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The Insider Express A monthly e-newsletter of The TMC Library Vol. 11 (1) 2013  Insider Express Blog: http://thetmclibrary.blogspot.com/  Library Holiday Hours  The TMC Library will be open from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 21, 2013 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Tuesday Tech Lunch Series Tuesday Tech Lunch is a series of informal monthly classes that will be offered on Tuesdays at lunch time to promote the Library's information resources.   Stop by the library on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. to attend a class on Mobile Resources. The class includes a walk-through of the download process for several popular subscription-based apps, as well as app demos.  Taught by: Naomi Gonzales, Instructional Technologies Librarian - Reference & Outreach Phone: 713.799.7153    Register Here  Do you want to improve your presentations and projects? Learn about new and innovative alternatives that will capture your audience’s attention?! Attend the Alternatives to PowerPoint class on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Taught by: Naomi Gonzales, Instructional Technologies Librarian - Reference & Outreach Phone: 713.799.7153    Register Here  Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops, Notebooks or other mobile devices to the class.  Bring your lunch to attend this informal session, the Library will provide water and a small snack.  Please note: Tuesday Tech Lunch Series are offered in the Street Level Conference Room.  Visit the following link for a complete schedule of the Tuesday Tech Lunch classes: http://resource.library.tmc.edu/cf/cls/index.cfm Immunization in the U.S. – the Best or Worst in its Class?  Dr. Anne Schuchat will present the lecture Immunization in the US – the Best or Worst in its Class? on Thursday,  January 24, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the University of Texas Medical School Auditorium.  Dr. Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, will discuss immunization patterns across the lifespan, vaccine-preventable disease trends, and analysis of where and why we are failing. She will explore the reasons why pertussis is acting up, the factors that got HPV vaccine off track, and what UNICEF’s health equity drive has to do with Houston’s toddlers.  A light lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-serve 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.  Research Guides, Library Orientations and Tours Are you a new faculty, student or staff to the Texas Medical Center? Do you need information on how to use the TMC Library? The TMC library staff has developed a series of research guides to help you find what you need.   Need a brief overview to help you navigate the library website?  Can’t find the links to the library resources you need?  Need a quick library tour?  Not sure how to get to the library? Visit the Welcome research guide at: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/welcome and watch a brief introductory video of the Library’s website on how to access the Library resources. There is also a virtual library tour and information on parking and maps.  If you are already familiar with the resources and are looking for more specific topics for your research, the following research guides will help you find what you need:  Library Mobile Resources: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/mobileresources Nursing: A Student Guide: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/nursing Information Literacy: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/informationliteracy Evidence Based practice:  http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/ebp  Medical Ethics Series Pandemic: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/content.php?pid=385974 Neglected Tropical Diseases: http://libguides.library.tmc.edu/content.php?pid=374819  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.  Upcoming Free Library Classes  Mobile Resources – Tuesday Tech Lunch Series Tuesday, January 22 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  PubMed – Basic Tuesday, January 22 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.  Library Orientation Monday, January 28 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.  Library Orientation Friday, February 8 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.  RefWorks Wednesday, February 13 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Alternatives to PowerPoint – Tuesday Tech Lunch Series Tuesday, February 19 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  PubMed – Basic Wednesday, February 20 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.  PubMed – Basic Tuesday, February 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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