April 2011

Rajia Tobia,
Executive Director
of Libraries
(210) 567-2413
tobia@uthscsa.edu

San Antonio
Administration
(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library
Circulation Desk
(210) 567-2440

Information Desk
(210) 567-2450
askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu

UT Health Science Center Photo by Walter Creech

Library Downtown
National Library Week is April 10-16.
(210) 358-3939
Go to page 2 to find out about the many online services offered by The Libraries.

Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive

Research Library In the news this month:
10 things to love about The Libraries’ online services Page 2
(210) 567-2450
Earth Day and UT Health Science Center Green Initiatives in April Page 3
Medical Library Association Webcast: Shifting Skills to Navigate the Page 4
Changing Horizon
Harlingen Eric Willman named 2011 Outstanding Student Page 4
FY2010 annual report now available Page 4
Ramirez Library History of Medicine spring lecture series continues April 28: Hantavirus Page 5
Library classes for April and May Page 6
(956) 365-8850
Study looks at recent pricing trends for scholarly journals Page 7
iMedicalApps: Website reviews emerging mobile technologies for physicians Page 7
National Public Health Week is April 4-11 Page 8
Laredo Safeguarding The Libraries’ collection: Security exit procedure Page 8
Library on the go: Mobile AccessMedicine Page 9
Laredo Regional Campus Lauren Beavin is the newest intern in the Briscoe Library Page 9
Library RefWorks has a new look: Releases beta version of RefWorks 2.0 Page 10
(956) 523-7404
National Library of Medicine: 175 years of innovation Page 11
Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami and Radiation Event: Resources Page 11
National Library Week: Get Involved – You @ The Libraries Page 11
New books on the shelves of the Briscoe Library Page 12

For Library classes go to page 6.

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National Library Week is April 10-16

10 things to love about The Libraries’ online services
#1. Access thousands of ebooks and articles from anywhere, for free
Off campus? Out of town? You can still access tons of materials through the library’s Web
site. Before starting your research, visit the library’s website and sign in with your UT Health Science Center
domain username and password, or with your badge number and library PIN. You’ll be able to access
materials just as you would on campus.
#2. Study using video and interactive reference materials
The library’s online collection goes way beyond just ebooks and articles. If video or interactive learning is
more your style, we’ve got you covered. Check out the 3D interactive imagery of Anatomy.TV, or the helpful
video libraries from AccessSurgery or Bates Physical Exams, among others.
#3. Research and clinical reference directly from your smartphone
If you’ve got a smartphone, your library is in your pocket. On the library’s mobile website, http://
uthscsa.mobi/library, we offer links to reference databases that are optimized for use on mobile devices. You
can look up articles directly on your phone using mobile versions of PubMed or CINAHL, or refer to full-text
mobile ebooks like Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine or Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
using AccessMedicine and Stat!Ref.
#4. Convenient learning on your schedule
The library offers a variety of classes on everything from PubMed to poster creation, but if you can’t make it to
one of the scheduled sessions, we offer recorded versions of some of our classes along with video tutorials and
step-by-step guides. You can also set up a one-on-one consultation with a librarian.
#5. Have the PMID? Link directly to the full text!
Using the UTHSC Link Tool you can plug in any article PMID or a number of other identifiers, and instantly
create a shorter, readable link to full-text articles that won’t break and can be easily shared.
#6. Upgrade your research with new online tools
Need to know if we have a book before you buy it from Amazon? Having trouble keeping all of your
documents, webpages, and pdf’s organized effectively? Want a faster way to get a citation from a journal
article, chapter of a book, or webpage? The library’s Research Tools can help you with all of these and more.
#7. Easy on-the-fly printing to library printers from anywhere
You don’t have to use a library computer to print to the libraries’ printers -- you can send a print request right
from your own computer. Just follow a few simple instructions to install our printers on your Mac or
Windows computer.
#8. Order books and articles from thousands of other libraries
Need an item we don’t own? The library will order articles and borrow books from other libraries for you,
most often free of charge. Our Interlibrary Loan service is free for all university students, faculty, and staff.
#9. Get your questions answered by phone, email or instant messaging
Have a question? Don’t get hung up on just one type of help; we offer reference service by phone, email, and
instant messaging so you can contact us at the Information Desk or while on the run.
#10. We’re listening to you!
This National Library Week, tell us what else you like (or would like to see) on our site. We’re always looking
for feedback and ideas to improve our online services. Let us know!
Briscoe Library Web Team
Kelley Minars, Eric Willman, Luke Rosenberger

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Earth Day and UT Health Science Center Green

Initiatives in April
The Green Initiatives Committee of the UT Health Science Center is planning
events on April 20-21 to help spread the word about ―green‖ practices that will
promote sustainability on our campus and at home. Activities will include a noon
presentation on April 20 from NuRide, which offers rewards to members who walk,
bike, carpool or use public transportation to get to work.
On April 21, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., a Go Green Fair will be held in the Pestana
Lecture Hall Foyer. It will feature exhibitors including SAWS, San Antonio River
Authority (SARA), State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR), VIA, and Solar San
Antonio, among others. These exhibitors will be available to explain how everyone
can promote green practice.
At the Go Green Fair, librarians from the Briscoe Library will demonstrate the
National Library of Medicine’s Environmental Health & Toxicology databases
(http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html). The library has recently revived its Green
Team. One of the team’s immediate objectives is to prepare an interactive, 3-D
exhibit on ways to protect the environment and conserve energy. The Green Team
promotes the concept of ―Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.‖ One of the initiatives in the
works is installation of a box for collecting used batteries in the Briscoe Library, a SAWS Water People will
collaboration with the Office of Environmental Health and Safety. More be on campus for Earth
information is available on The Libraries’ Web site, or check out our page on Day activities, planned for
Facebook. April 20-21.

The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, and has been observed on this date every year since.
Earth Day is now observed globally to raise awareness about environmental issues and impact public
attitudes. On campus, Health Science Center students in 2007 proposed to the administration some instances
where the university could reduce energy use and save money. The Health Science Center created a Green
Initiatives Committee to develop recommendations for reducing the university’s impact on the environment
while also cutting costs. On April 22, 2009, the campus celebrated Earth Day by planting trees on the lawn at
the corner of Floyd Curl and Medical Drive. In the weeks following that event, recycling sorting bins were
installed in buildings all over campus. The Briscoe Library was one of the first buildings to take delivery of the
recycling bins. A Go Green Web site was created that now includes the location of recycling bins on the Long
Campus, and a growing list of accomplishments and plans for green initiatives and projects on Health Science
Center campuses. One of these projects is installation of solar panels at the South Texas Research Facility,
which is currently under construction.
For more information, visit the Go Green Web site (http://gogreen.uthscsa.edu/) or to keep up with
developments, ―Like‖ the Go-Green-UT Health Science SA page on Facebook.
Jonquil D. Feldman
Director of Briscoe Library Services
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Medical Library Association Webcast

Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Wednesday, April 20, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Horizon: Finding Our Way in the New Regional Academic Health Center Room
Biomedical Research and Health Care 1.132
Environments 5th Floor Briscoe Library— Howe
Conference Room
Program Objectives:
Provide an overview of translational science, e-science and health information resources in electronic
health records, including the related trends and issues affecting information professionals
Identify skills that information professionals need to work with researchers, information technology
professionals, clinicians and community partners in these environments
Learn about community engagement in translational science research and roles for clinicians and
information professionals in this arena
Address meaningful use of health information by patients accessing their electronic health records, as
required by recent legislation to facilitate quality improvement at the point of care
The Webcast carries 1.5 continuing education credits, with an additional 1.5 credits possible through
participation in wraparound sessions.
To register to view the Web cast in either San Antonio or Harlingen go to:
http://library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/classSchedule.cfm.
For additional information, contact Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian, Hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu.

Eric Willman named 2011 Outstanding Student

Congratulations to Eric Willman, Systems Librarian at the Briscoe Library, who will
receive the 2011 Outstanding Student in Information Science Award from the
University of North Texas Department of Library and Information Sciences at a
UNT's Honors Day in April.
Eric received the Master of Science in Information Science from UNT in May, 2010.

FY2010 annual report now available

The Libraries’ Annual Report for FY2010 is now available online at
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/publications/reports/2009-2010Annual.pdf.

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History of medicine lecture series continues

Beyond Bugs and Drugs: Infectious Disease Discovery and Epidemiology

Hantavirus
Thursday, April 28, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Howe Conference Room, Briscoe Library

In May of 1993, members of the Navajo Nation in the

Fours Corners area of the United States were stricken
by a deadly pneumonia of unknown cause. In less than
two months, investigators from the CDC determined
the infection was due to a new virus related to the
Hantaan virus of Asia. The infection was spread to
humans by exposure to rodent excreta.

The Four Corners area had a population explosion of

rodents in 1993 due to an El Nino climate event, which
caused an abnormally high level of precipitation.
Subsequently, it was discovered that many other
species of Hantaviruses were lurking in the rodents of
the New World. The deer mouse, an important carrier of hantavirus
disease, depicted in Navajo art.
The spring lecture series, Beyond Bugs and Drugs:
Photo by permission, Ben Muneta, M.D.
Infectious Disease Discovery and Epidemiology,
sponsored by the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library and the Briscoe Library, continues on
April 28. In the third talk of the series Dr. Gregory Anstead of the School of Medicine, director of the
Immunosuppression and Infectious Diseases clinics of the South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, will
explore the rapid discovery of the etiology and reservoir ecology of Hantavirus as evidence of the power of
epidemiology and molecular diagnostics.

As always, the event is free and open to everyone. Please bring your lunch and join us!

For more information about the spring lecture series, contact Pennie Borchers, Special Collections Librarian,
at borchers@uthscsa.edu.

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Library classes for April and May

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 Knowledge
campus, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or Pursuit: Finding
email AskaLibrarian@uthscsa.edu. Online Learning
If you would like to request a special class or orientation for your department or Opportunities -
group at other days/times, please contact us! To register for a class or to read class Technology
descriptions, visit the online class schedule. Brown Bag: April
When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation email includes a 13, 2011, 12 noon –
file that you can save as an appointment into your electronic calendar. 1:00 pm, Howe
Conference Room
San Antonio – Briscoe Library

Ovid Tips & Tricks, Getting Started with MEDLINE: April 6, 2011,
9:00 am - 10:30 am, LIB 2.011
Knowledge Pursuit: Finding Online Learning Opportunities -
Library Basics:
Technology Brown Bag: April 13, 2011, 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm, Howe
April 22, 2011, 9:00
Conference Room
am - 10:00 am, LIB
Introduction to RefWorks: April 20, 2011, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, LIB 2.011
2.011
Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health
Information: April 21, 2011, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, LIB 2.011
Library Basics: April 22, 2011, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, LIB 2.011
Ovid Tips & Tricks, Getting Started with MEDLINE: May 2, 2011, 1:30
pm - 3:00 pm, LIB 2.011
Introduction to PubMed: May 6, 2011, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, LIB 2.011
Introduction to RefWorks: May 11, 2011, 9:30 am - 10:30 am, LIB 2.011
Harlingen and Edinburg – Ramirez Library and Edinburg RAHC

Customizing PubMed with MyNCBI: April 5, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm,

Edinburg - RAHC Building room 1.202
Customizing PubMed with MyNCBI: April 7, 2011, 12 noon - 1:00 pm,
Ramirez Library, Harlingen room 1.132
Managing PubMed Search Results: May 3, 2011, 4;00 pm - 5:00 pm,
Edinburg – RAHC Building room 1.20
Customizing PubMed with MyNCBI: May 5, 2011, 12 noon - 1:00 pm,
Ramirez Library, Harlingen room 1.132

Katie Prentice
Head of Education and Information Services

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Study looks at recent pricing trends for scholarly journals

Allen Press, a scholarly journal publisher, has released its 2010 Study of
Subscription Prices for Scholarly Journals. Price trends for journals were
based on a group of approximately 250 publications appearing in the Allen
Press Buyer’s Guide to Scientific, Medical, and Scholarly Journals TM.

Among the findings outlined in the report:

Since 1989, prices for US society journals have increased, on average,

7.3% annually.
For each of the past three years, average price increases for US-based
Graphic reproduced by permission.
journals have hovered around 6%, more than a full percentage point
lower than the historical average.
The average price increase of non-US-based journals was nearly a full percentage point higher than US-
based journals.
Most of the titles in the study are peer-reviewed journals. Prices of peer-reviewed titles increased by an
annual average of 6.5% from 2009 to 2011.
In all years since 1989, increases in journal prices are higher than the increase in the Consumer Price
Index.
The report details efforts by library organizations and libraries to control costs due to increased subscription
costs and diminishing library budgets. It also documents the Medical Library Association’s efforts to
assemble a list of publishers that have frozen 2011 prices at 2010 levels.

The full report is free and can be downloaded from http://allenpress.com/resources/education/jps.

Rajia Tobia
Executive Director of Libraries

Website showcases emerging mobile

technologies for health care professionals
iMedicalApps is an online resource developed by a team of physicians and medical students to provide current
reviews of emerging mobile medical technology and applications. The creators of iMedicalApps have been
interviewed multiple times by American Medical News, and the Web site has been identified by Cochrane as
an evidence based and trusted Web 2.0 site. It has also been featured in the Annals of Emergency Medicine
and the Journal of Surgical Oncology. Among recent posts that may be of interest:

Top 20 Free iPhone Medical Apps For Health Care Professionals

Top 15 Free Android Medical apps for Healthcare professionals
Interactive iPad Medical Textbooks gain traction, publisher deal signifies new era of mobile
medical texts
Susan Hunnicutt
Special Projects Librarian
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National Public Health Week is April 4-11

National Public Health Week (NPHW) is April 4-10. This year’s theme
is ―Safety is NO Accident,‖ and the focus of the week will be on
educating citizens about preventing injuries at home, at work, and in the
community.
The American Public Health Association (APHA, http://apha.org),
organizer of NPHW, develops a national campaign to educate the public, policy-makers and practitioners
about issues related to each year’s theme. APHA creates comprehensive planning, organizing and outreach
materials that can be used to raise awareness.
The National Public Health Week Web site encourages assessment of home, workplace, and community
spaces for easily-remedied hazards such as:
• Maintaining fire alarms
• Changing burnt-out light bulbs
• Covering electrical outlets in homes with small children
• Understanding national and state laws on workplace safety
• Joining the neighborhood watch association.
The Libraries have created an exhibit showcasing the public health programs offered at the UT Health Science
Center. The exhibit is currently on display outside the Briscoe Library on the Long Campus.
Lydia Fletcher
Outreach Library Assistant

Safeguarding the library’s collection: Security exit procedure

Library staff are charged to safeguard the library collections. The Briscoe
Library exit gate is designed to detect the removal of library materials. An
alarm will sound if any library item passes through the gate. To avoid the alarm
sounding, materials should be passed to Circulation Desk staff prior to walking
through the exit gate. Circulation staff will then return the materials after
checking the items’ borrowed status.
If the alarm sounds, you will be stopped by Circulation staff and asked to check
for library materials in your possession. This ensures that items are properly
checked out. We hope that this will reduce the number of overdue and missing
books.
Library staff wants to be sure that materials are available for the widest possible
use. Thank you for assisting us in preserving our library collection. If you have
any suggestions or concerns regarding this procedure, please contact Chris
Gaspard at sifuentes@uthscsa.edu or (210) 567-2429.
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Library on the go: Mobile AccessMedicine

Another mobile-optimized database has been added to the Libraries' mobile
website: Mobile AccessMedicine. Resources available through Mobile
AccessMedicine include:

Harrison's Online (Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine)

Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care
Diagnosaurus
To use Mobile AccessMedicine, first set up an AccessMedicine Personal Profile;
Health Science Center students, faculty and staff can use this link to do so. Once
an account has been created, simply go to http://m.accessmedicine.com/ on your
mobile device and log in with your Personal Profile username and password.
Be sure to check out the other handy resources on the Libraries' mobile Web site,
under the "Mobile Databases" link.

Looking for more mobile databases?

Snap this QR (Quick
Response) with your
smartphone's camera
using a barcode reader
app (i.e. ScanLife).
You will connect
directly to the mobile
Luke Rosenberger
databases page on the
Libraries' mobile Director of Library Technology and Historical Collections
website.

Lauren Beavin is the newest intern at the Briscoe Library

Lauren Beavin has joined the staff of the Briscoe Library as an intern in the Public
Services Division. During her time here, Lauren will have an opportunity to observe
the workings of a large academic health sciences library. She will gain experience
with library users at the Information and Circulation Desks, meet with staff from
every division, learn what they do and how their responsibilities are related to those
of other staff and to the Libraries’ mission. She will also steer development of an
exhibit in observance of Earth Day, April 22.

Lauren’s internship completes one of the requirements for graduation in May 2011
with a Master of Library Science degree from Texas Woman’s University School of
Library and Information Science.

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The beta version of RefWorks 2.0 is now available

RefWorks, the popular bibliographic management tool, has launched the beta version Sometime this
of its new RefWorks 2.0 interface. The core functions of RefWorks— storing references spring,
in an online repository, creating bibliographies, and information sharing and RefWorks 2.0
collaboration— are all enhanced through the improved interface.
will become the
RefWorks users who are comfortable with the current version should have little trouble default
adapting to the new version, which makes use of icons, tabs, and a ―Quick List‖ for easy interface for
navigation. Editing references by browsing your computer and adding attachments like Health Science
links to PDF articles or a JPG are even easier than before.
Center
Sometime this spring, RefWorks 2.0 will become the default interface for Health RefWorks
Science Center RefWorks users; however, the classic version will continue to be users; however,
available. All references stored in current accounts will be accessible through the new the classic
interface, so current users will not lose any information.
version will
If you want to test drive the new interface before it becomes the default for our site, you still be
will need to create a new test account at available.
http://www.refworks.com/refworks2/?r=authentication::init&groupcode=RW2Beta.
Remember that this account is not linked to your classic RefWorks account through UT
Health Science Center at this time.
Linda Levy
Assistant Director for Branch Libraries and Database Services

Remote access
to RefWorks is
available
through the
database page
of the library’s
Web site to
students,
faculty, and
staff.

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National Library of Medicine:

175 years of information innovation
2011 marks the 175th anniversary of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

From its founding in 1836 as the library of the U.S. Army Surgeon General, the NLM’s
hallmark has been information innovation, leading to exciting scientific discoveries that
ultimately improve the public health. Now part of the National Institutes of Health,
NLM is the worldwide leader in trusted medical and health information and innovation.

More information about the National Library of Medicine, its history, programs and
services, can be found at http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/175/index.cfm.

Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami and Radiation Event: Resources

gathered by the Disaster Information Management Research Center
The National Library of Medicine’s Disaster Information Management Research Center has developed a Web
resource, Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Radiation Event – March 2011. The site provides links to
information resources on the Japanese disaster, radiation emergencies, a person finder specific to the
disaster, information for travelers to Japan, coping with stress during disasters, and many other
resources. http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/japan2011.html.

National Library Week

Get Involved – You @ The Libraries
Share a photo of how you use the library

Snap a picture of you and your activities in any UT Health Science Center
Library location, share it on Facebook by April 16, and
tag us ‘@The Libraries of UT Health Science Center San Antonio’ in the
picture. Visit the The Libraries on Facebook for complete details!

If you aren’t on Facebook and want to participate, email your picture to

AskaLibrarian@uthscsa.edu and we’ll put it online.

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New to the shelves in the Briscoe Library...

Coppola : a pediatric Social networks and
surgeon in Iraq / health : models,
Chris Coppola. methods, and
applications / Thomas
Chicago : NTI W. Valente.
Upstream, c2009. Oxford ; New York :
WB 116 C785c 2009. Oxford University
Press, c2010.
W 85 V154s 2010.

Research methods : a Translational research

framework for evidence- and clinical practice :
based clinical practice / basic tools for medical
Wendy L. Hurley, Craig decision making and
R. Denegar, Jay Hertel. self-learning / Stephen
Baltimore, Md. : Wolters C. Aronoff.
Kluwer/Lippincott Oxford ; New York :
Williams & Wilkins, Oxford University
c2011. Press, c2011.
W 20.5 H965r 2011. WB 102.5 A769t 2011.

Also:
Antibiotics : the perfect storm / David M. Shlaes. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2010.
QV 350 S558a 2010.
The successful match : 200 rules to succeed in the residency match / Rajani Katta, Samir P.
Desai. Houston, Tex. : W 20 K19s 2009.
Andrea N. Schorr, Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian

News from the UT Health Science Center Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu
Libraries is published at the beginning of each Kelley Minars, Web Editor: minars@uthscsa.edu
month to highlight the programs, services and
Pennie Borchers and Katie Prentice, Copy Editors
resources offered by The Libraries.
Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,
Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries:
Photographers
tobia@uthscsa.edu

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