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Basics of Evidence-based Practice; Finding Citation Metrics; Tuesday Tech Lunch Series – Introduction to Creating e-Books, Vol 11. (3)

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The Insider Express A monthly e-newsletter of The TMC Library Vol. 11 (3) 2013  Insider Express Blog: http://thetmclibrary.blogspot.com/  Basics of Evidence-based Practice Are you new to the concept of Evidence-based Practice (EBP)? Do you need to write a report on EBP but are not sure where to start? Attend the Basics of Evidence-based Practice class on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in the library classroom.   This class covers the basics of EBP: it offers an overview of the practice’s five steps, discusses how to develop a searchable question and locate research literature, and other EBP resources from The TMC Library.  Taught by: Maianh Phi, Reference/Instruction Librarian - Reference & Outreach Phone: 713.799.7109 Register Here You may also find our EBP Research Guide helpful: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/ebp  Questions? Contact the Reference & Outreach Department via chat or e-mail at the following link: http://askus.library.tmc.edu/ or text your question to 713.636.5295.  Finding Citation Metrics Wednesday, March 13, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Learn about the library's resources (Journal Citation Reports & Scopus) for tracking journal citation rates, article citation rates, and author metrics. Also learn what online tools for tracking metrics beyond the standard methods are available. Taught by: Allen Lopez, Education Librarian - Reference & Outreach Phone: 713.799.7170 Register Here  Tuesday Tech Lunch Series – Introduction to Creating e-Books Are you interested in eBooks but you are not sure which eBook Readers are available?  Attend the Introduction to Creating e-Books class on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the Street Level Conference Room. In this course attendees will get introduced to the different eBook formats for Kindle, Nook, and other eBook Readers as well as the freely available software that can be used to create your own eBooks. Third part in the Tuesday Tech Lunch series held in our Street-level conference room. Taught by: Sandra Yates, Instructional Technologies Librarian - Reference & Outreach Phone: 713.799.7176 Register Here Visit the following link for a complete schedule of the Tuesday Tech Lunch classes: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/techseries    Free Shakespeare Event at The TMC Library Join us for an exciting event on March 20, 2013 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm at The Texas Medical Center Library located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center at 1133 John Freeman Blvd., Houston, TX 77030. The event is free and open to the public. The Shepherd School Crumhorn Collective musical ensemble will delight the audience with a musical performance of Renaissance wind music and an introduction of the unique musical instruments used during medieval times. Additionally, The Barony of Stargate, a local chapter of the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) will be on-site with examples of utensils, weapons, and clothing from that time period. These events are held in conjuction with the National Library of Medicine’s exhibit “And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors, on display at the TMC Library from February 11 – March 23, 2013. Stop by the library to learn more about the language of the four humors and how the influence of this concept is evident in Shakespeare’s plays. This exhibit was developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Visit the Library’s exhibit webpage for more information: http://www.library.tmc.edu/main/nlmexhibit.html Texas Medical Center Women’s History Project Reception The Texas Medical Center Women’s History Project will hold a reception on Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Library, located at 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, TX 77030, to recognize women during Women’s History Month who have made contributions to the development of the Texas Medical Center (TMC). The event is free and open to the public. The Texas Medical Center Women’s History Project announces the completion of the first installment of oral history interviews with women who have contributed to the development of the TMC.  The goal of the project is to preserve these historical materials at the TMC Library’s Archives to make them available to researchers.  The first five interviewees are:  Dorothy Otto, MSN, EdD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing; Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School;  Lu Ann Aday, PhD, The University of Texas School Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health; Anna Steinberger, PhD, UTHealth Medical School; and Julane Hotchkiss Knobil, PhD, UTHealth Medical School  This year’s collection of oral histories for the TMC Women’s History Project is sponsored by private donations, the Faculty Wives & Women Faculty of the UTHealth Medical School, PARTNERS at the UTHealth School of Nursing, and the TMC Library.    For more information about the project, the March 21 event, or to nominate other women who have influenced the history of the TMC for inclusion in the next installment, please contact mj.figard@exch.library.tmc.edu   Polio: A Look Back at America’s Most Successful Public Health Crusade  Dr. David Oshinsky will present the lecture Polio: A Look Back at America’s Most Successful Public Health Crusade on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Onstead Auditorium (second floor). This lecture is also part of the Houston History of Medicine Society lecture series.  Dr. Oshinsky, Professor, Jack S. Blanton chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, Distinguished scholar in residence at New York University and Pulitzer Prize Winning author, will discuss how the battle against polio revolutionized philanthropy and medical research in America.   Dr. Oshinsky specializes in 20th Century U.S. political and cultural history. His latest book, Polio: An American Story, won both the Pulitzer Prize in History and the Hoover Presidential Book Award. His articles and reviews appear regularly in the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.  A light lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees will be eligible to enter a drawing to win a Kindle E-Book reader by completing a short interactive quiz on National Library of Medicine databases such as PubMed.  Visit: http://www.library.tmc.edu/medicalethics/vaccines2012 for a complete list of these lectures.  Visit the following web site to find helpful links and information on the featured Medical Ethics Lectures: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/index.php?gid=3401 This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.  Additional Sponsorship is being provided by UTHealth McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, and by Elsevier, New England Journal of Medicine, Science and Ovid, some of the leading providers of science and health information resources offered by the TMC Library.  Upcoming Free Library Classes   Library Orientation Thursday, March 7 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Register Here  RefWorks Monday, March 18 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  PubMed – Basic Tuesday, March 26 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.   Classes are free and are offered in the Library classroom.   To view the complete schedule and to register, check the Library web site: http://resource.library.tmc.edu/cf/cls/index.cfm  The Insider Express communicates Library news to our users and the Texas Medical Center community. To subscribe or to be removed from this list, please send a message to: liblines@exch.library.tmc.edu  

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