Library Bulletin

December 1999

Getting Help on the Library's Web Site
By Christopher Stewart

Feeling lost when you access the Library's web site?  Take a look at these parts of the web page for help.

The "Welcome" button provides an overview of what's available on the Library web page.
Documents accessed from the "Help" button provide information on accessing resources:
an overview of the web site, what's available from outside the Library, and how to find information across resources (particularly consumer health information).

The "Site Guide" button provides assistance in locating particular resources.  The Site Map provides an "outline" of where various resources fit into the organizational structure.  The Index provides an alphabetical listing of all resources available from the Library Web Site including individual databases and electronic journals.

Assistance with individual resources is available from the "Online Instruction" button.  Currently, there are web-based tutorials for using OVID Medline, PubMed, and the Library's online catalog.  There are also one-page "Quick  Tips" for using many resources and more on the way.  We are planning to create a one-page description of each vendor (Encyclopaedia Britannica, FirstSearch, Harrison's Online, InfoTrac, Internet Grateful Med, Lexis-Nexis, Merck, MDConsult, OVID, PubMed, Wiley).  The information on these pages will  include: a description of the resource, when to use a particular resource, access issues, links to vendor-created documentation, links to whatever online instruction other institutions have created, and whatever other documentation is needed for the members of our institution.  The button, "Journals List"
contains a document on how to access electronic journals.

It is our hope that the current documentation and the planned additions will meet the needs of our users.  We make every effort to alert our users to new services and documentation through our "What's New" button on the web site and are happy to accept suggestions through the forms behind the "Contact Us" button.

Tips! Downstate events?
On any given day, a number of events could be taking place at SUNY Downstate. How do you find out what those events are? Unfortunately, there's no centralized source for upcoming events. Individuals organizing special events tend either to post flyers on the bulletin boards throughout the campus, or send announcements through campus mail or email and email bulletin boards. Events scheduled by \Classroom Services appear on monitors throughout the campus. There is also a calendar of events on the SUNY Downstate webpage: http://www.hscbklyn.edu/SUNY/UA/Happenings.html

Presentation Schedule for December 1999
Note: a $25 deposit is required for all classes

#100 Internet Basics
Description: A one-hour presentation encompassing: what the Internet is; how to use the various protocols; what kind of information is available on the Internet; a brief introduction to directories and search engines. This presentation is designed for beginners who have had little, if any, experience with the Internet.
Browser discussion focuses on the Netscape browser.
Offered: Thursday, Dec. 9, 1:15-2:15     Section 100.12.1

#103 Computer Basics
Description: A one-hour, hands-on presentation discussing the basics of using an IBM-compatible personal computer. Topics include: how a computer works; accessing software applications and files; using input devices like a keyboard and mouse; and saving files.  The presentation will use the Paint software included with Microsoft Windows95 to introduce these concepts.
Offered: Wednesday, Dec. 8, 12:15 - 1:15 Section 03.12.1

#105 PowerPoint
Description:  A 60-minute  presentation discussing the uses of Microsoft PowerPoint.
Includes: creating slides; applying backgrounds; formatting text; using layouts; creating and importing graphics; using outlines and notes; creating handouts; using animation and transitions; and presenting a slide show.
Prerequisite:  Computer Basics course, or familiarity with personal computers
Offered: Monday, Dec. 13, 1:15 - 2:15     Section 105.12.1

#109 Medline Tutorials
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 applicable to other OVID databases.
A 60-minutes hands-on tutorial
Offered: Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1:15 - 2:15   Section 109.12.1

#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, Dec. 16,  1:15 - 2:15    Section 111.12.1

#114 Full Text Resources
Description: An introduction to accessing the full-text titles available from the Library's Web site. Topics covered include: OVID, FirstSearch, Lexis/Nexis, Wiley-Interscience, and full-text journals accessed directly from the publisher.
Prerequisite: Medline Tutorial
Offered: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 12:15 - 1:15 Section 114.12.1

Air monitoring for toxic exposures: an integrated approach   [by] Shirley A. Ness
{An} atlas of erectile dysfunction [by] Roger S. Kirby
ATSDR public health assessment guidance manual [by] Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Attachment disorganization [editors] Judith Solomon, Carol George
Breast pathology: diagnosis by needle core biopsy [by] Paul Peter Rosen
Cancer epidemiology and prevention - 2nd ed. [editors] David Schottenfeld, Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr.
Cancer risk communication: what we know and what we need... [by] National Cancer Institute
Cardiovascular pathophysiology [by]  Fred M. Kusumoto
Case studies in community health nursing... [editors] Juliann G. Sebastian, Marcia Stanhope
Case studies in neuroscience  [by] Ralph F. Jâozefowicz, Robert G. Holloway
Cecil textbook of medicine - 21st ed. [editors] Lee Goldman, J. Claude Bennett
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorders [editors] Michael E. Shy, John Kamholz,
Chromatin: structure and function [by] A. Wolffe
Correlative neuroanatomy - 24th ed. [by] Steven G. Waxman
Clinical neurology of rheumatic diseases [by] Richard B. Rosenbaum
Community health care nursing: principles for practice [editor] Sheila Twinn, Barbara Roberts
Community health education and promotion: a guide to...  [editor] Aspen Reference Group
Community health needs assessment: the healthcare professional's guide to evaluating the needs in your defined market [by] Timothy W. Bosworth
Community health promotion ideas that work: [editors] Marshall W. Kreuter ... [et al.]
Community rehabilitation services for people with disabilities [editor]  Orv C. Karan
Complications of regional anesthesia  [editor] Brendan T. Finucane
Computers in small bytes:  a workbook for ... - 3rd ed.  [editors] Irene Joos ... [et al.]
Current procedural terminology : CPT 2000    [editors] Celeste G. Kirschner ... [et al.]
{The} Development of intelligence [editor] Mike Anderson
{The} Development of language [editor] Martyn Barrett
{A} Dictionary of the history of medicine [by] Anton Sebastian
Down syndrome: a promising future, together [editors] Terry J. Hassold and David Patterson
Early-stage Alzheimer's care: a guide for community-based programs [by] Diane Weddington
Emotional illness and creativity: a psychoanalytic and phenomenologic .. [by] Richard D. Chessick
Environmental risk harmonization: federal and state approaches to environmental hazards in the USA [editor]  Michael A. Kamrin
Evolutionary medicine [editors]  Wenda R. Trevathan, E. O. Smith, and James J. McKenna
Government and health systems: implications of differing involvements [editor] David Chinitz
Handbook of attachment: theory, research, and clinical applications [editor] Jude Cassidy
Handbook of trauma: pitfalls and pearls [editor]  Robert F.  Wilson
Health and environmental risk analysis: fundamentals with applications [by] Joseph F. Louvar
Health and social organization: [editors] David Blane, Eric Brunner and Richard Wilkinson
Health and the new media: technologies transforming .... [editor]  Linda M. Harris
Health and welfare for families in the 21st century [senior editor] Helen M. Wallace ... [et al.]
Health and wellness [by] Gordon Edlin
Health at the crossroads:  transport policy and urban health [editor] Tony Fletcher
Health care for children: what's right, what's wrong, what's next [editor] Ruth E.K. Stein
Health promotion in the workplace  [editor]  Michael P. O'Donnell, Jeffrey S. Harris
Health promotion:  philosophy, prejudice, and practice [by] David Seedhouse
Health statistics from the Americas  [by]   Pan American Health Organization
Healthy children 2000: [Reprinted] from the Department of Health and Human Services
Histopathology:  a color atlas and textbook [by] Ivan Damjanov
Immigrant women's health: problems and solutions [editors] Elizabeth J. Kramer, Susan L. Ivey
Improving outcomes in public health practice: strategy and methods [by] G.E. Alan Dever
International perspectives on environment, development,... [editors]  Gurinder S. Shahi ... [et al]
Interventional bronchoscopy [volume editors] C.T. Bolliger, P. N. Mathur
Introduction to environmental health  [editors]  Daniel S. Blumenthal, James Ruttenber
Knock 'em dead 2000: the ultimate job-seeker's handbook [by] Martin Yate
{The} limits of privacy [by] Amitai Etzioni
Learning psychotherapy : a time-efficient, research.... [by]  Bernard D. Beitman
Magic molecules: how drugs work [by] Susan Aldridge
Marketing public health: strategies to promote social change [by] Michael Siegel, Lynne Doner
Marketing social change: changing behavior to promote health, ... [by] Alan R. Andreasen
Masculinity and sexuality: selected topics in the psychology... [editor]  Richard C. Friedman
Maternal and child health: programs, problems, and policy in... [editor] Jonathan B. Kotch
Metalloproteinases as targets for anti-inflammatory drugs [editor] Kevin M.K. Bottomley
Neuroimaging: clinical and physical principles [by]  Robert A. Zimmerman, Wendell A. Gibby
1999 APA membership register [by] American Psychological Association
1999 Older Americans information directory: organizations, .... [editorial director] Laura Mars
Nutrition policy in public health [editor]  Felix Bronner
{The} parathyroid hormone:  an unexpected bone builder for treating... [by] James F. Whitfield
Patient as partner:  the cornerstone of...... [by]  American Organization of Nurse Executives
Patient care guidelines for nurse practitioners  [editor] Axalla J. Hoole ... [et al.]
Planning and evaluating health programs: a primer [by] Charles D. Hale, Frank Arnold
Primary care: balancing health needs, services, and technology  [by] Barbara Starfield
Primary care medicine for psychiatrists: a practitioner's  guide [editor]  John R. Hubbard
Prostatic diseases  [editor] Herbert Lepor
Regulation of G protein-coupled receptor function and expression [editor]  Jeffrey L. Benovic
Rothman-Simeone, the spine - 4th ed. [editors] Harry N. Herkowitz ... [et al.]
Signs of safety:  a solution and safety oriented  [by] Andrew Turnell, Steve Edwards
Skin surgery: a practical guide [editors]  Richard P. Usatine ...[et al.]
Stroke: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and....- 3rd ed. [editors] Henry J.M. Barnett ... [et al.]
Surgery of the foot and ankle - 7th ed. [editors] Michael J. Coughlin, Roger A. Mann
Therapy manuals for drug addiction  [by] Delinda E  Mercer and George E. Woody
To improve health and health care, 1997 : [editors]  Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman
Transcultural nursing: - 3rd ed. [editors] Joyce Newman Giger, Ruth Elaine Davidhizar
Urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery - 2nd ed. [editor] Mark D. Walters
Vascular adhesion molecules and inflammation [editor] Jeremy D. Pearson
Water and population dynamics: [editor] Alex de Sherbinin
William Osler : a life in medicine [by]  Michael Bliss
Women's health and development: a global challenge [editor] Beverly J. McElmurry