Archived Announcements
Ex-Votos Lecture February 7th, 3 PM
Please join the Health Sciences Library on February 7th at 3 PM classroom LC 1 for a presentation by Dr. Janet Snyder of the WVU Art History program, who will speak on “Reciprocity in Ancient and Medieval Ex-Votos.” In her talk, Dr. Snyder will discuss votive offerings and ex-votos, including three-dimensional and sculpted pieces. Light refreshments will be served after the talk.
This lecture coincides the National Library of Medicine traveling poster exhibition Everyday Miracles: Medical Imagery in Ex-Votos being hosted by the Health Sciences Library from Jan. 19 to Feb. 24. Ex-votos are devotional paintings created to thank saints or deities for a healing, blessing, or significant event. These expressive works provide insight into how ordinary people thought about and coped with disease and healing.
Henkel Physicians Exhibit
The Health Sciences Library is hosting an exhibit from the National Library of Medicine entitled "The Henkel Physicians: A Family's Life in Letters" from October 31st to December 17th.
Several members of the Henkel family studied medicine after they settled in New Market, Virginia in 1790. Their letters richly document the daily life of men in medicine in the 19th century and reveal the challenges, rewards and responsibilities of the profession. The exhibit features a selection of writings that cover local events, professional jealousies, the Civil War and the testimony of the Henkel physicians in a murder trial.
For more information on the exhibit and to access the original Henkel Collection of letters visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/digicolls/henkel
New Psychology Database Trials
WVU Libraries are sponsoring trials of 2 psychology databases which can be accessed through the Databases page. We would welcome your feedback on these resources; comments may be emailed directly to Susan Arnold or submitted via web form..
PsycTESTS provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, and other assessments as well as descriptive and citation information for each instrument. This trial ends November 5, 2011.
PsycTHERAPY is a database of streaming psychotherapy demonstrations featuring some of the most renowned therapists in North America working with participants on a host of therapeutic topics. This trial ends November 18, 2011.
PubMed and RefWorks Classes Available
Need help searching PubMed or saving references to RefWorks? Sign up for one of our fall classes. For dates and more information see the Classes/Tours page or contact Virginia Bender.
New Login for Off-Campus Authentication
The WVU Libraries has changed the password that you use to access our resources from off campus. You must now use your WVU Master ID username and password. You can look up your Master ID and password at http://oit.wvu.edu/masterid/.
Two Pharmacy Database Trials Available
The Health Sciences Library is currently sponsoring a trial of two reference sources that are part of the MedicinesComplete database: Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons and Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference. The trial will run through October 15, 2011. We would welcome your feedback on this resource; comments may be emailed directly to Susan Arnold at susan.arnold@mail.wvu.edu or submitted via web form.
Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons provides information on identifying and quantifying drugs and poisons in body fluids, tissue samples, and pharmaceutical and industrial products.
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference provides information and background on conventional and complementary drugs and associated compounds, international proprietary names, and disease treatments.
Fall ULIB 101 Section for Health Sciences
The Health Sciences Library is excited to announce a new section of Introduction to Library Research (ULIB 101) for undergraduates that is specifically tailored to health sciences resources. The course will be offered online through SOLE from Oct.9-Dec.3. To register select ULIB 101 Introduction to Library Research CRN 89102, Section 17. For more information contact Virginia Bender or call 304-293-1921.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
The WVU Libraries have purchased access to the full text of dissertations and theses through a database called ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT). It includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day. It also contains over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Most of the full text have been added since 1997, but there is strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
For dissertations not included in full text, please do an interlibrary loan request.
To access ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, go here http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/databases/database.php?id=321. Please contact us if you have any questions or comments.
Sections of Library Will Be Closed Jan. 11-13
The study table area in the library and the stacks will be closed from 7 AM-3 PM on January 11-13, due to work on the new cooling tower on the roof. The area will be open after 3 PM and will not affect the computer workstations area. This closure may also affect the processing of Interlibrary Loan requests. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Library Hours During the Holiday Break
The Health Sciences Library will be open from 8 AM-5 PM, December 20-22, 28-30 and January 4-7. On January 3rd, the computers in the Learning Center will be available, but there will be no library services due to a library training day. For more information, please check our Hours page.
WVU Libraries Acquire Scopus Database
The WVU Libraries are happy to announce an early holiday present, the purchase of the extremely powerful database, Scopus. During the trial of Scopus, we received feedback from some of your colleagues. Here's a few quotes from them:
"I have been using Scopus every day and I think it is great."
"I recently worked a bit with the Scopus database and I found it to be very helpful."
"I can search for a keyword and it gives me journals with similar names/results. I can then 'drag and drop' journals and see their comparison over time in a chart. I think this is one of the greatest features of the website. This compares how the journals have performed relative to each other in the last few years."
As the last comment indicates, Scopus is not only useful for subject searching, but also provides a means to evaluate journal impact and an authors scholarship. Scopus is available on the Databases page. If you have questions about Scopus, please contact the Health Sciences Library Reference Desk.
Dr. Edward Van Liere Digital Collection
Dr. Edward Van Liere, first dean of the School of Medicine at West Virginia University, left a lasting impression on his students, colleagues and all of the Health Sciences Center. A new digital collection, developed by Health Sciences Librarian Sally Brown, brings together an annotated bibliography, book publications, citation analysis, correspondence and personal responses about Dr. Van Liere. Also included are past winners of the Edward J. Van Liere Memorial Research Convocation and the Van Liere Chair of Physiology. Click here to view the Dr. Edward Van Liere Digital Collection.
The Pylon Yearbook Available Online
As a part of WVU Libraries continuing digitization effort, The Pylon, West Virginia University School of Medicine's yearbook is available online at the Internet Archive. Pylons from 1963 to 2002 can be viewed online or downloaded in PDF format. Click here to view the Pylon collection. To view other books contributed by WVU Libraries click here.
Library Open Extended Hours During Finals Week
The Health Sciences Library will be open late during finals week to give students a quiet place to study. On December 12, we will be open from 10 AM until 1 AM and we will be open from 7:30 AM until 1 AM, December 13-16. For more information, please check our Hours page.
Scopus Database Trial Extended To Nov. 30
The WVU Libraries has acquired a trial of the Scopus database until November 30, 2010. Scopus is an abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields as well as in the arts and humanities. Scopus also allows you to do citation analysis, similar to Web of Science. Linking to full text articles (Find It @ WVU), when available, is now included in each record. Please let us know what you think of Scopus by emailing Susan Arnold.
Fall Library Classes Available
The Health Sciences Library has several classes available this semester covering topics such as PubMed, RefWorks and Reference Manager. For dates and more information see the Classes/Tours page.
Library Staying Open During Thursday Night's Game
The Health Sciences Library will remain open until the normal closing time, midnight,Thursday, October 14, during the WVU football game against USF. Parking around Health Sciences will be limited so please check with the Parking Management Office at 293-5502 if you have questions.
ScienceDirect down Saturday, August 28
EJournals provided by ScienceDirect will be down on Saturday, August 28 from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM due to a system upgrade. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have a questions, please contact the Health Sciences Library Reference Desk.
Cochrane Library & Wiley Journals Down August 7-8
E-Journals provided by Wiley Intersciene and access to The Cochrane Library will be down from 4 AM Saturday, August 7 until noon Sunday, August 8 as the publisher switches to a new platform. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have a questions, please contact the Health Sciences Library Reference Desk.
USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam Now Available from Exam Master
Exam Master, a web-based exam preparation system for medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistant, and the health sciences, has added a USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam. Designed to give a realistic exam experience, the exam features 8 exam blocks of 44 questions each, for a total of 352 questions. Students can sit for a full exam or take each block separately as their schedule permits. Test and Study modes are available, with correct answers and explanations available in Study Mode. To take the practice exam, choose New Exam and then the Courses and Practice Exams link. New Exam Master users will need to register first before taking the exam.
Spring Semester Library Classes
The Health Sciences Library has several classes available this semester covering topics such as PubMed, RefWorks and Science Citation Index. For dates and more information see the Classes/Tours page.
Influenza: Evidence-Based Information
Due to the outbreak of the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Virus and concerns about the approaching seasonal flu season, EBSCO has made available for free an Influenza Evidence-based Information Portal. This resource combines articles from DynaMed, Nurses Reference Center and Patient Education Reference Center and features clinical information as well as patient education handouts in 17 different languages. "The information provided For Physicians and For Nurses consolidates the best-available evidence from multiple sources along with the latest evidence-based content for health care providers to stay current with recommendations for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating patients with flu-like illnesses." Please visit http://www.ebscohost.com/flu/ for more information.
New Resources
The Health Sciences Library has two new electronic resources. ExamMaster is an online test prep resource for the Health Sciences. It covers USMLE, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, SPEX, Emergency Medicine, Pharmacy (NAPLEX), Dentistry (NBDE Part 1), Physician Assistant (PANCE), and Family Nurse Practitioner. There are extensive question banks for each discipline that allow the user to take realistic practice exams.
To get started with ExamMaster, go to http://www.exammaster2.com/wdsentry/wvuhsl.htm and click on "First Time Registration." Each user must register to receive a password to use with this resource. Once registered, the resource may be accessed from anywhere by using the above URL.
The other new resource is the AMA Manual of Style Online, 10th ed. This contains everything that scientific and medical researchers, writers, and editors need to produce well-organized, clear, readable, and authoritative manuscripts. This is a collaborative resource between Oxford University Press, JAMA, and the Archives Journals. Both of these resources can be accessed from http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/databases.
ExamMaster and Psychiatry Online
The WVU Health Sciences Library is currently conducting a trial evaluation of the ExamMaster database. ExamMaster is an online test prep resource for the Health Sciences. It covers USMLE, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, SPEX, Emergency Medicine, Pharmacy (NAPLEX), Dentistry (NBDE Part 1), Physician Assistant (PANCE), and Family Nurse Practitioner. There are extensive question banks for each discipline that allow the user to take realistic practice exams.
To get started with ExamMaster, go to http://www.exammaster2.com/wdsentry/wvuhsl.htm and click on "First Time Registration." Each user must register to receive a password to use with this resource. Once registered, the resource may be accessed from anywhere by using the above URL. The trial has been extended to run through June 30, 2009.
The HSC Library is also pleased to announce the addition of Psychiatry Online to our electronic resources. A portal to significant psychiatry references, this resource includes DSM-IV-TR and The American Journal of Psychiatry as its cornerstones. It also features the full-text of seven psychiatric textbooks, six psychiatric journals, the APA Practice Guidelines, patient information, the latest journal headlines, and clinical & research news. Email alerts, RSS feeds, and PDA downloads are available for the journals in Psychiatry Online. Links to both of these resources can be found on the WVU Libraries’ Databases webpage at www.libraries.wvu.edu/databases. Please send any comments, questions, or feedback about ExamMaster or Psychiatry Online to Susan Arnold at susan.arnold@mail.wvu.edu.
Electronic Institutional Document Repository (eIDR) Update
Library Catalog Down During Upgrade Jan. 6-9
Due to system maintenance, some library services will be unavailable this week beginning Tuesday the 6th and extending possibly through Friday the 9th. These services include MountainLynx, the library catalog, which is getting a completely new interface upgrade. Other systems that will not be available include checking in books and placing requests for Book Express, E-ZBorrow, Interlibrary Loan, and Depository books. Users can still check books out from the libraries during the upgrade. The Libraries appreciate your patience while we improve our services over the semester break.
Faculty of 1000 Biology
The WVU Libraries have obtained a subscription to Faculty of 1000 Biology as a result of our new membership in BioMed Central.
Faculty of 1000 Biology is an online literature awareness service comprising thousands of selections and evaluations of the most important papers within all areas of biological research. It is organized by subjects such as biochemistry, cell biology, genomics & genetics, immunology, pharmacology & drug discovery, physiology, etc.
Faculty of 1000 Biology can be accessed from the Health Sciences Library Database List, or directly by going to http://www.f1000biology.com. (For off-campus access, it must be accessed through the library database list.) A five-minute Powerpoint site walkthrough can be viewed here.
Please Ask a Librarian, if you have any questions, comments or concerns about this new online resource.
Extended Hours Trial
The Health Sciences Library will be commencing another trial of extended hours beginning Friday, January 25 and running through Sunday, March 9. In addition to staying open until 11:00 PM on Friday and Saturday nights, we will be opening at 10:00 AM on Sunday morning, and opening at 7:30 AM Monday - Friday. These extended hours are reflected on the library's hours calendar, which can be found online at http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/hours/display/calendar/hsl.
New E-Journals
With the start of the new year, the Health Sciences Library has some new e-journal subscriptions. Some of these include International Immunology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, International Journal of Epidemiology, and Science's STKE (now called Science Signaling as of January, 2008).
Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB) Now Accessible via TOXNET
CPDB, the Carcinogenic Potency Database, was developed by the Carcinogenic Potency Project at the University of California, Berkeley, and by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It reports analyses of animal cancer tests on 1547 chemicals. Results for each chemical are now searchable via the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET(r)). http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
CPDB includes 6540 chronic, long-term animal cancer tests (both positive and negative for carcinogenicity) from the general published literature as well as from the National Cancer Institute and the National Toxicology Program. Such tests are used in support of cancer risk assessments for humans. Information that is important in the interpretation of bioassays is reported in CPDB for each experiment.
Users can search for results on each chemical in TOXNET via chemical name or name fragment, or by Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (RN). Results include a summary for each sex-species tested, including carcinogenicity, target organs, and carcinogenic potency values. Detailed results from each experiment on the particular chemical are given in a plot format suitable for screen viewing. Chemical structure, InChI (http://www.iupac.org/inchi/), and SMILES codes (http://www.daylight.com/smiles/) are reported.
Website has ChangedThe library's website has a new and improved design and organization. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail Jessica Tapia.
Free Print Subscription to CellCell Press, an imprint of Elsevier, is offering a free print subscription to Cell. As a benefit of the site license to Cell Online managed by the Library, any researcher, student, or faculty member in North America affiliated with our institution is entitled to receive a print subscription--normally a $179 value--absolutely free. To sign up for the offer, go to www.Cell.com/freesub
PubMed LinkOut Now Available Off-CampusUsers now have access to our full-text journal subscriptions when searching PubMed from remote locations. Be sure to enter PubMed through our library website, and to display results so that the abstracts show. Any articles that show a WV Full-Text icon should link to the full-text article through that icon. Users will be asked to enter their usernames/passwords for remote access to library resources. If you have any questions about this, please call the Reference Desk at 293-6810.