tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:40:30 +0000Class ScheduleFeng ShuiExhibitDonations and GiftsElectronic ResourcesNews and NoticesPast Library InstructionLibrary InstructionMatas Desk HoursTrial PeriodLibrary ServicesTulane Authors and ContributorsLibrary HistoryRudolph Matas Library Library News @ Tulane University Health Scienceshttp://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Email us: medref@tulane.edu)Blogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-3926084982457932644Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:31:00 +00002012-01-24T11:40:30.499-08:00Trial PeriodThe Matas Library has arranged a trial period for Isabel Healthcare. This resource will be of interest to clinical practictioners!Let us know what you think about this resource - email, medref@tulane.eduhttp://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2012/01/trial-isabel-healthcare-for-clinical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-7072014591763028235Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:20:00 +00002012-01-23T13:29:24.512-08:00Trial PeriodVisualDx is a visual diagnostic decision support system with medical images and information. It is a tool for differential diagnosis which is available at the point of care. Off-campus access is available during the trial period. The Matas Library will be able to license only with the interest and support of the clinical academic departments. Please provide your comments and support.(Trial is http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/11/visualdx-trial-of-diagnositc-decision.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-6786557314780346716Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +00002012-01-17T11:03:06.525-08:00Matas Desk HoursThe Rudolph Matas Library Service Desk and Stacks area will be closed for the Mardi Gras Break (Friday, February 17th @ 5:00pm - February 21st Tuesday, Mardi Gras Day). We will re-open on Wednesday, February 22nd at 8:00 a.m. The 24/7 area of the Library will remain open with computers and printing access. Have a Happy Carnival Season!http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2012/01/mardi-gras-break-matas-desk-closure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-8128166862464714046Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +00002012-01-13T01:00:02.728-08:00News and NoticesThe new journals licensed for the Tulane Community by the Matas Library for the new year (2012) are listed below:AJNR, American journal of neuroradiology (Highwire Press)American journal of clinical pathology (Highwire Press)Archives of environmental & occupational health (Taylor & Francis Group)Cell host & microbe (ScienceDirect-Elsevier)Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology (http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-journals-licensed-by-matas-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-7501088385607759195Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:32:00 +00002011-12-02T14:39:10.652-08:00News and NoticesTry the new apps for iPhone & iPad in addition to the Procedures Consult mobile application. Try this URL (m.proceduresconsult.com) from your Smartphone on the Tulane network.http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/12/proceduresconsult-new-apps-for-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-7747090420674361467Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:28:00 +00002011-10-24T11:38:42.028-07:00News and NoticesClinical AlertNIH stops one treatment arm of trial; other two treatments to continue.The trial found that people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) receiving a currently used triple-drug therapy consisting of prednisone, azathioprine, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) had worse outcomes than those who received placebos or inactive substances.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/2011_http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/10/clinical-alert-commonly-used-three-drug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-8470539954851615379Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:33:00 +00002011-09-30T13:48:59.760-07:00News and NoticesLink to SearchAll @ Matas SearchAll allows you to search for physical items in the Tulane libraries, licensed full-text electronic articles, and archival digital collections all at once. You can also choose the collection or a quick set to search a group of licensed databases, show only books or only articles. Users then may use the “Refine my results” area to narrow the scope or to discover http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/09/searchallmatas-beta-discovery-tool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-6717039576237743377Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:24:00 +00002011-08-30T15:38:28.399-07:00News and NoticesMy Library at LibraryThing Available in the Matas Commons. http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/08/matas-library-has-medical-humanities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-8227055228382826119Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:13:00 +00002011-08-08T13:54:48.832-07:00Library ServicesNews and NoticesThe Matas Library has just received a NN/LM SCR Resource Library Outreach Award. The specific award is titled, “Making the Neighborhood Connections: Matas Library Links the Community to Health Literacy”. This award, funded by the National Library of Medicine(NLM), for up to $15,000 will be used to conduct community outreach in the New Orleans area and is funded by the National Library of Medicinehttp://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/08/making-neighborhood-connections-matas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-7067238775431801937Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:43:00 +00002011-06-28T15:11:42.350-07:00News and NoticesThis Office of Minority Health (OMH) report outlines a common set of goals and objectives for public and private sector initiatives and partnerships to help racial and ethnic minorities -- and other underserved groups -- reach their full health potential. -http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/06/national-stakeholder-strategy-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-5131532167753724651Tue, 31 May 2011 22:06:00 +00002011-06-30T15:16:03.318-07:00News and Notices Micromedex is an evidence-based clinical drug reference.Learn More about Micromedex 2.0 by watching a brief tutorial videoThe new Micromedex® Drug Interactions app for iPhone/iTouch and iPad is NOW AVAILABLE for FREE to all Micromedex users. With the Drug Interactions app, clinicians can check a patient's entire list of medications for potentially harmful interactions. Warnings include severity,http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/05/drug-information-and-searching-check.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-124612584166692889Thu, 19 May 2011 17:48:00 +00002011-05-19T10:56:54.371-07:00News and NoticesThere are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e.<!-- BUTTON EMBED CODE STARTS HERE -->You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.June 1st marks the official first day ofhttp://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-9025691339119648054Fri, 13 May 2011 22:06:00 +00002011-05-13T15:43:14.465-07:00ExhibitFinding the answers to fundamental questions about heredity, diet, and environmental aspects of early coronary artery disease and essential hypertension became the life work of Tulane alumnus and cardiologist, Dr. Gerald S. Berenson. This exhibit highlights the Bogalusa Heart Study, featuring the Health Ahead/Heart Smart curriculum, a few of Dr. Berenson's many awards, newspaper articles, books, http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/05/matas-library-exhibit-on-bogalusa-heart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-6318289847652136707Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:05:00 +00002011-04-12T11:06:35.599-07:00News and NoticesNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Issues New Clinical Alert on Angioplasty Combined with Stenting Plus Aggressive Medical Therapy vs. Aggressive Medical Therapy Alone for Intracranial Arterial Stenosis: NINDS Stops Trial Enrollment Due to a Higher Risk of Stroke and Death in the Stented GroupLink: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/clinical_alerts.htmlhttp://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/04/important-clinical-alert-on-angioplasty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-6428613878979785641Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:06:00 +00002011-04-11T08:08:30.908-07:00News and Notices There is new subscription key for embase.com for Tulane University. Contact the Matas Library, medref@tulane.edu, with your tulane email account to request a new key. You may also stop by the Library desk to request the new embase.com key. You will need to be on the Tulane network to add the new key to your embase.com account. You should still be able to access your personal account on the http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/04/there-is-new-subscription-key-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-2501010533719794805Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:00:00 +00002011-03-16T11:19:55.438-07:00Trial Period Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature. This research database contains tools to track, analyze and visualize scientific research. Resources located are peer-reviewed and selected by subject specialists from the journal titles published across a wide range of topics and geographic areas. Users benefit from features in Scopus that assist in gathering and http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2011/01/scopus-database.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-1083702867156722737Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:51:00 +00002010-11-29T12:09:06.336-08:00News and NoticesHistorical Tulane yearbooks have been scanned for online access. These past yearbooks are available in the Internet Archive. This digital collection contains the complete run of the Jambalaya yearbook (1896-2008), as well as issues of the T-Wave, the yearbook of the Tulane University School of Medicine which began publication in 1982.Thanks go to the University Archives for the planning and http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2010/11/historical-t-waves-and-jambalayas-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-5037971365213933553Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:55:00 +00002010-11-24T09:07:31.762-08:00News and Notices Keep up to date with the latest biomedical research with the conferences coverage provided in the Embase database licensed by the Matas Library. Embase now covers more than 800 conferences with over 270,000 conference abstracts. Embase has over 7,500 peer-reviewed journal titles with over 60 topic area, 30 core clinical and pharmacology topics that represent 70% of Embase content. Embase has http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2010/11/embasecom-has-conference-abstracts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-2106250080045022864Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:38:00 +00002010-11-19T12:12:47.760-08:00News and NoticesThank you for covering the Matas Library glass wall with hearts! http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2010/09/heart-walk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-3784336122926291433Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:07:00 +00002010-08-31T13:12:46.632-07:00News and NoticesApplications for exploratory and developmental research projects that will lead to increased efficiency in the production of health and delivery of health care are bein solocited. Specifically, research sought under this announcement should inform 1) the identification of specific, modifiable causes of high and increasing health care costs related to the structure, organization, and production ofhttp://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2010/08/nih-roadmap-initiative-has-focus-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-2488406932727914751Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:00:00 +00002010-09-02T11:18:48.678-07:00News and NoticesBe a good egg and learn how to protect yourself and your family from salmonella infections. Read all about it at MedlinePlus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/salmonellainfections.html.Read more about Salmonella from the Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (a licensed Tulane Resource). MMWR News Synopsis for September 2, 2010 1.Multiple-Serotype Salmonella Gastroenteritis Outbreak http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2010/08/salmonella-infections-in-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-6293745625210765939Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:57:00 +00002010-08-13T13:14:35.534-07:00News and NoticesMacBaby is an older program that was written for 32 bit computers. It will not work on any Apple or Windows 7 (64 bit computers). It is installed on the Matas Library computers running Windows XP, which are all the computers in the back room of the 24/7 area, and all computers on the mezzanine. There is a link to additional anatomy resources on the Learning Portal.Our Technology Department ishttp://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2010/08/macbaby-embryology-resource-technology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-2379311623399277613Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-07-30T15:00:03.636-07:00ExhibitWe are reposting a number of the photographs from the Katrina Display that was at the entrance of the Rudolph Matas Library in the Spring of 2006 are available on the web. Many of the photos were taken by the Matas staff that were sheltered at the Health Sciences Center during the storm and aftermath in August of 2005. (Original Posting, 8/29/07)See Tulane’s response: Survive, Rebuild, Renew and http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2007/08/remembering-katrina-tuhsc-two-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-8888934817870892025Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:30:00 +00002010-07-10T17:32:15.466-07:00<!-- Facebook Badge START -->Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences. Tulane UniversityPromote Your Page Too<!-- Facebook Badge END -->http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2010/07/fan-us-on-facebookcom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753260058669618775.post-707197121217478829Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:38:00 +00002010-07-09T13:39:30.361-07:00News and NoticesElaine Hicks will be the Educational Services Librarian at the Matas Library of the Health Sciences. Elaine received her B.S. from the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Southern Illinois University; her Master of Public Health—Community Health Sciences—from Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM); and her MSLIS from the University of Illinois at http://tulanemataslib.blogspot.com/2010/07/welcome-our-new-educational-services.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (medref@tulane.edu)