news from the libraries - may 2011

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May 2011

Rajia Tobia,Executive Director

of Libraries(210) 567-2413

[email protected]

San Antonio

Administration

(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library

Circulation Desk(210) 567-2440

Information Desk

(210) 567-2450

[email protected]

UT Health Science Center

Library Downtown

(210) 358-3939

Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive

Research Library

(210) 567-2450

Harlingen

Ramirez Library

(956) 365-8850

Laredo

Laredo Regional Campus

Library

(956) 523-7404

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In April, the Art and Anatomy Workshop brought together senior art students,

second and third year medical and dental students, medical illustrators, and

scientist/historians for an experience that focused on seeing the human body more

clearly. Find the story on page 7.

Library services for alumni: please help us spread the wordMedical Apps for Smartphones: Emerging Technology BrownbagA variety of mobile applications support the library proxy serviceHistory of Medicine lecture series continues with HIV-AIDSAHRQ report examines health literacy among English-speaking adultsDiabetes programs focus on consumer health resources available onlineLibrary classes for MayWorkshop showcases resources of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical LibraryDownload LibX from the Library Tools page for streamlined searchingVictor Oliveros materials on border health: now available

Exhibit and speaker will explore the healing properties of colorNew collections in the Digital ArchiveNLM offers History of Medicine volunteer internship programNew to the shelves of the Briscoe Library

For Library classes go to page 6
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May 2011NEWSFROM THE LIBRARIES

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As we end another academic year, the UT Health Science Center librarians and staff want to congratulate the

new graduates and to wish them good luck in their future endeavors. We also want to remind everyone that

Health Science Center alumni may continue to use many library resources after graduation.

Alumni must register in person at the Briscoe Library Circulation Desk or at the Ramirez or Laredo Regional

Campus Libraries. There is no cost to register but registration must be renewed annually. Alumni may check

out up to three items at a time, generally for up to two weeks, and items may be renewed online up to two

times.

Due to licensing agreements and contracts, remote or off-campus access to electronic resources is availableonly to currently employed faculty and staff, and currently enrolled students. Alumni with professional hospital

affiliations should contact their hospital librarians, systems or education staff for details on access to

databases, journals or books for staff use.

On-site access to Health Science Center library databases and to print and online resources is available to all.

Free computers are provided in the libraries for access to the Internet and other electronic resources for health-

related research. Alumni receive a Patron ID to use library computers and can add unlimited minutes per day

to their Patron account.

The Libraries offer reference services and classes at no charge. Fee-based literature search services by our

expert librarians may be requested, and practicing health professionals in South Texas may request articles fora fee through the ILLiad system.

For more information about services to Health Science Center Alumni, contact us at

[email protected] .

Jonquil D. Feldman

Director of Briscoe Library Services

Library services for alumni: please help us spread the word
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NEWSFROM THE LIBRARIEShttp://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

May 2011

Did you know that a variety of mobile applications for smartphones now support the

library proxy service?

If you would like to be able to find and access full-text articles from your device you will need to enter a

specific URL into the applications settings. The location to enter the information depends on the application

itself, but it can typically be found in the settings section of the applications. Our EZProxy URL prefix ishttp://libproxy.uthscsa.edu/login?url=

but to use it with these mobile applications you need to add %@ to the end of that: See below for the

screenshots of PubMed On Tap.

1. Open the application and select settings.

2. Select the Library Proxy tab.

3. Place the following URL in the box, and turn on the EZProxy: http://libproxy.uthscsa.edu/login?url=%@ .

Other applications that use the same URL structure to access full-text articles via EZProxy include Papers for

Mac OSX, and Papers for iPhone and iPad.

If you have any comments or questions about setting up your device for article access, please contact

[email protected] .

Eric Willman

Systems Librarian

Medical Apps for Smartphones: Emerging Technology BrownbagWednesday, May 11, 12 noon to 1 p.m.Howe Conference Room

Medical Apps for Smartphones is part of an ongoing series of noon-hour classes. This session will address a

variety of technologies related to the utilization of smartphones in professional clinical environments.

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History of Medicine lecture series continues with HIV-AIDSBeyond Bugs and Drugs: Infectious Disease Discovery and Epidemiology

In the fall of 1980, Dr. Michael Gottlieb of

UCLA Medical Center received a referral on a

gay, white male in failing health with wasting,

Pneumocystis pneumonia, and oralcandidiasis. Over the next few months, he and

other colleagues observed the syndrome in four

other patients, and described the new entity of

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

in 1981. In 1984, the human immunodeficiency

virus (HIV) responsible for this syndrome was

discovered.


May 2011

Thursday, May 26, noon to 1 p.m.

Howe Conference Room

Infection with the HIV virus was found to predispose persons to opportunistic infections and

cancers. Epidemiologic investigations revealed the disease was transmitted sexually, by blood products, IVdrug use, and from mother-to-child. Cases of AIDS exploded throughout the world in 1980s and 1990s.

Millions upon millions have suffered and died. Efforts to control the disease have been hampered by

prejudice against infected persons. AIDS has become one of the greatest public health challenges in modern

medicine. Currently, about 33 million people are infected across the globe. Efforts to develop vaccines

against HIV have failed. Nevertheless, in the last 15 years, combination antiretroviral therapy has

transformed the treatment of HIV infection, converting a deadly disease into a chronic, manageable

condition. Analysis of the history of the HIV epidemic in the United States reveals the power of these drugs

and also the deficiencies of drug therapy to combat this disease.

Dr. Gregory M. Anstead

Director, Immunosuppression and Infectious Diseases ClinicsSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System

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Diabetes Information: Finding Answers to Your

Questions is the topic of a series of classes being

offered in area public libraries in April, May and

June. Peg Seger, Outreach Services Librarian for

South Texas Regional Information Services in the

Briscoe Library, organized the programs to highlight

resources available through two NIH websites,

MedlinePlusandNIHSeniorHealth .

The program has been presented in Bulverde/SpringBranch, Lytle, Kerrville, and Comfort. Additional

programs are scheduled at the Universal City Public

Library on June 6 and later in the summer at the

Boerne Public Library. All libraries are part of the

Alamo Area Library System.

Susan Hunnicutt

Special Projects Librarian

An updated report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) finds that many English-

speaking adults experience difficulties understanding and using basic health information. Health Literacy

Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review, which examines the literature since 2004,

also finds growing evidence that suggests differences in health literacy levels are related to racial and ethnic

disparities. The complete report in PDF form can be accessed online at the AHRQ website:

http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/literacy/literacyup.pdf

The questions guiding the review included the relationship between health literacy and use of health services,

health outcomes, costs of care and health disparities. The review also encompassed studies of interventions.

Based on searches of multiple bibliographic databases, the reviewers identified approximately 3,500

unduplicated records of relevant publications. Among these, 140 were rated either good or fair in terms of

strength of evidence. Among opportunities for future research, the report mentions Testing novel

approaches to increase motivation; improved techniques for delivering written, oral, or numerical

information; and work-around interventions such as patient advocates.

Keith Cogdill

Director of South Texas Regional Information Services

Updated AHRQ report examines health literacy among English-

speaking adults, identifies areas for future research

Information about diabetes:

Programs focus on consumer health resources available online

Bulverde/Spring Branch Library, March 23, 2011
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Library classes for May Ovid Tips &Tricks, Getting

Started with

MEDLINE: May 2,

2011, 1:30 pm -

3:00 pm, Briscoe

Library: LIB 2.011

Managing

PubMed Search

Results: May 3,

2011, 4;00 pm -

5:00 pm, Edinburg

RAHC Building

Room 1.20

All library classes are free and open to all. Advance registration is appreciated but not

required. If you would like to request a class or schedule a consultation at any HSC

campus, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or

[email protected] .

If you would like to request a special class or orientation for your department or

group at other days/times, please contact us! To register for a class or to read class

descriptions, visit the online class schedule.

When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation email includes a

file that you can save as an appointment into your electronic calendar.

San Antonio Briscoe Library

Ovid Tips & Tricks, Getting Started with MEDLINE: May 2, 2011, 1:30 pm - 3 p.m.,

LIB 2.011

Introduction to PubMed: May 6, 2011, 10 a.m.- 11 a.m., LIB 2.011

Introduction to EndNote: May 10, 2011, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., LIB 2.011

Introduction to RefWorks: May 11, 2011, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., LIB 2.011

Medical Apps for Smartphones - Emerging Technology Brownbag: May 11, 2011, 12noon - 1 p.m., Howe Conference Room

Harlingen and Edinburg Ramirez Library and Edinburg RAHC

Managing PubMed Search Results: May 3, 2011, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m., Edinburg RAHC

Building room 1.20

Customizing PubMed with MyNCBI: May 5, 2011, 12 noon - 1 p.m., Ramirez Library,

Harlingen room 1.132

Katie Prentice

Head of Education and Information Services
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Students of the history of anatomy visited the P.I.

Nixon Medical Historical Library on Friday, April

22.

The History of Anatomy course is offered each

spring as an Enrichment Elective for first year

medical students and a Special Topics course for

graduate students. Dr. Charleen Moore is director

of the course.


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Dr. Charleen Moore, Ph.D. of the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, Jayne Lawrence, M.F.A., of

the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and Penelope

Borchers, M.L.S., Special Collections Librarian in the Briscoe Library, organized the Art and Anatomy

Workshop as an interdisciplinary experience in the representation of the human body. The workshop is built

around the resources of the rare book collection of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library, including

original works by Vesalius (1514-1564), Albinus (1697-1770), Paolo Mascagni (1755-1815), William Hunter

(1718-1783) and John Hunter (1728-1793).

On April 8, senior art students from Ms. Lawrences advanced special studies class at UTSA joined second and

third year medical and dental students for the day-long workshop, which took place in the Howe Conference

Room and the Special Collections Reading Room of the Briscoe Library.

Dr. Moore spoke about anatomists/artists from the 15th to the 19th centuries, and Nancy Place, M.S.,

Director of Multimedia Services, provided an introduction to the contemporary field of medical illustration.

Two guests, Carlos Machado, M.D., medical illustrator for the Elsevier Netter Collection; and Ron Philo,

Ph.D., retired senior lecturer in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, were available to interact

one-on-one with the students. Dr. Philo is the author of two books on the anatomical drawings of Leonardo

Da Vinci. David Baker, M.A., Sam Newman, B.F.A,. and Christopher McKee, B.F.A., medical illustrators in

the Department of Information Management and Services - Academic Technology Services, were also present.

Students had the opportunity to examine many rare anatomical texts from the P.I. Nixon collection. Theyended the day with a studio drawing session organized around plastinated human specimens from the

Department of Cellular and Structural Biology.

Susan Hunnicutt

Special Projects Librarian

Interdisciplinary Art and Anatomy Workshop showcases the

resources of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

Also in April...
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Download LibX from the Library Tools page:

Create a more powerful research process

Do you want a tool that streamlines the research process?

Do you need a tool that will tell if that book on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Borders is available in the

library?

Do you want to be able to search the Library Catalog, Pubmed, E-Journals, or Google Scholar without going to

the library website?

When you find an e-journal article that requires a subscription, do you wish there was a way you could just

reload the page using The Libraries subscription?

Would you like to know instantly if the article you found on Google Scholar is available through the library?LibX, a new research tool from your Libraries, does all this and more. LibX works with Firefox and Internet

Explorer, and allows you to integrate your workflow and The Libraries resources wherever you are. LibX

provides you with a toolbar for searching a variety of The Libraries resources, integrates itself with any Web

page that provides you with an ISBN, and reloads pages via our proxy service so you can quickly access

subscription e-journal articles off-campus. Use LibX to search for your information any way you like!

If you have not downloaded LibX you can download from the Library Tools page. For more information onhow to use LibX you can view our LibX guide.

Luke Rosenberger, Director of Library Technology & Special Collections

Kelley Minars, Web Services Librarian

Eric Willman, Systems Librarian
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Coming to the Briscoe Library in May: Exhibit and speaker will

explore the healing properties of color

Canadian artist Leanne Veniers abstract paintings

utilize color to create states of serenity and physical

well-being. Both bold and subtle, the hues in her work

influence the viewers psyche much the same way

music affects emotion through sound.

Leanne Veniers paintings will be on view in the BriscoeLibrary Information Commons and the Lecture Hall

Foyer during May and June. On June 9 from noon to 1

p.m. the public is invited to hear the artists

presentation on The Color Effect in the Howe

Conference Room, 5th floor of the library. The talk will

be free of charge and open to all.

For more information contact Pennie Borchers, Special

Collections Librarian: [email protected].

After his retirement from the Laredo, Texas Health Department in 2005, Mr. Victor

Oliveros, who was Chief of Environmental Health Services and a founder of the US-

Mexico Border Health Commission, donated a collection of materials related to

border health to the UT Health Science Center Libraries. The materials included

papers and government reports as well as slides showing deteriorating

environmental conditions along the U.S. Mexico border at Laredo/Nuevo Laredo.

The slides, which Mr. Oliveros used during presentations, illustrate the

interdependency of the sister cities, as people, animals, and disease vectors move

freely between them.

The donated materials have been catalogued and can be found by using the librarycatalog with the keyword Oliveros.

Physical documents are located at the Laredo Regional Campus Library at 1937 East Bustamante Street.

The usable slides have been turned into a presentation, and these are available as a link from http://

library.uthscsa.edu/exhibits/oliveros.cfm .

The web page also includes a brief biography of Victor Oliveros and an oral history that was conducted

with Mr. Oliveros by Pennie Borchers, Special Collections Librarian.

Linda Levy

Assistant Director for Branch Libraries and Database Services

Victor Oliveros materials on border health: now available

Leanne Veniers paintings will be on display in the

Briscoe Library during May and June.
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News from the UT Health Science Center

Libraries is published at the beginning of each

month to highlight the programs, services and

resources offered by The Libraries.

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries:

[email protected]

Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: [email protected]

Kelley Minars, Web Editor: [email protected]

Pennie Borchers and Katie Prentice, Copy Editors

Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,

Photographers

New to the shelves in the Briscoe Library...

Curriculum

development and

evaluation in

nursing / [edited by]

Sarah B. Keating.

New York : Springer

Pub. Co., c2011.WY 18 K25c 2011.

Evidence-basedpublic health / RossC. Brownson ... [etal.].Oxford ; New York :Oxford UniversityPress, c2011.

WA 100 E93 2011.

The American

Psychiatric Publishing

textbook of

psychosomatic

medicine : psychiatric

care of the medically ill /

edited by James L.Levenson.

Washington, D.C. :

American Psychiatric

Pub., c2011.

WM 90 A512 2011.

Essential guide to blood

coagulation / edited by

Jovan P. Antovic,

Margareta Blomback.

Chichester, West

Sussex, UK ; Hoboken,

N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell,

c2010.

WH 310 E78 2010.

Andrea N. Schorr

Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian
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