Articles for 2002
The OHSU Library has 49 What's New stories from 2002, with most recent stories first.
December 17, 2002
Winter Holiday Hours
Winter Holiday Hours are listed below and on the Library Web site at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/hours.shtml:MAIN LIBRARY
Dec 23-24, 26-27, 30-31, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Dec 28-29, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Dec 25 and Jan 1 - CLOSED
Jan 2, regular hours resumeVAN HASSEL LIBRARY
Dec 13 through Jan 5- Open 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays
Dec 25 and Jan 1 - CLOSEDCDRC LIBRARY
Open 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays; closed weekends
Dec 25 and Jan 1 - CLOSED
December 3, 2002
OHSU Library Collection Decisions for 2003
The OHSU Library Collection Development Committee has completed the 2003 journal renewals, additions and cancellations. Funds to add titles were created from canceling low use titles or purchasing titles online only. Detailed information on how journals were selected and title lists for the categories summarized below is available at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/depts/colldevcomm/
- 31 titles were added in print and/or online
- 217 print subscription were canceled; current subscription and back files are available online
- 14 print duplicate titles were canceled; current subscription and back files are available online
- 52 print titles were canceled
- 181 electronic titles from Academic/IDEAL lost with Elsevier merger; back files are available online
- About 900 titles from the ScienceDirect trial will be removed at the end of December 2002. To view these titles, click on "Trial journals" on the electronic journals page on the OHSU Library Website http://www9.ohsu.edu/library/ejournalsmain/cfejstart.cfm.
Increases in electronic journals costs, publisher mergers, the closing of the IDEAL platform, licensing issues and new electronic journal purchasing models have had a dramatic effect on the OHSU Library as it has on all medical libraries. For more information or discussion about these decisions, please contact Diane Carroll, carroldi@ohsu.edu or 503 494-6659.
November 25, 2002
Winter Holiday Hours
Winter Holiday Hours are listed below and on the Library Web site at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/hours.shtml:MAIN LIBRARY
Thurs, Nov 28, CLOSED
Fri, Nov 29, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.Dec 23-24, 26-27, 30-31, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Dec 28-29, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Dec 25 and Jan 1 - CLOSED
Jan 2, regular hours resume.VAN HASSEL LIBRARY
Thurs, Nov 28, CLOSED
Friday, November 29th, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Dec 13 through Jan 5-
Open 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays
Dec 25 and Jan 1 - CLOSEDCDRC LIBRARY
Open 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays
Closed weekendsThurs- Fri, Nov 28-29 - CLOSED
Dec 25 and Jan 1 - CLOSED
November 20, 2002
Improved EJournal Search Capabilities
The electronic journal Web page has been updated to allow for more precision searching. One word journal titles such as "Science", "Biochemistry" or "Immunology" will be located faster with the new "Journal Title Begins With" search. Typing one word in the second search option "Keyword" would locate journals with that word anywhere in the journal title or topic fields.For example:
"Journals Title Begins With" search for "Science"- results in 15 journal titles retrievals
"Keyword" search for "Science" - results in 553 retrievalsIf you have any questions about this new interface, please contact Laura Zeigen at library@ohsu.edu.
November 20, 2002
Ovid Online Downtime on Saturday, Nov. 23
Ovid has put out the following message regarding an Ovid Online downtime on Saturday, November 23:
Dear Ovid Online Customers,Ovid has regularly scheduled downtime each Saturday from 9 p.m. until 12 midnight Eastern Standard Time, but the system is not always down during this time period. We wanted to alert you that we have scheduled maintenance for this weekend.
Ovid Online will be unavailable from 9 p.m. until 12 midnight Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, November 23rd. This corresponds to 2 a.m. until 5 a.m. Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT) on Sunday, November 24th.
We appreciate your patience while we perform this maintenance.
Please contact Ovid Technical Support (support@ovid.com) with any questions.
November 14, 2002
ProQuest unvailable on Sunday, November 17
ProQuest titles will be unavailable from midnight to noon ET Sunday November 17 (0500 to 1700 GMT). During this time, ProQuest will perform network infrastructure upgrades and testing.November 12, 2002
Orbis and Cascade merge to form new consortium
The Orbis and Cascade consortia have agreed to merge to create the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a new library consortium serving 26 member colleges, universities, and community colleges throughout Oregon and Washington. Current Orbis membership consists of 20 academic institutions in Oregon and Washington, including OHSU, while Cascade serves the six public baccalaureate institutions in Washington.During the summer of 2003 the two INN-Reach union catalogs (http://orbis.uoregon.edu/, http://cascade.lib.washington.edu/screens/opacmenu.html) will be merged to create a system that allows students, faculty, and staff at member institutions to easily search and request library materials from a database of 22 million books, sound recordings, films, maps and more.
For information on how to obtain materials from Orbis now, see http://www.ohsu.edu/library/orbis.shtml. For additional information on the Orbis/Cascade merger, see http://libweb.uoregon.edu/orbis/iccl/Orbis_Cascade_Alliance_0211.html.
Please contact Cindy Cunningham at cunningc@ohsu.edu or (503) 494-3481 if you have questions.
October 24, 2002
Science's STKE Now Available Online
By popular demand Science's Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment (STKE) is now available for access by OHSU faculty, staff and students through the Library Electronic Journal page (http://www9.ohsu.edu/library/ejournalsmain/cfejsearch.cfm?searchterm=stke directly). Brought together in this one resource are a number of tools including Perspectives, Reviews, and Protocols solicited by the editors; Virtual Journal - an agreement by nineteen publishers to include full-text access to ST articles from their journals in the STKE Virtual Journal; Connections Maps database containing information on signaling components and their relations provided by leading authorities in the field.; Discussion forums in the STKE Community plus career information and resources.OHSU Library, Collection Development Department
October 22, 2002
ONPRC Library Catalog Goes Live
The Isabel McDonald Library at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) announces the inclusion of its books and journal holdings in the OHSU library online catalog. Library staff from the ONPRC and OHSU libraries collaborated on this year-long project.Beginning October 22, 2002, all users can search for books and journals in the Primate Center Library collection. Primate Center users will also be able to request books from other OHSU libraries, renew materials and request books from ORBIS.
To check out books, place holds on books, use ORBIS borrowing and have remote access to electronic resources, Primate Center library users need to obtain a library barcode from the Primate Center Library.
Please contact the Primate Center library at 503-690-5311 or onprclib@ohsu.edu with any questions or comments.
October 7, 2002
Netter Illustrations Now Available on Library Computers
The Netter Presenter Human Anatomy Collection is now available on all PCs in the Library. This was purchased by Allied Health as an institutional subscription, so is available for all to use. It includes 930 Netter images, taken directly from Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 2nd edition. The Netter Presenter is easy to use, with large image displays that showcase the beauty of Netter art at a full screen resolution of 1024 x 768. Plus, you can customize images to suit your needs, turn all labels off, turn selected labels on or off, turn specific leader lines on or off, export custom images into Microsoft PowerPoint and other presentation software. Features include: 4 way search (by plate number, keyword, body region, body sub-system), large thumbnail previews, the ability to add, edit, and export notes for images, an exportable pointer to highlight specific structures, and much more. The Library is currently investigating how to make this available to computers outside the Library as well.October 7, 2002
Orbis borrowing/regional interlibrary loan service resumes
Effective Monday, October 7, 2002, Orbis Borrowing and regional courier service for interlibrary loan service will resume. Most libraries used US Mail and UPS in the interim in an effort to minimize any inconvenience to library users caused by the brief suspension of courier service. Thanks for your patience while this problem was resolved!Please contact Cindy Cunningham at cunningc@ohsu.edu or (503) 494-3481 if you have questions.
October 2, 2002
Temporary suspension of Orbis borrowing/regional interlibrary loan service
Effective immediately, Orbis Borrowing and regional courier service for interlibrary loan books and some copies will be suspended while problems with the provider are being resolved. US Mail, UPS and electronic document delivery will not be affected.Orbis expects to resume ground courier service next week but confirmation will be sent out when service is restored. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please contact Cindy Cunningham at cunningc@ohsu.edu or (503) 494-3481 if you have questions.
September 30, 2002
Changes in Old Library Access
The Old Library is now a closed stacks facility (effective Monday, September 30, 2002). Access to these materials (books 1975-89, journals 1945-88) is now provided in the following ways:
- Request items online at https://www.ohsu.edu/library/offsitenew.shtml for delivery to a selected OHSU Library location for pick up or to an OHSU campus mail address.
- Request copies of articles using the library's fee-based photocopy service (see http://www.ohsu.edu/library/photo.shtml)
- Make an appointment for browsing or research by e-mailing circdesk@ohsu.edu or calling 503 494-3460.
Please contact Cindy Cunningham at cunningc@ohsu.edu or (503) 494-3481 if you have questions.
September 12, 2002
Library Exhibit on Esther Pohl Lovejoy, Second Woman Graduate of OHSU in 1894
The OHSU Library currently has an exhibit on Esther Pohl Lovejoy in the display case on the main floor of the Library near the Information Desk. Esther Pohl Lovejoy was the second woman graduate of the University of Oregon Medical School in 1894 and ultimately the first woman graduate to practice medicine. She practiced medicine in Portland until the gold rush in Alaska beckoned. Along with panning for gold, Esther opened a makeshift hospital to treat scores of gold miners after an epidemic of meningitis broke out. Esther returned to Portland and entered public life as a pioneer member of the Portland Board of Health in 1905 and was health officer and chairman of the Board from 1907 to 1909, the first woman in the U.S. to hold such a position.
Esther was a member of the Medical Womens National Association (MWNA), founded in 1915, and she was present at the first meeting in New York of the MWNA War Service Committee renamed American Womens Hospitals. She traveled to France in August 1917 and in Paris joined the staff of the American Red Cross. In 1919, she founded the Medical Womens International Association and was chosen to be the chairman of the executive board for the American Womens Hospitals (AWH). She died in 1967.
The OHSU Library exhibit on Esther Pohl Lovejoy will continue through September.
September 9, 2002
New Look, Web Address of OHSU Library Databases Page
The databases page (previously at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/data2.shtml) has a new look and Web address, now http://www9.ohsu.edu/library/databases/cfdbstart.cfm. You can now easily find if the Library has a database by using the search feature. You can also limit your list of databases to those that are relevant to your subject area by selecting from the topic list. The topic list has been ranked, so that the most relevant databases are listed first. There also continues to be the option of browsing the entire list of databases. Please update any bookmarks you may have to the old databases page. If you have questions or comments regarding this change, please contact the Library at library@ohsu.edu.September 4, 2002
Changes to OHSU Old Library Access
Effective Monday, September 30, 2002, the Old Library book stacks, located in the Auditorium Building on the Marquam Hill Campus, will no longer be open to OHSU personnel or to the public. The area is being closed to insure that the facility and the collection are kept secure. When this change takes effect, library users may obtain materials from the Old Library in the following ways:
- Request items for delivery to a selected OHSU Library location for pick up
- Request items for delivery to an OHSU campus mail address
- Request copies of articles using the library's fee-based photocopy service (see http://www.ohsu.edu/library/photo.shtml)
- Make an appointment for browsing or research
Materials can be requested online and will be retrieved from the Old Library twice daily, Monday - Friday at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Items requested before 8 a.m. or 2 p.m. will generally be available for pickup at the Main Library by 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., respectively. Delivery to other library sites or by campus mail may take an additional 1-2 business days.
These changes will increase access to materials in the Old Library and provide additional delivery options. Please note that disabled access to the Auditorium Building will not be affected. If you have questions, please contact Cindy Cunningham at cunningc@ohsu.edu, 503 494-3481, or Jim Morgan at morgan@ohsu.edu, 503 494-6057.
August 26, 2002
Off-campus access to electronic library resources changes August 30, 2002
This is a reminder that the old system for accessing electronic journals and databases from off-campus locations will be disabled on FRIDAY, AUG. 30, and a library bar code will be required. If you do not already have a library barcode, please follow the instructions at: http://www.ohsu.edu/library/offcampus/distintro.shtml.To use the new system, click on an off-campus link to an electronic journal or database from the Library Web site. You then will be prompted to log in with your last name and library bar code.
In addition to the new procedures for logging in from off-campus locations, the URLs for accessing electronic resources also will change. It will be necessary to create new links in your "Bookmarks" (Netscape) or "Favorites" (IE) in your Web browser by FRIDAY, AUG. 30.
If you have questions or comments regarding these changes, please contact library@ohsu.edu.
August 15, 2002
Fewer Clicks to Ovid
The Ovid page at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/ovid has been redesigned to allow users to access Ovid with fewer mouse clicks. Information for individual types of users, previously on separate pages, has been consolidated onto the page at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/ovid , including the instructions for what to do if you encounter problems accessing or searching Ovid.If you have questions or comments regarding this change, please contact the Library at library@ohsu.edu.
August 12, 2002
Library Adds Study Space in Response to 2002 Library Survey
The OHSU Library has made some changes in the physical layout of the Library to help create more study space. About 21% of the 2002 Library survey respondents (239 of 1140) indicated that they visited the library monthly or more frequently to "use the it as a place to study". This was second only to visiting the library to look for a journal article (40%). In addition, 16% of the survey respondents (181of 1140) indicated that "providing additional study space" should be one of library's top 5 priorities.As part of an effort to respond to these needs for increased study space, the Library has made the following changes:
- The majority of the computers on the 4th floor have been moved to the 3rd floor, making the 4th floor available to be more of a study area.
- The space on the east end of the 4th floor has been reconfigured to make more study cubicles and to give a wider aisle to the current periodicals.
- Newspapers and periodicals have been moved from the east end of the 4th floor to the west end (formerly the Design Lab).
- Power strips are in most of these new study spaces on the 4th floor, providing a place for people to plug in their laptops.
- Additional cubicles are being added on the 4th floor for study areas and are being configured in a way to see if we can help lower the noise level.
- In addition, the Library is planning on purchasing more tables so there will be more space for people to sit in groups.
If you have questions or comments about these changes, please contact the Library at library@ohsu.edu.
August 2, 2002
New Interface for EBSCO
Within the next few days, EBSCOhost will have a new look, with a number of new features that will make it easier to use.There are new search capabilities in the advanced search mode and the ability to save multiple search sessions to one folder. There is also a spell-check feature for those times you receive no results because of a typo.
EBSCOhost includes the following databases with significant full text articles: Academic Search Elite, Business Source Premier, ERIC, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, Health Source: Consumer Edition, and Newspaper Source.
To access EBSCOhost, go to the databases page. For questions or comments regarding these interface changes, please contact the Reference Department at refer@ohsu.edu.
July 29, 2002
New, Improved Off-Campus Access to Library Resources
Beginning today, July 29, OHSU Library users have a more effective way to access electronic resources from off-campus. Benefits of the new system include:Fewer clicks required to access resources Less downtime and faster connection No special account required and no password to remember All you will need is your last name and a library barcode to access library resources from off-campus. If you do not already have a library barcode, apply for one at the OHSU Main Library on the 3rd floor of the BICC building, the Van Hassel Library on the 6th floor of the School of Dentistry, or at the Samuel L. Diack Library in the Administration Building of the OGI School of Science & Engineering. OHSU faculty, staff, and students at OHSU distance education sites may complete the Web-based application located at https://www.ohsu.edu/library/libcdapp.shtml. Please note that this form is for personnel at distance education sites only. Local users must apply in person at one of the libraries mentioned above.
The new system is available as of today, Monday, July 29, 2002, and the old system will be disabled August 30, 2002.
With the new system, when you click on an off-campus link to an electronic journal or database from the Library Web site, you will be prompted to login with your last name and library barcode.
In addition to the new procedures for logging in from off-campus, URLs for accessing electronic resources from off-campus will change. You will need to create new links under your Bookmarks (Netscape) or Favorites (IE) in your Web browser by FRIDAY, AUGUST 30.
If you have any questions, please email liboff@ohsu.edu.
July 19, 2002
Accessing CD-ROMs in the OHSU Library
All CD-ROMs previously available in the Reserve and Reference collections have been loaded onto a centralized server for use within the Library. This means that to use these CD-ROMs, patrons no longer need to check them out from the Circulation Desk, but may access them immediately in electronic form.To access the collection on PCs, click on the Start menu, navigate to Programs and select OHSU Library CD-ROMs The main menu will provide the following options:
- Fraud Awareness
- Current USMLE Sample Tests
- CDs on Reserve (will display list of CDs from Reserve collection)
- CDs on Reference (will display list of CDs from Reference collection)
The way "Virtual" CDs are available
Please note that when a CD is selected and mounted it is available as the E: drive on that computer. The actual physical CD drive is now the F: drive.Mac Use
Currently CD-ROMs are available electronically only on PC workstations within the Library. For now, users who wish to access titles on the Mac must check them out from the Circulation Desk. A solution is in the works to provide Macintosh access to the CD-ROM collection.Where is Fraud Awareness?
Fraud Awareness is no longer accessible via Start Menu/Programs/Fraud Awareness/Professional Compliance folder. It is available via the CD-ROM server.If you have any problems or questions, please ask at the Information Desk for assistance.
July 15, 2002
Clinical Alert from NLM
The National Library of Medicine posted a new Clinical Alert on July 9, 2002 stating that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has stopped early a major clinical trial of the risks and benefits of combined estrogen and progestin in healthy menopausal women due to an increased risk of invasive breast cancer.July 11, 2002
Changes to Library holdings messages in Ovid
Information about OHSU Library holdings has been removed from all Ovid databases. Ovid currently does not support a feasible way to update local holdings; as a result, this information became out of date and inaccurate. For current information about print journals in the OHSU Library, search the library catalog, http://catalogs.ohsu.edu. For current information about electronic journals, search the electronic journal database, http://www9.ohsu.edu/library/ejournalsmain/cfejstart.cfm .June 27, 2002
New Look, Access for Web of Science
Web of Science (which includes Science Citation and Social Sciences Citation Indeces) and ISI Journal Citation Reports have a new look. You can now get to them through the ISI Web of Knowledge interface. They are also linked off of the Library's databases page.This new interface enables you to move from one resource to another easily. Along with this, Web of Science has a new advanced search feature allowing you to combine elements in a search and specify fields to search, similar to an Ovid search. The new look and features make make these resources even more valuable and useful. Please remember to log out when finished using this resource.
June 4, 2002
Library Changes Hours
Effective July 1, 2002, hours for the Main Library will change. This adjustment in hours is being made after an analysis of several years of library use data and provides the most effective use of library resources.New Library hours will be:
Monday - Thursday, 7 a.m. - midnight
Friday, 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday, 9 a.m. - midnightFor additional information, contact Jim Morgan at morgan@ohsu.edu or 503-494-6057 or Cindy Cunningham at cunningc@ohsu.edu or 503-494-348.
May 31, 2002
2002 Library Survey Closed
The 2002 Library Survey is now closed. Winners of the Borders gift certificates will be notified in early June. As of May 29, 1132 responses to the survey have been received (34% staff; 21% faculty; 18% students, 5% GRA and 5% post docs). About 70% of respondents were somewhat or very satisfied with library services; 60% were somewhat or very satisfied with e-journals, e-books and databases while 49% were satisfied with the print collection and 42% with off-campus access.The top priorities for the library over the next 2 years should be:
- Provide increased access to electronic journals 82%
- Provide free interlibrary loans to OHSU faculty, students and staff 48%
- Provide increased access to electronic books 47%
- Maintain quality of OHSU print book and journal collection 40%
- Purchase permanent electronic backfiles of core electronic journals 37%
- Provide seamless access to OHSU library resources among all libraries on Marquam Hill and West campus 32%
The Library staff appreciates the time so many of you took to express your ideas and opinion of library services and resources. A detailed report and responses to individual questions will be made later this summer.
For questions, comments or more information, please contact Diane Carroll, carroldi@ohsu.edu, 503 494-6659.
May 21, 2002
Library Hours for Memorial Day
Library hours for Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 will be as follows:Main Library - 9am - midnight
Old Library - CLOSED
CDRC Library - CLOSED
Van Hassel Library (Dental Sciences) - 10am - 4 pm
May 21, 2002
Synergy Trial from May 14 to June 8th, 2002
The OHSU Library has access to a trial for all full text titles in two collections from Blackwell Publishing - Science & Medicine and Social Science & Humanities.Science & Medicine includes 329 titles ranging from Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica to Immunology to Zoologica Scripta. To access this collection:
The Synergy free trial period is now closed.
These collections are being reviewed by the Collection Development Committee for possible purchase in 2003. Many of the individual titles from the Science & Medicine collection are already available. Please send your comment to Diane Carroll, Collection Development Department at cdc@ohsu.edu or 503 494-6659.
May 21, 2002
American Chemical Society Trial from May 20 to June 30, 2002
The OHSU Library is currently participating in a free Journal Archive trial from the American Chemical Society from now until June 30, 2002. This service includes 500,000 ACS full text articles. ACS Journal Archives coupled with ACS Web Editions (titles already available via the web) amount to over 120+ years of access to ACS online immediately at your desktop.You can start accessing the archives at the ACS Publications' Journals & Magazines list found at http://pubs.acs.org/about.html. Click on the title then click on the Back Issues button to browse the archives. The website will then offer you a selection of volumes and issues with a pull down tab. Coverage varies by title. To see what titles are included in this trial and what percentage of content is available go to http://pubs.acs.org/archives/percent.pdf
If other academic libraries in Orbis are interested, OHSU may be able to subscribe to the ACS Archives as part of a consortial offer. If you think having backfiles to this collection is important, please let Diane Carroll from the OHSU Library Collection Development Department at cdc@ohsu.edu or Carol Resco from the OGI Library at resco@admin.ogi.edu know.
May 2, 2002
May 3-4 downtime for IDEAL ejournal titles
Below is a message we received from the technical team at IDEAL, one of the companies through which we receive various electronic journals. They will be having a downtime of services for maintenance from Friday, May 3 at 6:00 p.m. to Saturday, May 4 at 12 noon. Therefore, if an IDEAL electronic journal title is not working during this time, this downtime is probably why. Access to IDEAL titles should be restored as of 12 noon on Saturday, May 4.If you have concerns regarding access to certain titles during this IDEAL titles downtime, please contact Library customer support at library@ohsu.edu or via the Web form at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/customersupport.shtml.
OHSU Library Web Managers
(IDEAL message below)
IDEAL Users:This to remind you and confirm we are taking IDEAL out of service for a hardware upgrade on Friday, May 3, 2002, from 6:00 PM PDT to 12 Noon PDT on May 4, 2002. We will post an "IDEAL is down for maintenance" message during this period.
We apologize for any inconvenience this will cause and thank you for you cooperation and understanding.
Bruce Washburn
IDEAL Operations Manager
Elsevier Science
May 1, 2002
Take the Library Survey and get a chance to win a Borders Gift Certificate
During May, the Library staff is requesting your evaluation of library services and resources. Feedback provided in past surveys has influenced the development of the electronic library and the addition of several databases and other resources. There will be a random drawing of four names from all who provide contact information requested on the survey for a $25 Borders gift certificate. Please continue to partner with us in our long term planning efforts. For more information, please contact Diane Carroll at carroldi@ohsu.edu.
2002 OHSU Library survey closed on May 31, 2002 Collection Development Committee
April 10, 2002
Do-It-Yourself Interlibrary Loan
OHSU faculty, staff and students with current library cards now have fast, easy, round-the-clock access to millions of books in the Orbis union catalog. Search the Orbis catalog, find a book and click on "request this item". Books are generally available for pickup at the library circulation desk within a couple of working days.Requests for journal articles are not part of Orbis Borrowing and still need to be directed to OHSU's Interlibrary Loan service. Other library materials not available from Orbis are also available via ILL.
For instructions on how to use this service, see http://www.ohsu.edu/library/orbis.shtml or contact the Library at 503 494-3460 or circdesk@ohsu.edu.
April 5, 2002
Free Trial for Books 24x7
The OHSU Library is currently offering a free trial of Books24x7 (http://library.books24x7.com), a library of electronic books on information technology and business topics. The ITPro collection consists of over 1500 titles from over 65 publishers covering the following topics:
- Business and Culture
- Certification
- Databases
- Desktop & Office Applications
- Enterprise Computing
- Graphic Design
- Hardware
- IBM Redbooks
- Networks & Protocols
- Operating Systems
- Programming
- Web Development
Users may browse by topic, search by keyword, or search for a specific book by title, author, publisher, or ISBN. Please note that terms such as networking, which have different meanings in the IT and business communities, will produce results from both areas.
The free trial is scheduled to last through April 19. We would like your input as to whether this resource would be of value to you, to see if we should consider for possible future purchase. We are especially interested in how this product compares with Safari Tech Books Online ( http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/mainin.asp?login=&pubui-ogi), another online collection of IT books available via free trial through mid-April. Please try it out and send your comments to the Library's Collection Development Committee, cdc@ohsu.edu, or call Janet Crum, (503) 494-0691.
April 3, 2002
Electronic Reserves at OHSU Libraries
OHSU Libraries on Marquam Hill are launching ERes for Spring quarter, 2002. ERes is an electronic reserves system that allows students to view faxed or scanned articles, web links, PowerPoint presentations and other documents from any computer anywhere in the world! Users find ERes easy and intuitive to use. The Library will train faculty and departmental staff to independently manage their own course pages or will manage all aspects of ERes for those who prefer to submit paper or electronic copies of reserve materials for processing.For a preview, access ERes at http://ohsu-eres.lib.pdx.edu/. Click on the Electronic Reserves and Course Materials link. Using the Department pull down menu, select Electronic Reserves Technical Support course. Click on Course title, accept the copyright notice, and you are ready to access documents.
For further information, please contact Kelly Wellington, OHSU Main Library Reserves Manager, at 503 494-0963 or Mary Botcheos, Van Hassel and CDRC Libraries Manager, at 503 494-8841.
March 27, 2002
Spring Break Hours
Spring break adjusted hours for the Marquam Hill libraries are as follows:Main Library
Friday, March 29, 6 am until 8 pm
Saturday, March 30, 9 am until 5 pm
Sunday, March 31, closedOld Library
Friday, March 29, noon until 6 pm
Saturday and Sunday, closedVan Hassel Libary
Friday, March 29, 8 am until 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday, closedCDRC Library
Friday, March 29, 8:30 am until 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday, closedMarch 25, 2002
New Ovid Databases
With the move to Online Ovid, the Library was able to add two databases that were unavailable to us on the old system. These are Clinical Evidence and MedWeaver.Clinical Evidence provides a "concise account of the current state of knowledge, ignorance, and uncertainty" on the prevention and treatment of a variety of clinical conditions based on thorough searches and appraisal of the literature. For each condition, the literature is searched using the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and, occasionally, other electronic databases, looking for good systematic reviews and primary studies. Included in the over 140 subjects are migraine, peripheral artery disease, vulvodynia, and tinnitus.
MedWeaver is a clinical decision support tool designed for use by clinicians and other healthcare professionals at the point of care. Its basis is DxPlain, with an interface provided by Ovid that enables linking to full-text articles and abstracts within the MEDLINE database. It has an interface that enables clinicians to find clinically relevant answers to their diagnostic questions.
For more information on these or other databases, contact a Reference Librarian at x4-3462 or email them at refer@ohsu.edu.
Dolores Judkins
March 25, 2002
New Journal Subscriptions for 2002
The OHSU Library added over 100 print and electronic journals to the collection for 2002. In addition, over 100 currently owned print journals were duplicated in electronic format for easy access on and off-campus. About 20 journals were added in print format only because e-access was not available. Journals were selected based on recommendations from the OHSU community, the number of times citation by OHSU scientists, the ISI impact, the number of interlibrary loans requested and other variables. Journals that were canceled (29 titles) had low use.During 2002, over 1000 scientific publications from Elsevier will be available on the ScienceDirect platform at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science. At the end of December 2002, access will be denied for all but 170 of the 1200 titles, so please take advantage of this collection this year. All electronic journals and the ScienceDirect titles are listed at http://www9.ohsu.edu/library/ejournalsmain/cfejstart.cfm
A list of journals to be added to the collection in 2002 is at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/depts/colldevcomm/2002addcancel.shtml. New titles will be added to the catalog as issues are received. Gaining access to electronic sources involved signing a licensing agreement so availability can be delayed up to 6 months. For more information on the criteria for journal selection and selection priorities please contact Diane Carroll at carroldi@ohsu.edu.
Collection Development Committee
Diane Carroll, ChairMarch 25, 2002
New Serials Librarian
The Library is pleased to announce that Kristina DeShazo joined the OHSU Library staff as the new Serials and Electronic Collections Librarian on March 11, 2002. Kristina has an MLS from Emporia State University and 17 years of experience in a corporate library and market research group at Intel Corporation. Kristina's diverse background includes selection and purchase of serials in electronic and print formats, considerable work with vendors, extensive experience in project management and reference. Kristi will be maintaining the electronic journals Web page and have a major role in Library's e-journal customer support efforts. Her office will be in Library Administration and she can be contacted by phone at (503) 494-1637 or by e-mail at deshazok@ohsu.edu.Diane Carroll
March 11, 2002
Free trial of Safari Tech Books Online
This month the OHSU Library is offering a free trial of Safari Tech Books Online, a collection of about 500 books from O'Reilly Publishing, Addison-Wesley, Que, Sams, Cisco Press, and more. Topics covered include Java, Unix, Macintosh, .NET, Cisco, Perl, Web authoring and dvelopment, Windows administration, XML, enterprise computing, and more. New books are added regularly, sometimes offered on Safari before they appear in print. Users may search the entire collection, browse by topic, or browse individual books. Safari offers a current library of technology books on your desktop.The free trial is scheduled to last through the end of March. We would like your input as to whether this resource would be of value to you, to see if we should consider for possible future purchase. The books are priced individually, so we are also interested in which titles/subject areas would be most useful. Please try it out and send your comments to the Library's Collection Development Committee, cdc@ohsu.edu, or call Janet Crum, (503) 494-0691.
March 8, 2002
Changes in EBSCOhost full text database
Over 4100 titles from the full text database provider EBSCOhost have been updated or added to the Library e-journal page at http://www9.ohsu.edu/library/ejournalsmain/cfejstart.cfm. You can identify titles in this collection by the entry on the ejournal page:Scientific American
Jan 1975- Via EBSCOhost.
- All EBSCOhost titles now have a direct link to the journal "top page" with information about the journal and a chronological listing of issues. No longer will you be presented with a cumbersome list of individual articles to wade through.
- The large increase in the number of titles is a result of the addition of a whole new database, EBSCO Business Source Premier,purchased by OGI Science & Engineering Library. The 1930 full-text titles in this database cover business and finance, but also administration and management, technology (including biotech), statistics, psychology and other topics.
- EBSCOhost is purchased through a consortial contract managed by the Oregon State Library, who supports development of public and academic libraries. Titles included in this collection range from scholarly to popular. Some of the titles most frequently used over the last two years include BMJ, Pediatrics, Women's Health Weekly, American Family Physician, CMAJ, Hastings Center Reports, Scientific American, Southern Medical Journal, Time, Christian Science Monitor, Science News, US News and World Report, Popular Photography and Consumer Reports.
- Many titles in this collection have an embargo on the most recent 6 months to year of the journal. This collection brings in backfiles and adds breadth to the collection, but cannot replace a print edition or a current electronic subscription to journal titles core to OHSU's mission.
For more information, please contact Diane Carroll, Head, Collection Development at carroldi@ohsu.edu.
Sara Piasecki and Diane Carroll
February 20, 2002
News Release from Nature Publishing
On Wednesday, 9 January 2002, Nature magazine released its first Advance Online Publication Article (AOP)! Nature has now joined the Nature Research journals in this exciting new program that publishes fully citable and linked articles online, ahead of print publication."Nature's AOP system underlines our commitment to combining speed and quality," said Richard Gallagher, Nature Publisher. "Researchers will be able to access the definitive version of key papers as early as is humanly possible."
Only the final, definitive version of scientific articles are included in AOP. Advance online publication papers are grouped by their publication date online and can be viewed at http://www.nature.com/nature/aop
NOTE TO OHSU FACULTY, STUDENTS AND STAFF
All Nature, Nature Reviews and Nature Research publications are available via the OHSU Library. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, that started in 2002, is our most recent acquisition.
Go to http://www9.ohsu.edu/library/ejournalsmain/cfejsearch.cfm?searchterm=nature for titles and links for OHSU and OGI workstations and off-campus.
Diane Carroll
Head, OHSU Collection Development
carroldi@ohsu.eduFebruary 12, 2002
Old Ovid Removed
Access to the locally loaded Ovid system is no longer available. Everyone must now use the online version, available via http://www.ohsu.edu/library/ovid. Ovid passwords are no longer required unless you want to save your search strategy. To access Ovid from off-campus, OHSU faculty, staff and students can use their off-campus access account.February 11, 2002
President's Day Hours
Library Hours for President's Day, February 18, 2002:Main Library Regular hours: 6 am - 8 pm
Extended hours: 8 pm - midnight (Open only to OHSU students, faculty and staff with campus access cards).Old Library - CLOSED
CDRC Library - CLOSED
Van Hassel Library: 9 am - 5 pm
January 28, 2002
Francone Collection on Exhibit
Medical illustrations by Clarice Ashworth Francone will be placed on display for the first time beginning in early February in the Library. The Francone Collection, processed by the Library's Special Collections staff, was donated to the Library by the Francone Estate.Clarice Ashworth Francone was a medical illustrator at the University of Oregon Medical School from 1929 until her retirement in 1969. In 1936, after only 7 years at UOMS, she was appointed Head of the Medical Illustration Department. For many years she was the only medical illustrator in Oregon.
Ms. Francone was born in Rochester, Minnesota in 1901. After graduating from high school, Ms. Francone worked at the Mayo Clinic Art Department, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and spent her second year of medical illustration study at Johns Hopkins University, training under Max Broedel, considered the father of medical illustration. Much of Francones stunning work consists of halftones done with carbon crayon on Ross board, with ink and white highlights added to sharpen images.
Francone illustrated a number of textbooks. The best known is the anatomy and physiology textbook, Structure and Function of Man, which she co-authored with OHSUs Stanley Jacob, M.D. Before retiring from the Medical School in 1969, Francone was asked to donate samples of her work to the Archives of Medical Visual Resources to the Countway Library, Harvard University.
Ms. Francone died in 1981.
The exhibit was prepared by Jerry Fulkerson, OHSU Library staff member and graphic designer.
Carrie Willman
January 17, 2002
Hours for MLK Jr. Day
The Main Library will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, January 21, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Van Hassel Library will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. The OGI Library, CDRC Library and Old Library will be closed. All libraries will resume normal hours on Tuesday, January 22.January 17, 2002
Changes to Ovid Access
The main URL for accessing Ovid has changed from http://www.ohsu.edu/ovidweb/ovidweb.cgi to http://www.ohsu.edu/library/ovid. The old URL now provides access only to the old Ovid system, which will be disabled February 1. Links from the Library Web site have been changed accordingly, but please update your bookmarks.The design of the pages also has changed. OHSU and non-OHSU users now follow different links from the main page, to reduce confusion about which options should be used by each group of users.
OHSU-affiliated users who wish to access Ovid from off-campus will need a library off-campus account. With the library off-campus account, these users will be able to access non-Ovid journals linked to Ovid citations, whereas they were unable to do so with the previous OHSU network ID/password method which is now no longer used.
There is now a separate link for rural hospital accounts on the page for non-OHSU users.
If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding these changes, please contact the Library at library@ohsu.edu.
January 9, 2002
Improved Electronic Journals Access
Electronic journals consistently have been one of the most used resources on the OHSU Library Web site since their introduction in 1998. The current ejournal pages include links to about 1700 titles, which are difficult to scroll through and labor intensive to maintain. With the introduction of Web-enabled databases at OHSU, the library staff can now provide access to more electronic journals--over 6500--in a database that you can search by keyword or browse by title or topic. Plus, this new database includes journals from the OGI Science & Engineering Library. Each entry includes links that provide access from Marquam Hill, West Campus or off-campus based on availability.To access this new resource, point your browser to http://www9.ohsu.edu/library/ejournalsmain/cfejstart.cfm. The existing Web addresses under the old http://www.ohsu.edu/library/ejournals/ area will be redirected to this new location, so if you go to the old address you will get to the new database-driven electronic journal page.
This resource is the result of close collaboration with various database and server administrators in ITG, especially database administrator Jon Waldow. Many thanks to Jon, Web Services, and all in ITG who were involved in helping make this happen!
Please bear with us as development of this important resource continues. If you have questions, concerns, or comments regarding the transformation of the e-journals resource, please contact the OHSU Library Web Managers at library@ohsu.edu.
Laura Zeigen, Sara Piasecki and Diane Carroll
January 3, 2002
MedWeaver Replaces DxPlain
As of January 4th, MedWeaver is replacing DxPlain. MedWeaver, part of the Ovid system, is based on DxPlain. It is a decision support tool that combines differential diagnosis, assisted literature searching, and Web exploration. Using MedWeaver, clinicians find answers through two interactive modes: Differential Diagnosis and Disease Lookup. The Differential Diagnosis mode allows entry of a patient casecomplete with patient demographics, signs, symptoms, and laboratory test results. In the Disease Lookup mode, healthcare professionals have direct access to disease and condition profiles, plus receive assistance in performing Ovid literature searches and searching the Web.Find MedWeaver in the list of Ovid databases at http://www.ohsu.edu/library/ovid/ .
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