LIBRARY BULLETIN

December 2001

Holiday Message from the Director

As an Academic Health Science Center, Downstate serves the community with many resources, among them, health care, education, and research. The most valuable resource however is people who make these things possible. The medical library does its part in providing for the informational components of these services as is an integral part of the institution’s mission. The library’s faculty and staff are proud to be part of the contributions made by the institution to the community. We join in wishing you and yours the safest and happiest of holidays. RW

You were promised a continuation of a review of library resources available via the web page. Among the many resources are the tutorials available which range from those on Medline to those such as Lexis-Nexis , Wiley InterScience, Dialog@CARL and Elsevier ScienceDirect, and FirstSearch. These tutorials are valuable both as an introduction and refresher. Be sure, also, to try the new clinical resources of Emedicine and UpToDate. Emedicine offers peer-reviewed review articles on new clinical information. Emedicine also offers PDA downloadable books and parts of books. UpToDate offers fully searchable information including guidelines from major societies and topic reviews by expert authors based on experience and clinical evidence. MH

Email Reference

The Reference unit has instituted an email account that can bring the librarian to your home or office. The library’s web page, library.downstate.edu, allows you to click into a reference email account and communicate with a reference librarian who will answer questions about searching the databases, or make recommendations about resources to use for your query. We check the account daily on weekdays and will respond within 24 hrs. Weekend and holiday queries are dealt with on the next business day. Mediated Medline searches by a librarian remain a fee-based service. Call x7405 if you have any questions. MD

How to register for Library Informatics classes:

1. Pick up a registration form at the Library’s Reference Center, M-F 9-7, OR print a form from the library’s web page.
2. To reserve a place in the class, a check for $25 is a required deposit which is returned at the end of the class. CHECK FOR NO SHOW REGISTRANTS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE.
3. Indicate the classes for which you are registering, by course and Section # on your check.
4. Make check payable to SUNY IFR 900410.
5. Submit check and registration form to Jessica Blackstock in Room E110.

Presentation Schedule forDecember 2001.

#109 Medline Tutorial
Description: An introductory tutorial in how to use the Ovid search system. While we use OVID's Medline database as a teaching tool, principles learned are applicabe to other OVID databases. 60-minutes hands-on tutorial.
Offered: Tuesday, December 4 1:15 - 2:15 (sec. 109.12.01)

NEW! #115 Patient Education
Description: A basic introduction to consumer health resources available via the Library's homepage as well as on the internet. Includes tips for finding and evaluating sites on your own.
Offered: Wednesday, December 12 12:15 - 1:15 (sec. 115.12.01)

NEW! #135 Complementary Healthcare
Description: A one-hour tutorial on various complementary (aka "alternative") healthcare resources available at SUNY Downstate - both in print and online.
Offered: Wednesday, December 19 12:15 - 1:15 (sec. 135.12.01)

#111 Evidence Based Medicine
Description: An introduction to the EBM databases available on OVID- Best Evidence and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Intended for those new to EBM or who wish to know more about these resources.
Prerequisite: None (but some experience with OVID recommended)
Offered: Thursday, December 20 2:15 - 3:15 (sec. 111.12.01)

#110 PubMed 1
Description: A 60-minute presentation discussing the basics of searching the PubMed system. It will include a general discussion of the PubMed system; and, how it works and how it differs from searching databases on OVID. Basic author, journal citation, and subject searching will be covered, as well as the Preview, Index, and History features. Full text capabilities will also be discussed. Hands-on computer time will be provided.
Offered: Thursday, December 6 2:15 - 3:15 (sec. 110.12.01)

#112 PubMed 2
Description: A 60-minute continuation of PubMed 1. Advanced features of PubMed will be discussed, such as the MeSH browser. We will also touch on the protein and genetics databases available through this system, as well as introduce the National Library of Medicine Gateway, a one-stop search capability for the NLM databases and catalog.
Prerequisite: PubMed 1 or familiarity with the topics listed for that class.
Offered: Thursday, December 13 2:15 - 3:15 (sec. 112.12.01)

#121 Excel 1
Description: A one-hour hands-on presentation discussing the basics of using Excel. Includes: spreadsheet layout; entering data; manipulating cells; basic functions.
Prerequisite: Computer Basics course or familiarity with personal computers required.
Offered: Tuesday, December 11 1:15 - 2:15 (sec. 121.12.01)

#122 Excel 2
Description: A continuation of Excel 1. Topics include: working with charts; working with formulas and functions; managing workbooks; exchanging data with other programs; and applying colors, patterns, and borders.
Prerequisites: Excel 1 or familiarity with the topics covered in that course.
Offered: Tuesday, December 18 1:15 - 2:15 (sec. 122.12.01)

Presentation Schedule for January 2002

109 Medline Tutorial
Description: An introductory tutorial in how to use the Ovid search system. While we use OVID's Medline database as a teaching tool, principles learned are applicabe to other OVID databases. 60-minutes hands-on tutorial.
Offered: Tuesday, January 8 1:15 - 2:15 (sec. 109.01.01)

#121 Introduction to ScienceDirect
Description: Introduction to Elsevier's ScienceDirect database which offers access to full-text journals available from the Library.
Offered: Wednesday, January 16 2:30 - 3:30 (sec. 121.01.01)

# 119 Introduction to Citation Management using End Note
Description: A 60- minute hands - on tutorial on using EndNote to manage your references. Includes how to create a Bibliography and how to incorporate footnotes in your word processing software.
Prerequisite: Computer Basics and familiarity with word processing software (Word or Word Perfect).
Offered: Wednesday, January 30 1:15 - 2:15 (sec. 119.01.01)

Note: A $25 Deposit is Required for all classes.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS TWO BUSINESS DAYS
PRIOR TO CLASS.

Serials De-accession list for 2002

In an effort to use scarce dollars to meet the information needs of the community, the library has decided to de-accession the following titles. Monies saved by this move will mean money for more widely used resources. The journals below show very low or no usage and we cannot justify continued expenditure. Materials needed from these journals will be made available through InterLibrary Loan. MH

Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases
Acta Neurologica Scandincavica + suppl
Acta Orthopaedica
Advances in Enzyme Regulation
Age and Ageing
American Journal on Addictions
ASAIO Journal
Biological Cybernetics
Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
Campus Wide Information Systems
Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
Clinical Nursing Research
Comprehensive Psychiatry
Contact Dermatitis
Critical Reviews in Eurkaryotic Gene Expression
Critical Reviews in Microbiology
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infect Dis
Drug Metabolism and Disposition
Echocardiography
European Biophysics Journal
European Surgical Research
Exceptional Children
Experimental Hematology + suppl
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
Helminthological Abstracts
Hormone and Metabolic Research
Infants and Young Children
Inquiry
International J of Action Methods
International Nursing Review
Japanese J of Physiology
JASN
Joint Comm J on Quality Assessment
J of Clinical Psychopharmacology
J of Experimental Psychology: Learning…
J of Experimental Psychology: General
J of Heart Valve Disease
J of History of Med and Allied Sci
J of Neural Transmission
J of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
J of Periodontology
J of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
J of Transcultural Nursing
Medicine on the Net
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
Nutrition Today
Occupational Therapy J of Research
OR Manager
Osteoporosis International
Parasitology + suppl
Perspectives on Developmental Neurobiology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Quarterly J of Experimental Psychology A/B
Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
Radiologic Technology
Research Comm in Chem Path and Pharm
Retina, J of Retinal and Vitreous Disorders
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovas Surg
Skeletal Radiology
Skull Base Surgery
Social Work Abstracts / Research
Techniques in Orthopedics
Tissue and Cell
Transactions of the Medical Soc of London
Tropical Disease Bulletin
World Meetings: Medicine
World Meetings: United States and Canada