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Library Offers Clinical Memberships, Methodist First to Join, Vol.5 (5) September - October 2007

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Library Offers Clinical Memberships, Methodist Firstto JoinThe Methodist Hospital System has expanded library services for its employees and physiciansthrough a new agreement with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.Methodist becomes the library’s first “clinical partner,” – a new level of library membership. As a “clinical partner,” staff, physicians and residents throughout The Methodist Hospital ResearchInstitute and the hospital system’s four hospitals can access the library’s resources, which includemore than 8,000 electronic journals, over 150 databases, reference materials, the print book collections, online support, instructional learning and other educational opportunities.“This new affiliation is going to support our clinical, educational and research missions and is a key factor in providing better access to the materials needed by a comprehensive academicinstitution like ours,” said Dirk Sostman, M.D. chief academic officer of The Methodist HospitalSystem.Also under this new agreement employees and physicians can easily access the library’s materials from any computer in Methodist’s four hospitals as well as remotely, using the library’s remote access account service.“This new affiliation is the first in our expanding outreach project to provide critical informationresources to the Texas Medical Center’s clinical institutions, as we have traditionally done for the educational institutions,” said Elizabeth Eaton, Ph.D., the library’s executive director. “The digital information arena is a very exciting place to be and we are pleased to be able to includeMethodist in our growing community of users.”Contact Leah Krevit, Associate Director, Collections Management (leah.krevit@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713.799.7126) for more information about becoming a TMC Clinical Partner of theHAM-TMC Library.New Resources at the LibraryDynaMedDynaMed is a clinical reference tool designed for use primarily at the ‘point-of-care’, providingclinically-organized summaries for nearly 2,000 topics. DynaMed is updated daily and monitorsthe content of over 500 medical journals and systematic evidence review databases. EachDo you have a story idea? Would youlike to contact the editor? Email us at:beatrizv@library.tmc.edutheInsiderVo l u m e  V,  N u m b e r  5S e p t e m b e r  –  O c t o b e r  2 0 0 7theInsiderLibrary HoursMonday – Thursday 7:00 a.m. – MidnightFriday 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Circulation PoliciesAudiovisual materials: 7 days, 2 renewalsBooks: 2 weeks, 2 renewalsBound journals: Same day, non-renewableNursing journals: In-house use onlyUnbound journals: 2 hoursRenewals: Call  713.799.7147OverduesOverdue charges are $1.25 per item per day. Unpaidfines result in the suspension of borrowing privileges.Telephone NumbersLocation and Hours 713.795.4200Dr. Elizabeth K. Eaton’s office 713.799.7108Circulation Desk (renewals, fines) 713.799.7147Computer Lab 713.799.7106Development 713.799.7153Education and Training 713.799.7170Information Services 713.799.7161McGovern Historical Center 713.799.7139Photocopy/Interlibrary Loan 713.799.7179Regional Medical Library 713.799.7880Fax NumbersAdministration 713.790.7052Information Services 713.797.0163Photocopy/Interlibrary Loan 713.790.7056Regional Medical Library 713.790.7030LibraryLinesEditor in Chief: Beatriz Varman, MLISEditorial Board: Pam Cornell, MEd, Martha Grady, BFA, LMSW, Elizabeth Hickman, Laurel Sanders, MLISExecutive Director:Elizabeth K. Eaton, PhDWORLD WIDE WEB ACCESShttp://www.library.tmc.edutheInsiderinsider_sept_oct_2007:insider_may_jun_2006  10/25/07  2:37 PM  Page 1publication is reviewed cover-to-cover, and each article is evaluated for clinical relevance andscientific validity. The new evidence is then integrated with existing content, and overall con-clusions are changed as appropriate, representing a synthesis of the best available evidence.DynaMed can also be integrated with the EMR. DynaMed is an EBSCO product.DynaMed is available to the Library’s educational level users and to all hospitals physicallylocated within the Texas Medical Center. It can also be accessed via remote access accountsfor educational and institutional level members.More New ResourcesClin-eguideClin-eguide is a clinical decision support system that distills disease management, drug therapyand laboratory results knowledge into a single resource. Clin-eguide includes evidence-basedguidelines, books, Facts & Comparison drug information, national guidelines, and patienthandouts.Clin-eguide also provides patient- and disease-specific recommendations, taking into accountpatient status and concomitant conditions prompts the clinician to consider issues that mayinfluence the patient outcome is extensively and systematically researched and constantlyupdated Clin-eguide is an OVID product, available to the Library’s educational level users.RefWorksRefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management tool that enables users to organize andcreate a personal database online, format bibliographies and manuscripts, and import refer-ences from a variety of databases using the already created Import Filters. RefWorks hasincorporated a RSS feed reader so users can establish links to RSS feeds and import datafrom those feeds directly.RefWorks automatically creates author, descriptor and periodical indexes when importing.RefWorks is a web-based tool; authorized users may access the program from anywhere atany time. It can also be used across multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, Unix etc.RefWorks is available to the Library’s educational level users.CINAHL Plus with Full TextCINAHL Plus with Full Text is a comprehensive source of full text for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 560 journals indexed in CINAHL. Of those,nearly 400 have cover-to-cover indexing in CINAHL. This database contains full text for manyof the most used journals in the CINAHL index – with no embargo – and provides more than600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937. CINAHL Plus with Full Text is an EBSCO product, available to the Library’s educational levelusers.To access these resources go to the Library web site (http://resource.library.tmc.edu) and clickon databases.theInsiderinsider_sept_oct_2007:insider_may_jun_2006  10/25/07  2:37 PM  Page 2Folk Medicine Program at HAM-TMC LibraryThe Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical CenterLibrary, hosted a brown-bag lecture on Mexican and Asianfolk medicine on Wednesday, September 26, from 11:30to 1:00 in the street level conference room of the Library.Liliana Rodriguez, MPH and John Paul Liang, MS, MSOM,TX Lac were the speakers.Liliana Rodriguez is currently a doctoral candidate inCommunity Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health. In 2002, she received a HispanicExcellence Award from KTMD-TV Channel 48 Telemundo and wasappointed to the advisory board of the Houston Garden Center. She is a member of the Institute of Spanish Culture and the SpeakersCommittee of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. A combinationof health care focus and Mexican folk medicine encourages her interestin the prickly pear cactus as a source of food, especially for diabetics.John Paul Liang is currently the President of the American College ofAcupuncture & Oriental Medicine. He is completing a Ph.D. in Education with a Specializationin Leadership in Higher Education from Capella University, holds a Master of Science inEducation, Master of Science in Oriental Medicine, and a Bachelor of Science in OperationsResearch from Cornell University. He has served as a lecturer at Rice University and as aresearcher in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine. A faculty member at the AmericanCollege of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine he is currently a practitioner at the MethodistHospital Medical Center outreach site.These presentations are part of the Books on the Bayou program, sponsored by the HoustonPublic Library, the Houston Chronicle and the City of Houston. Houstonians are encouraged toread one particular book and participate in discussions throughout the city. This year, the bookhighlighted is Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya about a curandera or healer in northern NewMexico during World War II. Bless Me Ultima is considered a foundation work of Mexican-American Literature.This program was sponsored by the Hilton Houston Plaza/Medical Center, the Hispanic HealthCoalition, Majors Scientific Books and the Hilton Hotel @ the Texas Medical Center. Copies ofBless Me Ultima, along with other books on folk medicine, were on sale after the presentation.Lunch and refreshments were provided by the Hilton Hotel. and the Hispanic Health Coalition.theInsiderinsider_sept_oct_2007:insider_may_jun_2006  10/25/07  2:37 PM  Page 3New Books Added to NCBI BookshelfThe following titles have been added to Bookshelf:Dynamics of Cancer. Frank, Steven A.Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press; c2007Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=dyncan.TOCImmunology and Evolution of Infectious Disease. Frank, Steven A.Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press; c2007Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=infdis.TOCThe books in Bookshelf may be searched directly using any search term or phrase from theBookshelf site, via links from the Links pull-down menu from relevant PubMed® citations, orthrough the Entrez cross-database search page.More information on searching books in Bookshelf available at:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/Books.live/Help/bookhelp.html#searchClinicalTrials.gov New InterfaceClinicalTrials.gov will launch a new user interface in few weeks.The link to the beta site is now live from the clinicaltrials.gov site or by visiting http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/home. This new interface will run simultaneously with the previous version until enough thorough has been performed.More information is available in the NLM Technical Bulletin at:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so07/so07_clinical_trials.htmlClinicalTrials.gov is the National Library of Medicine (NLM) web-based registry of clinicalresearch studies. The database provides patients, clinicians, researchers and members of the general public with access to information on interventional and observational studiesincluding clinical trials of drugs and devices. ClinicalTrials.gov contains 44,000 clinicalresearch studies conducted in the United States and 150 other countries.News in HealthThe October issue of News in Health, a publicationthat includes practical health news and tips basedon the latest NIH research, is now available at: http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/Featured Stories:• The Perils of Peers: How Social Networks Affect Your Health• Giving Germs the Slip: Soap and Shots Can protect Your HealthHealth Capsules:• Early Childhood Program Shows Benefit• Seeking Health InformationtheInsiderinsider_sept_oct_2007:insider_may_jun_2006  10/25/07  2:37 PM  Page 4Featured Website: Household Products Databasehttp://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/Do you know what is under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom and on theshelves of your laundry room? Learn more about these products and their potential healtheffects in Household Products Database, produced by the National Institutes of Health, theNational Library of Medicine and the Specialized Information Services.As the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research, NIH producescontent that is not copyrighted. Copies can be downloaded and displayed free of charge.Library Class ScheduleAttend one or more free classes offered by the Library during November 2007.Basic HTMLNovember 1 10:00 A.M. – noonCINAHLNovember 19 4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.EndNoteNovember 29 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.Navigating Full-Text JournalsNovember 7 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.PubMedNovember 20 6:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.For a complete class schedule, class descriptions, times and registration visit:http://www.library.tmc.edu/classes/listclasses.cfmtheInsiderinsider_sept_oct_2007:insider_may_jun_2006  10/25/07  2:37 PM  Page 5

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