Archive for 2013

Mobile Access for UpToDate!

The UpToDate mobile app is now available at no cost to all of OHSU. Use the steps below to add UpToDate to your mobile device: You must first set up a personal username and login with UpToDate:  http://www-uptodate-com.liboff.ohsu.edu/login-register.  This is the same username and account used to track CME. iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Search the App Store for “UpToDate” and install.  When installation is complete launch the App. At the prompt enter your UpToDate … Read More

Library Closure, Monday, May 27, 2013

The OHSU Library will be closed on Monday, May 27 2013, in observance of Memorial Day. The library will resume regular hours on Tuesday, May 28th. The After Hours Study Space will be available for users with valid OHSU ID. For additional information on library hours see  http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/about/hours.cfm

New Library Books with OHSU Authors, April 2013

A comprehensive textbook of postpartum hemorrhage : an essential clinical reference for effective management / edited by Sabaratnam Arulkumaran … [et al.]. Contributors J. B. Elterman, G. M. Riha and M. A. Schreiber affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University.   ACSM’s sports medicine : a comprehensive review / senior editor, Francis G. O’Connor   editors, Douglas J. Casa … [et al.]. Contributors Charles W. Webb and C. Thayer White affiliated with Oregon Health & Science … Read More

Library Closure May 17 – 20, 2013

The BICC Energy Efficiency Upgrades project will save money (and the planet) and will also result in better temperature control in the building. When the HVAC motors are replaced, the entire BICC building, including the Library, will be closed from 5:00 pm on Friday, May 17 until 7:30 am on Monday, May 20. The Library will close one hour early on Friday, May 17, at which time the building will be evacuated and the After … Read More

Last week (and then some) at the School of Dentistry

On March 25th, HC&A began the process of boxing up the records of Oregon Child Growth Study and the papers of Dr. Bhim Sen Savara, which had been stored in the basement of the School of Dentistry, between the generators and the bomb shelter.                     The materials in the Child Growth Study Collection document part of a study that was conducted from the 50’s through the … Read More

TEDMED 2013 – Coming to the OHSU Library April 16-19

Watch all sessions live April 16-19 and on demand April 16-21 at tedmedlive.org Organization: Oregon Health & Science University | Get the Affiliate ID You can also watch selected sessions live at the OHSU Library in BICC 441. Tuesday, April 16 - 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm SESSION 1: Seeing with a Broader Lens Speakers: Kishi Bashi, John Maeda, Danny Hillis, America Bracho, Harvey Fineberg,Rafael Yuste, Afro Blue Wednesday, April 17 –  8:30 am – 10:00 am SESSION 3: Translating the Untranslatable … Read More

New Library Books with OHSU Authors, March 2013

Phytochemicals : health promotion and therapeutic potential / editors, Colleen Carkeet … [et al.]. Contributors Carlo Calabrese and Amala Soumyanath affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University. Textbook of uncommon cancer. Contributors Regan M. Duffy, Alan B. Sandler and Amanda VanSandt affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University. Eosinophils in health and disease / [edited by] James J. Lee, Helene F. Rosenberg. Contributors Elizabeth R. Bivins-Smith, Allison D Fryer and David B. Jacoby affiliated with … Read More

The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database

The Joanna Briggs Institute evidence-based nursing database, JBI COnNECT +, has recently moved to the Ovid platform andhas a new name, The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database. Within the database you can search for evidence based recommended practices, best practice information sheets, systematic reviews, and more.   It also has ten tools that you can use for appraisal and implementation, quality improvement, and research.  Here are some examples of JBI Connect’s tools:  JBI Journal Club- a tool for storing and appraising articles for journal … Read More

2013 Symposium for Portland Area Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (SPARC)

The seventh annual Symposium for Portland Area Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (SPARC) will be held on Saturday, May 4th in the OHSU auditorium. SPARC is a research symposium that highlights current research in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and promotes scientific collaboration. SPARC 2013 focuses on the evolution of CAM research. Researchers from Portland and beyond will discuss current CAM research and the future of the field. Keynote speaker Rick Hecht, MD, Research … Read More

Ontologist Melissa Haendel edits volume on bioinformatics of behavior

Melissa Haendel, co-head of the OHSU Library’s Ontology Development Group, has collaborated with Elissa J. Chesler from The Jackson Laboratory to edit two volumes of the International Review of Neurobiology. Volume 103, Bioinformatics of Behavior: Part 1 | read on ScienceDirect | purchase Volume 104, Bioinformatics of Behavior: Part 2 | read on ScienceDirect | purchase Drs. Chesler and Haendel describe their work in the preface: The field of bioinformatics has rapidly evolved and has changed … Read More