Moore Library News

March’s First Thursday in the Library: Kindle Fires

Elaine — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:21 +0000

Join us for First Thursdays in the Library

When: The next “First Thursdays” will happen on March 1st from 12-1
Where: A table demonstration outside of The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MARCH?
The Kindle Fire is an exciting new e-book reader that also allows for web browsing. Some people are calling it the newest tablet; drop by the First Thursday’s technology table –no reservations necessary– and see what you think. Find out from one of our technology librarians how easy it is to download books and read at your convenience! You can also take one home to try out. Simply reserve it online and pick it up at the Library’s Service Desk.

First Thursdays in the Library Series. During the 2011/12 school year, the Library will continue to offer the series “First Thursdays in the Library”. This year will have a slightly different focus than in the past. We plan to feature our own expertise in the areas of information, technology, or health topics. Our hope is that these topics will be of interest to you and will stimulate thought and discussion.

For More Information, contact Elaine Attridge at 924-2507 or Ela...@virginia.edu

Scanned and Delivered: New Document Delivery Service Helps You to be More Efficient

Elaine — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:57:23 +0000

The Health Sciences Library understands the value of your time. To that end, we now offer a new Document Delivery service for our UVa faculty, staff, and students. At no cost to you, PDFs of print journal articles that we own can be scanned and sent electronically, saving you time; no more wandering around in the stacks! Requests for articles can be placed through our online ordering system, ILLiad.

This service is available on a trial basis throughout 2012, and is being subsidized by the Health Sciences Library. For more information, contact Document Delivery Specialist, Jeri Davis, at 924-0058 or j...@virginia.edu.

App Brownbag: an opportunity to drop in and learn

Elaine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:36:13 +0000

Bring your lunch and join colleagues from around the Health System for informal app-discovery sessions. These drop-in meetings are a great opportunity to learn about helpful apps for tablets and smartphones, and to share things you have found to be interesting. App Brownbags will take place from 12 – 1:00pm on the second Tuesday of each month in the Health Sciences Library, room 1336. So, mark your calendar for February 14^th;March 13^th;April 10^th;May 8^th;and June 12^th, and plan to join us.

For more information about the App Brownbags or about apps in general, contact Kimberley Barker, the Technology in Education and Computing Manager, at 243-4806 or krb...@virginia.edu.

Help Us Test Our Web Site and Walk Away With a Gift Card

Elaine — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:44:46 +0000

The Health Sciences Library is excited to undergo a major re-design of our web page in 2012. In order to better understand how easy –or not easy– our page is to use, we are planning to perform a number of usability tests over the next year. Our hope is that a large number of participants with different backgrounds will volunteer to provide us feedback. These in-person sessions will last approximately 1 hour and will require participants to talk out loud as they complete tasks. In return for their time, $10 gift cards to the hospital cafeterias or Higher Grounds will be received.

If you would like to participate or for more information, contact Elaine Attridge at 924-2507 or ela...@virginia.edu

Help for Grant Applicants: new tool helps generate data management plan

Elaine — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:13:44 +0000

As research becomes more data rich, more funding bodies are requiring applicants to state in their applications how their data will be managed. Thanks to the University of Virginia Library System, along with several other institutions, developing a data management plan has never been easier because of their newly created resource, DMPTool. By netbadging in with your computing UVa id, the DMPTool will allow you to:

Create, edit, and save, ready-to-use data management plans
Keep track of and meet funder data management plan requirements
View sample plans
Access step-by-step instructions and guidance as data management plans are generated
Find locally available resources and services to help fulfill granting agency’s data management requirements

The DMPTool allows you to create an editable document for submission to a funding agency and can accommodate different versions as funding requirements change.

To obtain help at UVa with a Data Management Plan or information about the DMPTool, contact Andrea Horne at the Library’s Scientific Data Consulting Group (SciDaC). SciDaC’s Data Management Plan templates: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/brown/data/DMP_Templates.html .

To read more about this tool and data management resources, take a look at the UVaToday article from January 23, 2012.

“African Americans in the Health Care Professions”: new exhibit in the library’s lobby

Elaine — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:12:07 +0000

Historical Collections at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library is pleased to present our latest exhibit, “African Americans in the Health Care Professions.” As noted historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson once stated, “Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” During the month of February, we hope you’ll join us in celebrating the achievements of African Americans in the Health Care Professions by visiting the exhibit in the library’s lobby. In addition to manuscripts, photographs, and artifacts, Historical Collections has over 15,000 rare books, which offer insight and reflections on the history of medicine. These treasures are normally only available for viewing in Historical Collections’ Wilhelm Moll Rare Book and Medical History Room, but during the exhibit two display cases will feature rare books and journal articles written by and about the men and women who broke down barriers to medical and nursing education and advanced knowledge in the medical sciences. We hope the exhibit is an inspiration to future health care professionals.

We also invite you to visit Historical Collections & Services to learn more about the history of the health sciences or visit our website, which features over thirty online exhibits, a guide to our manuscripts collection s, and the Online Visual History Project (with over 2500 photographs from the Health Sciences Library). If you’re interested in seeing more of the rare materials in Historical Collections, visit ourFacebook page, for more photographs and digitized content to add a little historical perspective to current health sciences news.

For more information about this exhibit, contact Joan Echtenkamp Klein, Alvin V. & Nancy Baird Curator for Historical Collections, at 924-0052 or j...@virginia.edu

Springer Protocols Formatted for Mobile Devices

Elaine — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:58:44 +0000

Springer Protocols is the largest subscription-based electronic database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences — and the University of Virginia currently subscribes to it. It includes over 25,000 protocols from 15 subject collections in the areas of cell biology, immunology, and more. Recently, Springer Protocols launched a mobile site so that users of iOS (Apple) and Android smartphones and tablet devices can view it more easily. Devices will automatically redirect from the traditional Springer page to the mobile site ( m.springerprotocols.com). If you are on grounds, the full-text is readily available. Those who are located at off grounds, will need to set up the proxy server on their device to read each protocol.

If you would like more information about Springer Protocols or setting up the proxy server from your device, contact a Librarian at 924-5444 or hsl...@virginia.edu.

iPhone/iPad Users Can Download First Consult App

Elaine — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:35:53 +0000

Need access to trusted, evidence-based health information on the go? Do you have an iPhone or iPad? Is Internet access sometimes unavailable to you? If so, you can now download a new iPhone/iPad app that delivers this content to you when you need it. First Consult, from the same providers of MD Consult, provides quick, quality, peer-reviewed information to answer your clinical questions in internal medicine.

The First Consult app is free of charge for all University of Virginia faculty, staff, and students. To get more information about installing this app, click here or contact a librarian at 924-5444 or hsl...@virginia.edu.

View Current Research in the Journal of Visualized Experiments

Elaine — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:18:53 +0000

If you consider yourself a more visual person, you may want to check out the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). Recently purchased by the University Library System, JoVE is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and physical research in a video format.

Why video format? According to JoVE’s publishers, “visualization greatly facilitates the understanding and efficient reproduction of both basic and complex experimental techniques, thereby addressing two of the biggest challenges faced by today’s life science research community: i) low transparency and poor reproducibility of biological experiments and ii) time and labor-intensive nature of learning new experimental techniques.”

Check it out and see for yourself! JoVE can be accessed directly and is available on the Library list of e-journals.

PubMed Health:a new resource specializing in reviews of clinical effectiveness research

Elaine — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:05:36 +0000

PubMed Health, a new resource from the National Library of Medicine, provides the latest reviews of clinical effectiveness on a variety of health topics. By providing access to systematic reviews, resources from the Database of abstracts of Reviews Effects, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Clinical Guides, and more, this resource can help explain the results of well-performed research. With over 5000 materials included –and growing– PubMed Health is geared towards consumers and health professionals alike.

One interesting aspect of PubMed Health is a section called “Behind Headlines” that breaks down the specifics of research recently reported in the news. “Behind Headlines” hopes to be an authoritative source to explain the facts and give a better understanding of the science that makes the news.

PubMed Health is available at no cost and can be accessed directly or on the Library’s Web page under “Resources”.