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1 newsletter Bi feedback http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu Issue #77 Fall 2009 Notes from the Director ... In This Issue Judy Burnham Director Primal Pictures ................. 2 We Own Top Journals ...... 2 Exam Master ................... 3 New Books ...................... 4 My NCBI ......................... 4 PubGet ............................. 5 National Medical Librarians Month .............................. 5 Faculty Publications ......... 6 Access to UMC Health Information Center .......... 7 Finding Evidence-Based Information: Hierarchy of Resources ......................... 8 New Videos and Texts in Access Medicine .............. 9 The Virtual Biomed .......... 10 Medical Terms Tutorial .... 10 Welcome to new students, faculty and staff; and welcome back to those returning to campus! The Biomedical Library strives to be your first avenue for locating needed health care information. Explore our web site at http://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu to find out the best resources for you and for information on how to get help. In addition to print and electronic books and journals, we provide databases that can help you find those needed books and articles. Start at the Home page on the web site, look under Resources, select Database List. There you will find more than 35 different databases. You will also want to check the portals (e.g. Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health etc) across the top of the Home page for information and resources especially relevant to users in those colleges. Biomedical librarians can be contacted via phone, e-mail, a live chat session, fax, text, on Facebook or even in person. You can use the Directory & Contact link under the About the Library section, or use the link at the top right hand corner of the web page. You can also contact us by text message: Text "send usabiolib" followed by your question to 246246 (AIMAIM). The Biomedical librarians provide instruction on a variety of topics, either in the classroom or one-on-one. See Library Instruction/Library Courses under Library Services on the home page. Individual and group study rooms are available at the campus site for students. Use the Computing, Study, and Meeting Spaces link under Library Services to find more infor- mation about the rooms and policies and to learn more about our newest space for group study, meetings, videoconferencing, webcasts, etc. Rooms can be reserved at the Circulation Desk. There are three Biomedical Library sites. The Baugh (campus) site houses the nursing, allied health and basic science materials. The Health Information Re- source Center (USAMC) has clinical materials (except Pediatrics and Obstetrics/ Gynecology) and a consumer health section. The Children’s and Women’s Hospi- tal Library has resources for Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology. Hours and location information for each facility can be found on the home page, About the Library, Hours. Let us know how we can help you find the information you need! Biomedical Libraries’ Mission Statement The Biomedical Libraries primarily support the missions of the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health Professions, the USA Medical Center (USAMC), and USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital by providing faculty, staff and students with access to information in the areas of research, teaching and patient care. The Library also serves as a health science resource library for the surrounding Gulf Coast area.

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newsletter

Bi feedbackhttp://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu Issue #77 Fall 2009

Notes from the Director ...

In This Issue

Judy BurnhamDirector

Primal Pictures ................. 2

We Own Top Journals ...... 2

Exam Master ................... 3

New Books ...................... 4

My NCBI ......................... 4

PubGet ............................. 5

National Medical LibrariansMonth .............................. 5

Faculty Publications ......... 6

Access to UMC HealthInformation Center .......... 7

Finding Evidence-BasedInformation: Hierarchy ofResources ......................... 8

New Videos and Texts inAccess Medicine .............. 9

The Virtual Biomed.......... 10

Medical Terms Tutorial .... 10

Welcome to new students, faculty and staff; and welcome back to those returning to campus!The Biomedical Library strives to be your first avenue for locating needed health careinformation.

Explore our web site at http://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu to find out the bestresources for you and for information on how to get help.

In addition to print and electronic books and journals, we provide databases that can helpyou find those needed books and articles. Start at the Home page on the web site, look underResources, select Database List. There you will find more than 35 different databases. You willalso want to check the portals (e.g. Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health etc) across the top of the Homepage for information and resources especially relevant to users in those colleges.

Biomedical librarians can be contacted via phone, e-mail, a live chat session, fax, text, onFacebook or even in person. You can use the Directory & Contact link under the About

the Library section, or use the link at the top right hand corner of the webpage. You can also contact us by text message: Text "send usabiolib" followed byyour question to 246246 (AIMAIM).

The Biomedical librarians provide instruction on a variety of topics, either in theclassroom or one-on-one. See Library Instruction/Library Courses under LibraryServices on the home page.

Individual and group study rooms are available at the campus site for students. Usethe Computing, Study, and Meeting Spaces link under Library Services to find more infor-mation about the rooms and policies and to learn more about our newest space forgroup study, meetings, videoconferencing, webcasts, etc. Rooms can be reserved atthe Circulation Desk.

There are three Biomedical Library sites. The Baugh (campus) site houses thenursing, allied health and basic science materials. The Health Information Re-source Center (USAMC) has clinical materials (except Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology) and a consumer health section. The Children’s and Women’s Hospi-tal Library has resources for Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology. Hours andlocation information for each facility can be found on the home page, About theLibrary, Hours.

Let us know how we can help you find the information you need!

Biomedical Libraries’ Mission StatementThe Biomedical Libraries primarily support the missions of the Colleges of Medicine,

Nursing, and Allied Health Professions, the USA Medical Center (USAMC), and USAChildren’s and Women’s Hospital by providing faculty, staff and students with access toinformation in the areas of research, teaching and patient care. The Library also serves asa health science resource library for the surrounding Gulf Coast area.

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PHONE NUMBERSAdministrationDirector: Judy Burnham ............ (251) [email protected]

Secretary: Bonnie Seibert ............ (251) 460-6885Collection Management: Jie Li .... (251) [email protected]

Hospital Services: Geneva Staggs (251) [email protected]

Public Services: .......................... (251) 460-7044Justin Robertson .......................... (251) [email protected]

Libraries:Campus (Baugh) .......................... (251) 460-7043C&W ............................................. (251) 415-8586HIRC at USAMC ......................... (251) 471-7855Interlibrary Loan ........................... (251) 460-6891

Fax NumbersCampus (Baugh) .......................... (251) 460-7638C&W ............................................. (251) 415-8587HIRC at USAMC ......................... (251) 471-7857

REGULAR HOURS August 10, 2009 - January 4, 2010Charles M. Baugh Library (Campus)Monday-Thursday 7:15 am - 11:45 pmFriday 7:15 am - 5:45 pmSaturday 9:00 am - 5:45 pmSunday 1:00 pm - 9:45 pm

UMC Health Information Resource Center (staffedhours)Monday-Thursday 8:00 am - 6:00 pmFriday 8:00 am - 5:00 pmSaturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pmSunday Not staffed

Children’s and Women’s SiteMonday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pmSaturday & Sunday Closed

Holidays and Extended HoursThe libraries will observe holidays for Labor Day onMonday, September 7; close at noon on Wednesday,November 25, and remain closed Thursday,November 26 - Friday, November 27, for Thanks-giving; be closed Thursday, December 24, 2009 -Sunday, January 3, 2010, for Christmas/New Year.Extended hours at campus site for exams Friday,December 4 - Saturday, December 5, 2009. See websitefor holiday hours.Email: [email protected]:http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu

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- Judy BurnhamPrimal Pictures

Primal Pictures is a dynamic interactive 3-D multimediatool of human anatomy. It featuresthree-dimensional animations thatillustrate function, biomechanics, andsurgical procedures. The resourcecontains clinical videos as well astextual descriptions by leading special-ists that supplement the animations andmodels. Also included are interactivelearning modules covering basic humananatomy that focus on one or moreareas of the body, from a generalist’s orspecialist’s perspective.

Images are derived from real medicalscan and dissection data interpreted by ateam of staff anatomists, and con-structed using advanced imaging by thecompany’s in-house team of graphicsspecialists.

Images can be downloaded intoPowerPoint presentations, patient care handouts and profes-sional presentation posters, with credit given as to the sourceof the image. Images cannot be used for commercial purposes.

The images are arranged by region: Head and Neck, Spine,Shoulder, Thorax and Abdomen, Pelvis and Perineum, Hip,Knee and Foot. There are also images in Sports & Therapyand Surgery. Images can be rotated and can be viewed in up to20 layers building from skeletal. An MRI image is includedwith each region.

There is a quiz on labeled areas and also a multiple choicequiz. This resource includes a study guide and a test bank.

Three-dimensionalanimations thatillustrate function,biomechanics, andsurgical procedures.

Special Library Association’s BioMedical & Life Sciences Divisionconducted a poll to identify the 100 Biology & Medicine journals that have

been most influential over the last 100 years.Three panels of experts from the 1) clinical medicine & allied health sciences,

2) molecular and cellular biology journals, and 3) natural history and multisciencepublications evaluated the journals using the criteria that the title has beenrespected for the past 100 years, has been vital in professional practice untilpresent day and is still useful for future colleagues.

Among the top 100 journals in Biology and Medicine, USA BiomedicalLibrary and University Library has 89 current subscriptions. There is only onetitle in the biomedical disciplines for which the Biomedical Library does not havea current subscription. The other ten titles are in the biology disciplines. For acomplete list of top 100 journals see http://units.sla.org/division/dbio/publications/

resources/DBIO100.pdf.

- Jie Li

USA Libraries Own 89% of the Top 100 MostInfluential Biology & Medicine Journals

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Exam Master Online is a useful exampreparation tool available to USA students,faculty, and staff through the database linkon the Biomedical Library’s web page athttp://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library. With thousands of multiple-choicequestions all designed to follow boardguidelines, Exam Master Online offersexcellent preparation for the followingexams: USMLE, PANCE, NAPLEX, andNBDE, plus certain board exams (internalmedicine, family medicine, general surgery,and general pediatrics). Furthermore, aMedical Subject Review section has studymaterials arranged by discipline for anatomy,biochemistry, cytology, histology, internaland clinical medicine, medical microbiology,pathology, physiology, and psychiatry.

Exam Master’s features include detailedexplanations to questions plus tools totrack scores. It has three ways to createexams, including QuickStart by topic, byword search or outline search. You can runall exams in a test mode, study mode, oruse the pause feature if you don’t intend toanswer all questions in one sitting.

You will need to create an account forExam Master Online using your educa-tional email address. Once registered selectNEW EXAM to create a QuickStartComprehensive Exam. This automaticallycreates a 50 question exam.

Or you can select the USMLE Step 1Board Preparation with 4659 questions.This module is designed to emulate thelook and feel of the actual Step 1 exam inaccordance with the USMLE blueprint. Aswith the actual exam, the majority ofquestions will be case-based, while a smallpercentage of general principle, factual recallquestions will be available.

There is also USMLE Step 1 MedicalSubject Review with 7330 questions. Thismodule is designed for students who desire

to focus on the relevant basicscience subjects rather than theUSMLE blueprint. The examis not designed to mimic theUSMLE and may containquestions that are not similar to thosefound on the actual exam; however, theknowledge bits addressed in each questionwill give the student an overall edge in theirability to pass and score high on theUSMLE Step 1 Exam.

The module USMLE Step 2-Vignettes and Case-related has 2924questions and is designed for students whodesire to focus on the relevant clinical sciencesubjects rather than the USMLE blueprint.

Another module, the USMLE Step 2Medical Subject Review with 4943relevant clinical science subject questions,while also not designed to mimic theUSMLE will still give the student an overalledge in their ability to pass and score highon the USMLE Step 2 Exam.

USMLE Step 3-Vignettes and Case-related with 2541 questions does emulatethe look and feel of the actual Step 3 examin accordance with the USMLE blueprint.As with the actual exam, all test items willbe case-based, and the majority will be thirdorder questions.

USMLE Step 3 Medical SubjectReview with 3185 questions is designed formedical school graduates who desire tofocus on the relevant clinical science subjectsrather than the USMLE blueprint.

Exam Master Online also contains aCertification Review Series with morethan 3,000 Internal Medicine Certifica-tion Review questions that are, in accor-dance with ABIM guidelines, based onpatient presentations (primarily outpatientor emergency department settings), anddesigned to evaluate the extent of thecandidate’s knowledge and clinical judgmentin the areas in which an internist should

demonstrate a high level of competence;Family Medicine Certification Reviewwith 5166 questions which in accordancewith ABFM guidelines, are presented as casescenarios addressing diagnosis, manage-ment, and prevention of illness with thegoal of assessing the examinee’s cognitiveknowledge and problem-solving abilityrelevant to Family Medicine; GeneralSurgery Certification Review with 1132questions, which in accordance with ABSguidelines, are designed to evaluate acandidate’s knowledge of general surgicalprinciples and the basic sciences applicable tosurgery; General Pediatrics CertificationReview with 1104 questions which, inaccordance with ABP guidelines are allpresented in patient-based formats thatassess the higher-order cognitive abilitiesrequired for clinical decision-making.

Exam Master’s Medical SubjectReview module contains 473 questions forAnatomy; 1,317 questions for Biochemistry;1,162 Cytology and Histology questions;more than 2,000 Internal and ClinicalMedicine questions and almost 1,000questions each for Medical Microbiology,Pathology, Physiology, and Psychiatry.

Exam Master Online also offers excellentpreparation for the Physician AssistanceCertification Exam (PANCE) and a MedicalSubject Review and Clinical Modules forPhysician Assistants and a Pharmacy Review(NAPLEX), Supplemental Medical Sciencesfor Pharmacy, DENTAL, and Word Searchor Outline Exams.

There is a lot to learnabout Exam Master.

Excellent preparation for the following exams:USMLE, PANCE, NAPLEX, and NBDE, plus certainboard exams (Internal Medicine, Family Medicine,General Surgery, and General Pediatrics)

Thousands of multiple-choice questions are designed to followguidelines for USMLE, PANCE, NAPLEX, and NBDE, plus certainboard exams (internal medicine, family medicine, general surgery,and general pediatrics).

- Trey Lemley

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MyNCBIMy NCBI, a module of

PubMed, allows users to savesearches and prepare bibliographiesThe Saved Searches feature willautomatically search a saved topicon the MEDLINE database on aspecified schedule. Results will bee-mailed on that specified sched-ule. “Saved Data” includes MyBibliography, Other Citations,Saved Searches and Collections.

This tool now allows users toshare results in My Bibliography orOther Citations with others or keepas private. A search can be con-ducted for a user’s name and theresults marked as public. The URLcan then be shared with others or alink can be provided on a webpage. Results can be sorted bydate, first author or title. Forexample, the URL for a search ofMI Townsley is shared viahttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/collections/public/1tQSia9gxpUCcXpbd2gw-F/.

This will display the citations inPubMed format. A web URL isalso available that could be usedfor bibliographies on faculty webpages. A My Bibliography or OtherCitations could also be shared witha class or with colleagues.

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- Judy Burnham

QU BIOCHEMISTRYQU 18.2 W667h 2010 [B]High-yield biochemistry. R. Bruce Wilcox.

QU 25 G3256 2006 [B]Gene mapping, discovery, and expression: methodsand protocols. Minou Bina, ed.

QZ PATHOLOGYQZ 202 C397 91 [B]Combined estrogen-progestogen contraceptives andcombined estrogen-progestogen menopausal therapy.World Health Organization, InternationalAgency for Research on Cancer.

QZ 202 I11 2008 v. 97 [B]1,3-Butadiene, ethylene oxide, and vinyl halides(vinyl flouride, vinyl chloride, and vinyl bromide).World Health Organization, InternationalAgency for Research on Cancer.

QZ 202 I15s 2007 [B]Smokeless tobacco; and, some tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines. World Health Organization,International Agency for Research on Cancer.

QZ 380 G5612 2009 [B]Gliomas. Andreas von Deimling, ed.

W HEALTH PROFESSIONSW 22 AA1 A653 2008/09 [Ref-HIRC]America’s top doctors. A Castle Connolly guide.

W 87 T448p 2008 [HIRC]Professionalism in medicine. Jill Thistlethwaiteand John Spencer.

WA PUBLIC HEALTHWA 309.1 W8727 2010 [B]Women’s health in physical therapy. Jean M.Irion, Glenn L. Irion, eds.

WB PRACTICE OF MEDICINEWB 17 N474 2009 [Ref-HIRC]Netter’s internal medicine. Marschall S. Runge &M. Andrew Greganti, eds.

WB18.2 .P96 2005 [Ref-HIRC]Emergency medicine examination & board review.Susan B. Promes.

WB 105 E552 2004 [Ref-HIRC]Emergency medicine: a comprehensive study guide. Judith E.Tintinalli et al, eds.

WB 105 R352e 2004 [Ref-HIRC]Emergency medicine procedures. Eric Reichman & Robert R.Simon.

WB 110 E78 2008 [Ref-CW]Essentials of family medicine. Philip D. Sloane et al, eds.

WC COMMUNICABLE DISEASESWC 100 I412 2007 [Ref-HIRC]Infectious diseases: emergency department diagnosis andmanagement. Ellen M. Slaven, Susan C. Stone, Fred A. Lopez

WE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMWE 800 S596e 2007 [Ref-HIRC]Emergency orthopedics: the extremities. Robert R.Simon, Scott C. Sherman, Steven J. Koenigsknecht.

WF RESPIRATORY SYSTEMWF 600 W368h 2009 [Ref-HIRC]High-resolution CT of the lung. W. Richard Webb.

WK ENDOCRINE SYSTEMWK 850 W555 2008 [Ref-HIRC]What to expect when you have diabetes: 170 tips for living wellwith diabetes. American Diabetes Association.

WN RADIOLOGY. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGINGWN 200 S411e 2008 [Ref-HIRC]Emergency radiology: case studies. David T. Schwartz.

WN 208 E53 2008 [Ref-HIRC]Emergency ultrasound. O. John Ma, James R. Mateer,Michael Blaivas, eds.

WP GYNECOLOGYWP 39 C266b 2008 [CW]Breast imaging companion. Gilda Cardenosa.

WS PEDIATRICSWS 17 S525a 2006 [Ref-HIRC]Atlas of pediatric emergency medicine. Binita R. Shah,Michael Lucchesi.

WR DERMATOLOGYWR 17 F5591 2009 [Ref-HIRC]Fitzpatrick’s color atlas and synopsis of clinical dermatology.Klaus Wolff & Richard Allen Johnson, eds.

New Books Now AvailableLocation in brackets following the call number. [B]Baugh Biomedical Library (Campus)

[CW]Children’s & Women’s Library [HIRC]Health and Information Resource Center(formerly Medical Center Library) [Ref] Reference collection at indicated site.

WV OPTHALMOLOGYWV 17 K64L 2009 [HIRC]Laryngeal dissection and phonosurgical atlas. Adam M.Klein & Michael M. Johns III., eds.

- Robert Britton

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PubGet is a new way to searchPubMed designed to connect thesearcher to a full-text PDF docu-ment as quickly as possible. If thePDF of the article is availablethrough the library’s collection, thedocument for the active citation isdisplayed in the same window onthe right of the search results.

PubGet is a website available toall, but has been set up to connectour users with our collection ifthey are on campus or if theyaccess PubGet through the Bio-medical Library Website.

The search interface for PubGetis simply a single search box on thefront page. It is not possible toform searches as detailed as thosepossible through the PubMed orOVID MEDLINE interfaces, butafter the initial search, an Advance

Search Option appears above theresults that allows for searching bypublication, author, PMID, MESHterms, and most other MEDLINEvariables. The search results pagealso allows for sorting, only viewingresults with available PDFs, down-loading all PDFs, and limiting toreview articles.

This search engine is not a re-source provided by the library.While it is free to use, it is sup-ported by advertising but will havepremium accounts available in thefuture with added functionality andwith no advertising.

To try PubGet, visit http://

southalabama.pubget.com fromcampus or http://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/pubget from off-campus.

Get to PubMed articlesquickly using new PubGet.

- Andrea Wright

“I am pleased with the level ofexpertise our undergraduateand graduate nursing studentsexhibit with the presentation ofwell formulated questions.

The Biomedical Library is anessential resource on campusfor our nursing students. Theresources available at our libraryare impressive. It is encouragedat the College of Nursing forstudents to use these resourcesto locate the best evidence.”

Dr. Heather Hall, PhD, NNP, RNCClinical Assistant ProfessorUSA College of Nursing,Maternal-Child Department

What our

userssay ...

Once again we will take the library to theroad during October for National MedicalLibrarians Month. We will be at HAHN onMondays, Children & Women’s on Tuesdays,College of Medicine on Wednesdays, UMCon Thursdays, and at the Baldwin Campusof the College of Nursing on someFridays.There are two fun days planned: FirstFriday and Final Friday with gaming,dancing, and food in the College of MedicineConference room. Watch for more details.

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Faculty PublicationsListed below are journal publications by USA faculty indexed in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Web of

Science for May through July, 2009. Department chairs are asked to submit citations of recent publications bytheir department members. If we missed your latest contribution to the literature, please notify the editor so itcan be included in a future listing. New faculty are encouraged to submit their latest publications to theeditor ([email protected]).

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Adams EM, Moore RE. Effects of speech rate,background noise, and simulated hearing losson speech rate judgment and speechintelligibility in young listeners. J Am AcadAudiol 2009;20(1):28-39.

Barsoum AL, Liu BN, Rohrer JW, Coggin JH,Tucker JA, Pannell LK, Schwarzenberger PO.Production, safety and antitumor efficacy ofrecombinant oncofetal antigen/immaturelaminin receptor protein. Biomaterials2009;30(17):3091-9.

Bommiasamy H, Back SH, Fagone P, Lee K,Meshinchi S, Vink E, Sriburi R, Frank M,Jackowski S, Kaufman RJ, Brewer JW. Atf6alpha induces xbp1-independent expansion ofthe endoplasmic reticulum. J Cell Sci2009;122(10):1626-36.

Brogdon BG. Letter to the editor-effectiveness ofFSF Acorn and Lucas grants. J Forensic Sci2009;54(3):734.

Brown PS, Hanks RS. Implementing an onlinewriting assessment strategy for gerontology.Educ Gerontol 2008;34(5):397-9.

Carliss RDS, Keefer JF, Perschke S, Welch S, RichTC, Weissman AD. Receptor reserve reflectsdifferential intrinsic efficacy associated withopioid diastereomers. Pharmacol Biochem Behav2009;92(3):495-502.

Crook ED, Bryan NB, Hanks R, Slagle ML, MorrisCG, Ross MC, Torres HM, Williams RC,Voelkel C, Walker S, Arrieta MI. A review ofinterventions to reduce health disparities incardiovascular disease in African Americans.Ethn Dis 2009;19(2):204-8.

Dey NB, Busch JL, Francis SH, Corbin JD, LincolnTM, Cyclic GMP specifically suppresses type-ialpha cGMP-dependent protein kinaseexpression by ubiquitination. Cell Signal2009;21(6):859-66.

Donnelly LF, O’Hara SM, Oestreich AE, RogersLF, Brogdon BG. Interaction betweenacademic radiology and the news media: Apotentially powerful and unpredictableprocess-five stories. Am J Roentgenol2009;192(5):1382-7.

Downey JM, Cohen MV. Why do we still not havecardioprotective drugs? Circ J 2009;73(7):1171-7.

Driskell LO, Yu XJ, Zhang L, Liu Y, Popov VL,Walker DH, Tucker AM, Wood DO. Directedmutagenesis of the rickettsia prowazekii pldgene encoding phospholipase d. Infect Immun2009;77(8):3244-8.

Dyken PR, Dyken ML. In memoriam: William

Erl DeMyer (1924-2008). J Child Neurol2009;24(5):644-7.

Effros RM, Praker JC. Pulmonary vascularheterogeneity and the starling hypothesis.Microvasc Res 2009;78(1):71-7.

Estrada B. Pediatric bulletin. Invasivehaemophilus influenzae type b: An update.Infections in Medicine 2009;26(6):184.

Fields P, Fields M. Conceptus numbers do notaffect blood concentrations of relaxin in therabbit. In: BryantGreenwood GD, Bagnell CA,Bathgate RAD, eds. Relaxin and relatedpeptides: Fifth international conference;2009:186-7.

Fillmore RA, Mitra A, Xi YG, Ju JF, Scammell J,Shevde LA, Samant RS. Nmi (N-Mycinteractor) inhibits Wnt/beta-catenin signalingand retards tumor growth. Int J Cancer2009;125(3):556-64.

Ghofrani HA, Barst RJ, Benza RL, Champion HC,Fagan KA, Grimminger F, Humbert M,Simonneau G, Stewart DJ, Ventura C, Rubin LJ.Future perspectives for the treatment ofpulmonary arterial hypertension. J Am CollCardiol 2009;54(1):S108-S17.

Gordon MS, Daneman M, Schneider BA.Comprehension of speeded discourse byyounger and older listeners. Exp Aging Res2009;35(3):277-96.

Grishko V, Xu M, Ho R, Mates A, Watson S, KimJT, Wilson GL, Pearsall AW. Effects ofhyaluronic acid on mitochondrial functionand mitochondria-driven apoptosis followingoxidative stress in human chondrocytes. J BiolChem 2009;284(14):9132-9.

Gupte RS, Floyd BC, Kozicky M, George S,Ungvari ZI, Neito V, Wolin MS, Gupte SA.Synergistic activation of glucose-6-phosphatedehydrogenase and NAD(P)H oxidase by Srckinase elevates superoxide in type 2 diabetic,Zucker fa/fa, rat liver. Free Radic Biol Med2009;47(3):219-28.

Heins A. Ensuring color-blind care. Emerg Med(00136654) 2009;41(3):15-7.

Hill AN, Roche C, Appel SJ. Signs of improve-ment: Diabetes update 2009. Nurse Pract2009;34(6):12-23.

Holshoe JM. Antidepressants and sleep: A review.Perspect Psychiatr Care 2009;45(3):191-7.

Howell PM, Jr., Liu S, Ren S, Behlen C, Fodstad O,Riker AI. Epigenetics in human melanoma.Cancer Control 2009;16(3):200-18.

Johnson K. Pattern of admissions for ambulatorycare sensitive conditions: 2004-2007. Ethn Dis2009;19(2):S73-5.

Karwa R, Woodis CB. Midodrine and octreotidein treatment of cirrhosis-related hemody-namic complications. Ann Pharmacother2009;43(4):692-9.

Kfir M, Yevtushok L, Onishchenko S, WerteleckiW, Bakhireva L, Chambers CD, Jones KL, HullAD. Can prenatal ultrasound detect the effectsof in-utero alcohol exposure? A pilot study.Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2009;33(6):683-9.

Krieg T, Liu YP, Rutz T, Methner C, Yang XM,Dost T, Felix SB, Stasch JP, Cohen MV,Downey JM. Bay 58-2667, a nitric oxide-independent guanylyl cyclase activator,pharmacologically post-conditions rabbit andrat hearts. Eur Heart J 2009;30(13):1607-13.

Laurini JA, Carter JE, Kahn AG. Tricuspid valveand pacemaker endocarditis due topseudallescheria boydii (scedosporiumapiospermum). South Med J 2009;102(5):515-7.

Li QDQ, Wang GD, Zhang MC, Cuff CF, Huang L,Reed E. Beta-elemene, a novel plant-derivedantineoplastic agent, increases cisplatinchemosensitivity of lung tumor cells bytriggering apoptosis. Oncol Rep 2009;22(1):161-70.

Liu SH, Howell P, Ren SP, Fodstad O, Riker AI.The 14-3-3 sigma gene promoter is methylatedin both human melanocytes and melanoma.BMC Cancer 2009;9.

Majka S, Alvarez DF. Neovascular capacity ofendothelial progenitor cells in the adultpulmonary circulation. Am J Physiol Lung CellMol Physiol 2009;296(6):L868-9.

Mancao MY, Imran H, Chandra S, Estrada B,Figarola M, Sosnowski J, Vidal R. Easternequine encephalitis virus infection andhemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a5-month-old infant. Pediatr Infect Dis J2009;28(6):543-5.

Morrell NW, Adnot S, Archer SL, Dupuis J, JonesPL, MacLean MR, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR,Thistlethwaite PA, Weissmann N, Yuan JXJ,Weir EK. Cellular and molecular basis ofpulmonary arterial hypertension. J Am CollCardiol 2009;54(1):S20-S31.

Narayanaswamy V, Rettig KR, Bhowmick SK.Excessive growth. Clin Pediatr (Phila)2008;47(7):705-8.

Nelson JJ, Nelson CA, Carter JE. Extraintestinalmanifestations of Edwardsiella tarda infection:A 10-year retrospective review. J La State MedSoc 2009;161(2):103-6.

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Occhipinti KE, Di Palma JA. How to choose thebest preparation for colonoscopy. Nat RevGastroenterol Hepatol 2009;6(5):279-86.

Pack-Mabien A, Haynes J.A primary care provider’sguide to preventive and acute care manage-ment of adults and children with sickle celldisease. J Am Acad Nurse Pract 2009;21(5):250-7.

Paris I, Perez-Pastene C, Couve E, Caviedes P,LeDoux S, Segura-Aguilar J. Copper center dotdopamine complex induces mitochondrialautophagy preceding caspase-independentapoptotic cell death. J Biol Chem2009;284(20):13306-15.

Pearce WJ, Williams JM, White CR, Lincoln TM.Effects of chronic hypoxia on solubleguanylate cyclase activity in fetal and adultovine cerebral arteries. J Appl Physiol2009;107(1):192-9.

Pruitt B. Ventilation for life. Strategies for rtsmanaging patients with post-polio syndrome.AARC Times 2009;33(5):8.

Pruitt B, Lawson R. What you need to know aboutvenous thromboembolism. Nursing (Lond)2009;39(4):22-8.

Reed R, Potter B, Smith E, Jadhav R, Villalta P, JoH, Rocic P. Redox-sensitive Akt and Srcregulate coronary collateral growth inmetabolic syndrome. Am J Physiol Heart CircPhysiol 2009;296(6):H1811-21.

Rizk B. Genetics of ovarian hyperstimulationsyndrome. Reprod Biomed Online 2009;19(1):14-27.

Rocconi RP, Matthews KS, Kemper MK, HoskinsKE, Huh WK, Straughn JM. The timing ofnormalization of CA-125 levels during primarychemotherapy is predictive of survival inpatients with epithelial ovarian cancer. GynecolOncol 2009;114(2):242-5.

Rutecki GW. Guest commentary. An influenzaprimer: A tale of birds, pigs, and pandemics.Consultant (00107069) 2009;49(6):351-2.

Rutecki GW. Top papers of the month. What isthe “Weekend effect” — and why does itmatter? Consultant 2009;49(6):360.

Schaffer SW, Azuma J, Mozaffari M, Schaffer SW,Azuma J, Mozaffari M. Role of antioxidantactivity of taurine in diabetes. Can J PhysiolPharmacol 2009;87(2):91-9.

Serpillon S, Floyd BC, Gupte RS, George S,Kozicky M, Neito V, Recchia F, Stanley W,Wolin MS, Gupte SA. Superoxide productionby NAD(P)H oxidase and mitochondria isincreased in genetically obese and hypergly-cemic rat heart and aorta before thedevelopment of cardiac dysfunction. Therole of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-derived NADPH. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol2009;297(1):H153-62.

Shokolenko I, Venediktova N, Bochkareva A,Wilson GL, Alexeyev MF. Oxidative stressinduces degradation of mitochondrial DNA.Nucleic Acids Res 2009;37(8):2539-48.

Smith A. Exploring the legitimacy of intuition asa form of nursing knowledge. Nurs Stand2009;23(40):35-40.

Tissier R, Couvreur N, Ghaleh B, Bruneval P,Lidouren F, Morin D, Zini R, Bize A,Chenoune M, Belair MF, Mandet C, DouheretM, Dubois-Rande JL, Parker JC, Cohen MV,Downey JM, Berdeaux A. Rapid coolingpreserves the ischaemic myocardium againstmitochondrial damage and left ventriculardysfunction. Cardiovasc Res 2009;83(2):345-53.

Titford M. Postage stamps fading as medicaleducation tool. South Med J 2009;102(7):707-10.

Tuder RM, Abman SH, Braun T, Capron F,Stevens T, Thistlethwaite PA, Haworth SG.Development and pathology of pulmonaryhypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;54(1):S3-S9.

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Yates M. Phonological neighbourhood spreadfacilitates lexical decisions. Q J Exp Psychol2009;62(7):1304-14.

Youssef NA, Benazzi F, Desan PH. Levofloxacin-induced catatonia. Prog Neuro-PsychopharmacolBiol Psychiatry 2009;33(4):741-2.

After hours access at UMC Health InformationResource Center is available for hospital staff andresidents, as well as faculty and students in the collegesof medicine, nursing and allied health and pharmacystudents. Entry can be gained by presenting an ID andsigning out a key card at the desk in the hospital lobby.If you have any questions about access, please call theUMC Health Information Resource Centercirculation desk at (251) 471-7855 during their staffedhours Monday-Thursday, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, and Fri-day, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, or Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

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“Success in delivering evidence-based health care relies heavily on the ready availability of current bestevidence about diagnosis, treatment, and prevention options for health disorders, ideally tailored to thecharacteristics and context of the individual patient or population and the resources of the provider.”1

Finding evidence-based information for patient care decisions can be a daunting task to even the most experienced searcher. The Biomedi-cal Library has 35 different databases and information sources listed on its “Database” web page, and these are not all that are available, butrather the ones most used by our students, faculty and staff. While each database has its own unique set of strengths depending on yourinformation need, a useful system for finding evidence-based information has been proposed in the “5S” model developed by Brian Haynesof McMaster University.

The 5S Model: When searching for information, this model suggests starting at the highest level of resources available to you. Since theUniversity’s health system does not currently have patient electronic medicalrecords with built-in decision support systems, the “Summaries” categorywould be the starting point. Biomedical Library resources that fit into thiscategory include Dynamed, ACP Pier, and Clinical Evidence. These resourcesprovide regularly updated summaries that integrate evidence-based informationfor specific clinical problems. Additionally, the review process used to compilethe summary should be explicitly stated. Also included in this category wouldbe evidence-based clinical guidelines such as those found in the NationalGuideline Clearinghouse.

If a summary does not exist for the condition or clinical problem you need,then the next level of information sources would be “Synopses”. Theseresources provide critically appraised abstracts of summaries or single studiesand usually discuss the clinical applicability of the study findings. Libraryresources in this category include the ACP Journal Club, Evidence-Based Nursing,Evidence-Based Child Health, Evidence-Based Mental Health, DARE (Database ofAbstracts of Reviews of Effect) and federated search engines such as TRIP(Turning Research into Practice).

If the information needed cannot be found in either the Summaries or Synopses levels, then the next line of resources are known as“Syntheses”. These are systematic reviews such as the Cochrane reviews. Other compilers of or sources for finding systematic reviews are theJoanna Briggs Institute, Clinical Evidence, PubMed, CINAHL, and TRIP.

At the very bottom of the 5S pyramid are the individual studies which are indexed in databases such as PubMed and CINAHL; this is not areflection on the importance of these databases, but more so a reflection on the other information resources found higher up in the pyramidthat provide value added services by having already located, synthesized and critically appraised the best available evidence they deliver.Databases such as PubMed and CINAHL continue to provide the very important function of powerful search engines that access the abstractsof the vast amount of the health science journal literature; yet when using these two resources, it is still up to the searcher to locate, synthe-size, and critically appraise the information they find, thus making these a lower form of information sources.

As is the nature of pyramids (narrow at the top and broad at thebottom), information sources at the higher levels may not providecoverage of the clinical problem you are addressing, making it necessaryto look at the lower, yet more comprehensive in coverage, levels.However, starting with the higher levels can yield great payoffs in termsof time saved and confidence in the information found, making themthe best place to start in your search.

The 5S model is evolving, and the September 2009 edition of ACPJournal will include an editorial by Brian Haynes discussing fine-tuningthe 5S model into a 6S Model.

(Endnotes)1 Haynes, RB. Of studies, summaries, synopses, and systems: the “5S”

evolution of information services for evidence-based healthcare decisions.ACP J Club 2006;145:A-8.

Finding Evidence-Based Information:Hierarchy of Resources - Clista Clanton

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McGraw-Hill Medical and AccessSurgery UpdateFive new procedural videos from the 9th edition

of Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery have beenadded to AccessSurgery in July 2009:

• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy on a Patient with BiliaryColic and Gall Stones

• Suturing• Knot Tying• Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication• Totally Extra-Peritoneal (TEP) Hernia Repair.

To see all videos, go to the Biomedical Library’swebsitehttp://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu,

click Database List.Open AccessSurgery and click on Videos.

New videos added to- Jie Li

New Editions of Texts onFitzpatrick’s Color Atlas and

Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 6eKlaus Wolff, Richard Allen Johnson

This new 6th edition has been compre-hensively revised and expanded andincludes several new sections. 80% of theprevious edition’s images have beenupdated with new images added. Theetiology, pathogenesis, management andtherapy have been completely updated,and there is also a “case of the week”wherein you may verify your diagnosisagainst the textbook’s. The previousedition has been translated into sevenlanguages.

Vander’s Renal Physiology, 7eDouglas C. Eaton, John P. Pooler

As with previous editions of Vander’sRenal Physiology, this update to the 6th

edition offers a principle-based approachto the study of kidney function and therenal system’s interaction with other bodysystems. Instead of bogging the readerdown with an overwhelming amount ofterminology, the editors purposely focusedon the logic of renal processes. For thenew addition, results from the latestliterature have been incorporated, and thetext has been revised for clarity. The endof each chapter also contains key concepts

which allow for more efficient review.According to Doody’s review service, “Thisseventh edition of a concise, well writtenbook on renal physiology continues thelegacy of the book as a major contributor inthe field....This well written book is anexcellent review of renal function and is oneof the best concise reviews of the topic.”

Clinical Neurology, 7eRoger P. Simon, David A. Greenberg,

Michael J. AminoffClinical Neurology, 7th edition continues

previous versions’ emphasis on impartingthe authors’ clinical teaching experience. Theprimary focus is based on the patients’presenting symptoms or signs, and thechapters are ordered accordingly. Included inthe new addition are new findings in therapyfor neurologic disease and of moleculardisease mechanisms. The neurobiologysections have been expanded, and a greateremphasis has been put on new magneticresonance and computed tomographyimages. There is also a step-by-stepdescription of the neurologic examination,and there are more than 200 tables andfigures.

Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 11eBertram G. Katzung, Susan B. Masters,Anthony J. Trevor

Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 11th edition isarranged to mirror pharmacology coursesyllabi, covering everything students need toknow about pharmacology and its clinicalpractice. This latest edition includes over 300illustrations, case studies and clinicalproblems, descriptions of newly releaseddrugs, and more detailed coverage of newlydiscovered receptors and drug transporters.The end of each chapter also contains tradeand generic names and dosage formulations.

- Robert Britton

McGraw-HillMedical andAccessSurgery arenow on Twitter!Interested in receiv-ing tweets on

AccessSurgery and other onlineproduct updates?

Stay connected to the latestcontents added to AccessSurgery,including new videos, text updates,and Quick Tests: http://twitter.com/MHMedical.

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- Judy Burnham

Medical TerminologyTutorial

Understanding MedicalWords, a medical terminologytutorial is now available from theDictionary module ofMedlinePlus, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html.

This tutorial covers word roots,beginning and ending words andabbreviations. It includes quizzesto measure understanding. Alsoincluded is an appendix of wordparts and their meanings as well asan appendix of abbreviations.

Nearly half the adults in the U.S.have basic or below basic literacyskills1 and most adults havingbelow basic health literacy skillswould not be able to give tworeasons a person with no symptomsshould be tested for a disease afterreading information in a pamphlet.Even those scoring at a basic levelwould find this task difficult.

Understanding Medical Wordscould be a valuable tool to combatlow health literacy which isincreasingly recognized as a centralchallenge for American health careand an underlying cause of healthdisparities.

1The Health Literacy of American Adults.Results from the 2003 National Assessmentof Adult Literacy. National Center forEducation Statistics (2006). http://nces.ed.gov/Pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006483

filters, email accounts, web serversettings and data. This could take acouple of weeks which is unaccept-able in today’s instant access world.

So, when we virtualize a server,we take all of those thousands offiles and settings and compartmen-talize them into one large file. Incase of a disaster this one large filecan be copied to another spareserver and then we are back onlinein an hour or so instead of a coupleof weeks. Being able to copy onelarge file onto a spare server alsoallows for the possibility of thelibrary to partner with anotherremote library at another institutionin case of a natural disaster.

The remote library could transferyour entire web server onto aportable drive and then to one oftheir spare machines, and yourusers are then given a new url sothey can continue to access yourresources while your library recov-ers from the disaster. This is some-thing we are looking into for thefuture; for now, we are still testingthe waters and evaluating severaldifferent virtualization systems.

- Fletch BowlingThe

BiomedicalLibrarySystemsDepartment isin the process

of virtualizing most of our servers.So what does it mean to virtualize aserver and why would anyone wantto do it?

Think of your PC and how it isconfigured. The operating system(Windows, Linux, OSX) and all itssystem files along with all of yourpersonal files are spread out overthe entire hard disk.

Now, if that hard disk were to failor your system were to get a majorvirus infection, you would probablylose all of your work and have tostart over from scratch.

Yes, you could backup your dataon a tape and restore from the tape,but before you could do that youwould have to reinstall the operatingsystem. On a stand-alone PC this isnot that difficult, but on a serverwhere you are storing personal datafor many users, this can take a longtime to do. And on a web or emailserver you also have to spend timereconfiguring all the security, spam

The Virtual Biomed

Emergency Preparedness Meeting September 15, 2009The Alabama Health Libraries Association (ALHeLA) has received a grant to

conduct an Emergency Preparedness and Service Continuity Planning meeting. Thepurposes of the meeting are to:

1. Increase awareness of the need for disaster preparedness and service continuity plan.2. Identify current institutional disaster preparedness and recovery programs within the

state.3. Build awareness of resources available among participants to encourage library disaster

preparedness and service continuity plans.4. Discuss the state-wide disaster preparedness and service continuity plan and distribut-

ing information to the general public during emergency.Dr. Ronald Franks, Vice President for Health Sciences at University of South Alabama

will present Pandemic Influenza Planning to the meeting. Jie Li is the project manager for thisgrant.

A useful tool!

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NewsKaren Bradshaw, Library Technical Assistant I, previously

at USAMC Health Information Resource Center is nowworking at the Campus site, effective August 3rd. She willwork part-time in Circulation and part-time in CollectionManagement. Welcome to Baugh, Karen!

Congratulations to librarian Clista Clanton, EducationCoordinator, who has received tenure and has been promotedto Associate Librarian.

Fletch Bowling, Supervisor for Systems/IT and Head ofBiomedical Library Computer Services has completed hisMasters of Library Information Studies from the School ofLibrary and Information Studies at the University of Ala-bama. Fletch graduated in May, 2009. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Geneva Staggs, Assistant Director forHospital Services at the UMC Health Information ResourceCenter, who has received the Martha C. Watkins Scholarshipwhich will provide funding for the continuing educationcourse Evidence-Based Nursing: A Seminar in IntegratingLiterature,Clinical Practice, and Patient Education and for otherrelated expenses at the Southern Chapter of the MedicalLibrary Assoociation’s 2009 meeting in Memphis.

Judy Burnham, Director of the University of SouthAlabama Biomedical Library, spoke about Web 2.0 tools at theAlabama Chapter American Physical Therapy Associationmeeting in Birmingham August 21 to 22, 2009. Ms. Burnhamalso presented at the national American Physical TherapyAssociation meeting in Baltimore in June, 2009. Dr. DennisFell, Chair of the University of South Alabama PhysicalTherapy Department was a co-presenter with Ms. Burnhamfor both presentations.

Librarians Andrea Wright, Beverly Rossini, and JudyBurnham provided library instruction to high schoolstudents enrolled in the 2009 STARS (Student Training forAcademic Reinforcement in the Sciences) and STRIPES(Special Training to Raise Interest and Prepare for Entry intothe Science)enrichment programs from the University ofSouth Alabama Center for Healthy Communities’ Centerfor Excellence. Thirty students from Mobile County publicschools interested in math and science and with a desire for ahealth care career participated in researching diseases prevalentin family health histories and presenting the research to theirpeers. Students also used their research skills to write publicservice announcements about dating violence and teen obesityfor Cumulus Broadcast Systems in Mobile, Alabama, thenlater recorded the announcements at the radio station. ThePSAs will air on local Mobile radio stations WDLT 98.3 andWGOK Gospel 900 during the remainder of 2009 as part ofa health awareness campaign initiated by the University ofSouth Alabama Center for Healthy Communities.

Photographs by Mike CarmichaelLoaned to Biomedical Library

The study rooms in the Baugh Biomedical Library are alittle brighter, thanks to the addition of photographs loanedby Mike Carmichael. Mike is the Director of the Depart-ment of Educational Technologies and Services. Mike’snature photography is stunning and shows his love of theoutdoors. Additional photographs from this collection arehanging in the Health Information Resource Center. TheBiomedical Library is appreciative to Mike for the loan ofhis vivid photographs.

USA Biomedical Library Director Judy Burnham accepts anature photograph by Director of the Department of Educa-tional Technologies and Services, Mike Carmichael.

The holdings for the Transactions of the Medical Associationof the State of Alabama, precursor to Alabama Medicine,have been extended through a gift made to the Library’sHistorical Collection from Dr. Betty Ruth Spier. TheBiomedical Library now has 1888, 1898 and 1900-1930 inthe Historical Collection. We would like to add any issuesprior to 1887, 1889-98 and 1899 to the collection. If youhave these or any other resources important to the historyof the health sciences in Alabama, please consider makinga donation.

Gift Madeto Library’s Historical Collection

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SOUTHmed Update

Beverly Rossini, Outreach/Information Resources Librarian(251) [email protected]

USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2009

Each year during October, which is designated as National Medical Librarians Month, the medical librariansat the University of South Alabama Biomedical Library take the Biomedical Library to our users. Withlaptops and vendor literature and sometimes with candy and giveaways, we set out for the University HealthSystem’s hospitals and for the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health to show them our stuff.It’s a chance to let our affiliated patrons preview some of our library’s resources they may not be familiar with andto offer them some one-on-one time with a librarian. This year, I want to include our SOUTHMed patrons inour National Medical Librarians Month outreach.

There are several new things I would like to show you: PubMed has introduced many new features just in the past few months(see My NCBI by Judy Burnham on page 5 for one of them). We have a brand new web site (http://

biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu) full of features you may not know about including a fairly new electronic resource access andmanagement system (Serials Solutions) which is your tool to discern whether or not we hold a volume and issue of a journal youmay be interested in borrowing. You have on-line access to these tools. They, along with our library catalog SOUTHCat, are helpfulto you in determining which of our resources you might find valuable for your information needs.

We librarians are also constantly in the process of discovering new information resources: some available free on the web, andsome subscription only. Have you heard of the TRIP Database? What about DARE? (see Clista Clanton’s article on Finding Evidence-Based Information p 8) What is your best resource for getting an overview of a medical condition? Do you use MedlinePlus.gov?Are you familiar with how to use the World Cat Local feature in First Search to check local libraries’ holdings for resources you mightneed?

My mission is to direct you, both our unaffiliated and affiliated patrons, to easy to use, authoritative, “findable” information.If we do not own it, our Interlibrary Loan department can usually obtain it for you within a reasonable amount of time. If youhave an information need, your SOUTHMed membership entitles you to use our library’s resources. Call us; we are here to helpyou. Before October, you will be hearing from me, your medical librarian.