noticed a new look to some of the pages within the library’s main website.  These pages were created with the product LibGuides, a Web 2.0 tool that makes it easier for the library to bring content to the various specialized groups and interests at UNMC.

Some of the focused pages for groups include:

• The Nebraska Medical Center library portal
• College of Nursing
• College of Dentistry
• College of Pharmacy

Other pages are a re-invented version of past library suggested resources and education:

• RefWorks
• Medical Images
• Copyright

Here are the steps that are needed to gain access to several library resources (including RefWorks) when the Firefox ”Secure Connection Failed” warning appears. 1) When the “Secure Connection Failed” message appears while you are trying to access a Library resource, click on the “Or you can add an exception” link. 2) The display will change slightly. Click on the “Add Exception” button that appears. 3) The “Add Security Exception” dialog box will appear.   Click on the “Get Certificate” button. 4) The display will change slightly. Click on the “Confirm Security Exception” button. 5) When you click on RefWorks in the future, you may be warned about the bad security certificate and, if prompted, should click the button or link that indicates your desire to continue to the website.

Students participating in the Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) are visiting the Library today as part of their campus tours. We welcome them to the Library and to campus, and wish them the best in their academic careers.

If you know of a high school student in rural Nebraska that is interested in a health career, please let them know about RHOP.

We welcome all UNMC Alumni Weekend “One class-World class” visitors as they visit the library and the campus. Come and see first-hand how the current students, faculty and staff have their biomedical information needs met through expert librarian assistance, world-wide library networks, and technology. Visit the Rare Book Rooms, and check out the honor years’ medical graduates’ theses.