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1 newsletter Bi feedback http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/ Issue #76 Summer 2009 Director’s Notes In This Issue As we welcome our new neighbors, the Colleges of Allied Health Professions and Nursing to the new Health Sciences Building, we are looking forward to greater opportunities for interaction. For these two colleges, along with the College of Medicine, we offer • in-class, in-office or in-library instruction on general or specific information retrieval for faculty and students, • assistance with search strategy for optimal retrieval, • study rooms for students, • web page with links to discipline specific resources, • conference room with flat screen monitor available for meetings, • citation verification, • ability to borrow resources from other libraries via inter-library loan. To keep up to date with new services and resources, subscribe to the Biomedical Library blog. It can be received either through e-mail or through your RSS reader. Using the blog, we were able to post up to date information during the recent H1N1 flu outbreak. To subscribe to our blog , go to http://biomedicallibrary .southalabama.edu/library/?q=blog/6 and click on either the e- mail or RSS icon. Judy Burnham Director Opportunity to Highlight your Discipline The Baugh Biomedical Library has a flat screen in the Circulation area that is used to highlight new services and resources. We also use it to draw attention to the special observances of our primary users, i.e., Better Speech and Hearing Month for May. If you have a special observance that you would like included, send the information to your liaison librarian. (See page 9 or bookmark http://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/ ?q=liaisons for a list of departmental liaisons.) If you are using the library, take a moment to observe what is currently playing. We guarantee you will learn something new! Ten things to do on the new web page .......................... 2 Toxic Release Map .......... 3 JCR Impact Factors .......... 4 New PubMed features ..... 4 DeGowin’s Diagnostic now available ........................... 5 Faculty Publications ......... 6 New MedPedia Wiki ....... 7 New book titles ............... 8 Library Facebook Page .... 10 CP Reference Linking ...... 10 Patient resources at UMC Health Information Resource Center .............. 10 Library News .................. 11 New College of Medicine CME Website .................. 11

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newsletter

Bi feedbackhttp://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/

Issue #76 Summer 2009

Director’s Notes

In This Issue

As we welcome our new neighbors, theColleges of Allied Health Professions andNursing to the new Health Sciences Building,we are looking forward to greater opportunitiesfor interaction. For these two colleges, alongwith the College of Medicine, we offer

• in-class, in-office or in-library instruction ongeneral or specific information retrieval forfaculty and students,

• assistance with search strategyfor optimal retrieval,

• study rooms for students,• web page with links to discipline

specific resources,• conference room with flat screen

monitor available for meetings,• citation verification,• ability to borrow resources from other libraries via inter-library loan.To keep up to date with new services and resources, subscribe to the Biomedical

Library blog. It can be received either through e-mail or through your RSS reader. Usingthe blog, we were able to post up to date information during the recent H1N1 fluoutbreak.

To subscribe to our blog , go tohttp://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/?q=blog/6 and click on either the e-mail or RSS icon.

Judy BurnhamDirector

Opportunity to Highlight your DisciplineThe Baugh Biomedical Library has a flat screen in the Circulation area that is used to

highlight new services and resources. We also use it to draw attention to the specialobservances of our primary users, i.e., Better Speech and Hearing Month for May. If youhave a special observance that you would like included, send the information to yourliaison librarian. (See page 9 or bookmark http://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/

?q=liaisons for a list of departmental liaisons.) If you are using the library, take a momentto observe what is currently playing. We guarantee you will learn something new!

Ten things to do on the newweb page .......................... 2

Toxic Release Map .......... 3

JCR Impact Factors .......... 4

New PubMed features ..... 4

DeGowin’s Diagnostic now

available ........................... 5

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

New MedPedia Wiki ....... 7

New book titles ............... 8

Library Facebook Page .... 10

CP Reference Linking ...... 10

Patient resources at UMCHealth InformationResource Center.............. 10

Library News .................. 11

New College of MedicineCME Website .................. 11

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PHONE NUMBERSAdministrationDirector: Judy Burnham ............ (251) [email protected]: Bonnie Seibert ............ (251) 460-6885Collection Management: Jie Li .... (251) [email protected] Services: Geneva Staggs (251) [email protected] Services: .......................... (251) 460-7044Justin Robertson .......................... (251) [email protected]

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

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

SUMMER HOURS May 12, 2009 - August 9, 2009Charles M. Baugh Library (Campus)Monday-Thursday 7:15 am - 9:45 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

Holiday and Extended HoursThe libraries will observe holidays for MemorialDay, Mon 5/25; Independence Day, Fri 7/3 and Sat7/4. Extended Hours (campus only) Fri 7/17:7:15am - 9:45pm and Sat 7/18: 9:00am - 9:45 pm.Fall hours will begin on Monday, August 10, 2009;see posted hours on our website.

Email: [email protected]:http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/

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10. Learn about library news,resources, and events on our blog.

The Biomedical Library News Blogincludes tips for using the library,posts about new resources andservices, and information aboutother news and events relevant toour patrons. You can also subscribeto receive updates in your email.

9. Read the most recent issue of ascholarly journal.

The library subscribes to anincreasing number of journalselectronically. To find out if wesubscribe to your favorite journalelectronically, click on the “JournalSearch” link on our homepage anduse the search function.

8. Find out about great websites inyour field.

Click on Medical Matters Wiki tofind links to great web contentcompiled by library faculty and staff.You can also add your favorites.

7. Read an E-bookNeed to reread a chapter in TheClinician’s Guide to Medical Writing,or Lippincott Manual of NursingPractice, but the library has closed?Check the E-books page to findout if we have the electronic title.

6. Prepare for a testAre you or your students preparingfor the USMLE or the NCLEX?Check under the portal for yourcollege located across the top of thehome page to find out aboutresources valuable to your area ofstudy. The Frequently AskedQuestions section should includethe links you need.

Top 10Things

to dofrom thelibrary’s

new webpresence at

biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu.

5. Learn more about EvidenceBased Healthcare

The Biomedical Library offerscourses and resources to supportand explain Evidence BasedMedicine and Evidence BasedPractice. Find resources we have tosupport your practice in theEvidence Based Healthcare sectionof our website.

4. Get the latest clinical informa-tion quickly (and from home!)

The library subscribes to severaltools that are frequently updatedand designed to be used at thepoint of care including: Dynamed,Clinical Evidence, Clinical Pharma-cology, MD Consult, and EvidenceMatters. These resources areavailable 24/7 from anywhere toour faculty, staff, and studentsthrough the Hospitals portal (inthe list of tabs across the top ofthe page) or the Databases link onthe home page.

3. Order an item that the librarydoesn’t have with InterlibraryLoan.

Found what looks like the perfectabstract only to discover that wedon’t subscribe to the journal?Discovered a book that you wouldlike to read, but the library doesn’tcarry it? It’s okay! If you have timefor us to request it from anotherlibrary, we can probably get it foryou. (Also, the first 10 of yourrequests per month are free!) Clickthe “Request Interlibrary Loan”link on the front page to sign upand place your order.

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Recently, the biomedical library began subscribing to Clinical Evidence, an interna-tional peer reviewed journal that publishes systematic reviews of over 250 clinicalconditions. These reviews are updated regularly and include additional evidencebased medicine (EBM) resources to provide busy clinicians with access to the verylatest and most relevant medical knowledge for treatment decisions. Clinical Evidencenot only uses systematic reviews (including Cochrane reviews) in their summaries,but also includes relevantrandomized controlled trials(RCTs) that have been pub-lished after the review’s searchdate or RCTs that were notincluded in the original review ifthey are deemed appropriate.

If there are no good qualitysystematic reviews identified,primary studies retrieved bytheir search and appraisalprocess will be included,including quality observationalstudies if appropriate.

Clinical Evidence systematicreviews can be thought of as“umbrella reviews,” as theysummarize the best evidenceacross a condition, rather thanfocusing on a specific intervention within that condition. If no good qualityevidence is located the sum-mary will state so.

Clinical Evidence’s contents aredriven by questions instead ofby the availability of researchevidence, so rather than startingwith the evidence and summariz-ing what is there, importantclinical questions are identifiedand then a search for and sum-mary of the best availableevidence to answer them iscompiled.

Clinical Evidence can beaccessed from the database list onthe library’s web page http:/www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/.

- Clista Clanton

Systematic reviews of over 250 clinical conditions.

Over 250 reviews updated dailycontaining latest and mostrelevant medical knowledge for treatment decisions can be foundin the Clinical Evidence database.

Clinical Evidence reviews summarize the best evidence acrossa condition rather than focusing on a specific interventon.

TOXMAP, http://

toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/ devel-oped by the National Library ofMedicine, uses United Statesmaps to visually display data fromthe EPA’s Toxics Release Inven-tory (TRI) and Superfund Pro-grams.

Particular industries are requiredby Federal Law to annually reportemission of certain chemicals.TOXMAP shows, graphically,where these emissions haveoccurred. Users can search thesystem by location (such as city,state, or zip code), chemicalname, chemical name fragment,release medium, release amount,facility name and ID, and canfilter results to those residingwithin a particular geographicregion. It also included mortalitydata and hospital locations.

TOXMAP also overlays mapdata from other entities such asU.S. Census populationinformation, income figures fromthe Bureau of Economic Analy-sis, and health data from theNational Cancer Institute and theNational Center for HealthStatistics. Searches can be savedfor later analysis.

Toxics ReleaseInventory (TRI)on TOXMAP

- Judy Burnham

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Five-Year Impact Factors Added to the

The journal impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the “aver-age article” in a journal has been cited in a particular year. The impact factor willhelp you evaluate a journal’s relative importance, especially when you compare itto others in the same field.

The impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of current citations toarticles published in the two previous years by the total number of articlespublished in the two previous years.

Five year impact factors have been added to the Journal Citation Report (JCR).This will give researchers a better picture of the journal. In addition, EignefactorScores and Article Influence Scores have also been added to JCR. The followingtable shows the added scores.

Eigenfactor Scores and Article Influence Scores rank journals much as Googleranks websites. Scholarly references join journals together in a vast network ofcitations. Algorithms use the structure of the entire network (instead of purelylocal citation information) to evaluate the importance of each journal.

Eigenfactor.org reports journal prices as well as citation influence.In collaboration with journalprices.com, Eigenfactor.org provides information

about price and value for thousands of scholarly periodicals. While theEigenfactor Scores and Article Influence Scores do not incorporate price infor-mation directly, the Cost-Effectiveness Search orders journals by a measure ofthe value per dollar that they provide.

Eigenfactor.org contains 115,000 reference items and not only ranks scholarlyjournals in the natural and social sciences, but also lists newsprint, PhD theses,popular magazines and more. In so doing, it more fairly values those journalsbridging the gap between the social and natural sciences.

Eigenfactor Scores and Article Influence Scores adjust for citation differencesacross disciplines.

Different disciplines have different standards for citation and different timescales on which citations occur. The average article in a leading cell biologyjournal might receive 10-30 citations within two years; the average article inleading mathematics journal would do very well to receive two citations over thesame period. By using the whole citation network, JCR’s algorithm automaticallyaccounts for these differences and allows better comparison across research areas.

For more information about and search for Eigenfactor scores and ArticleInfluence, go to http://www.eigenfactor.org/.

- Jie Li Expect some big changes to PubMed®very soon; in fact, the new mantra shouldbe: Use Advanced Search. The familiarsearch page will be undergoing visual andfunctional changes. The tabs (Limit,Preview/Index, Clipboard, History, etc.)will be gone and are currently not main-tained. These functions will be available inAdvanced Search; so for full functionality,use the Advanced Search. One caveat:notice that where the “go” button appearedin the Simple Search, now a “clear” buttonappears. Make sure you hit the “search”button which is on the far right or usereturn to begin the search. Other than thisglitch, there are some very positive newPubMed® features to get acquainted with.

In the PubMed®Advanced Searchinterface you can view your search details inthe same box as your search history. Youcan combine previous searches withBoolean operators and new search terms.

You can set limits and use a newCitation Sensor where you can search bythe usual author, article title, journal nameOR by simply using journal title, volume,issue, and page number. You will alsonotice a difference in the way the citationsappear: they now appear by title first ratherthan by author. You can also display yoursearch results sorted by title rather than bymost recent article indexed.

There are four new PubMed® sensors:Gene Sensor checks the query entered inthe search box and if it detects the symbolfor a gene found in the Gene database, a“Gene Information” box displays abovethe search results with links to organism-specific information and the full report inGene (see Figure 1). As with the otherSensors, Gene Sensor will evolve over timeand is being phased in, so all users will notsee it initially.

PubMed® launchessignificant new features

- Beverly Rossini

Figure 1

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According to one prominentreview of DeGowin’s DiagnosticExamination, “no other resourcegives the student or practitionera better introduction to the art,science, and craft of the physical

examination than this classic work.”1 DeGowin’s is both a physical examinationtextbook and an excellent point of careguide. With references to articles frommajor medical journals [e.g., NEJM, Lancet,Annals of Internal Medicine, and JAMA], eachchapter is independently reviewed by facultymembers of the University of IowaCollege of Medicine.2

DeGowin’s is arranged into four parts.Part I provides the essentials of historytaking, documentation, and physicalexamination. Part II [Chapters 4 to 14] isorganized in the sequence in which theclinician traditionally performs the examina-tion. Most of the chapters in this section arearranged in the same order:

1. Overview of the particular organsystem in question;

2. Discussion of the anatomy of theregion of the body in question;

3. Description of the physical examinationof the region or system, in the usual orderof performance;

4. Discussion of symptoms of relevanceto the body region/organ system;

5. Listing of physical signs in the examina-tion of the region or system;

6. Explanation of diseases and syndromescommonly included in the differentialdiagnosis of symptoms and signs in thebody region and system under discussion.

DeGowin’s has certain helpful features tomake the search process easier.

• First, useful points of differentiation arelisted after the DDX symbol.

• Second, a section entitled ClinicalOccurrence (following the description ofselected symptoms and signs) is a list ofdiseases often associated with the symptomor sign in question. Furthermore, the

organizational scheme of this section allowsthe clinician to narrow the DDX to basicmechanisms of disease, to include congeni-tal, endocrine, idiopathic, infectious, inflam-matory/immune, mechanical/traumatic,metabolic/toxic, neoplastic, neurologic,psychosocial, or vascular.

To access the 9th edition of DeGowin’s, goto the Library’s homepage at http://

biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/ andclick on the link entitled “Find E-books.”When the new page opens, click on “AccessMedicine” under the heading “EbookDatabases.” When the next page opens,click on the “Textbooks” tab and then scrolldown to the link entitled “DeGowin’sDiagnostic Examination.”

(Footnotes)1 http://www.doody.com/DEJ/Service/

ViewTitle.asp?SID={29803B26-F88B-4D11-8B01-D379218CC1C5}&ISBN=9780071478984

2 http://www.accessmedicine.com/preface.aspx?resourceID=534

DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination9th edition on - Trey Lemley

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The Drug Sensor detects whether adrug name is present in a user’s searchwhen results are viewed in the Summaryformat and presents information fromother resources that you can link to andread more (see Figure 2). At this time,about 200 drug names are included fromPubMed Clinical Q&A, a collection ofevidence-based medicine summaries.These summaries have attributions andcan be used to learn more about currenttreatment practices and the level ofevidence that supports them.

Citation Sensor is a new PubMed®feature that matches searches withcitations. It recognizes combinations ofsearch terms that are characteristic ofcitation searching, e.g., volume/issuenumbers, author names, journal titles,and publication dates, which it thenmatches to citations. If your searchinvokes the Citation Sensor, you will see ayellow area above the retrieval with links toone or more citations for your consider-ation. Please note: the Citation Sensor willnot work with terms entered with searchtags, e.g., chen [au].

Consumer Level Drug Information isa sensor that links to drug information onthe consumer health level.

Other useful new features are the ability tosend searches to a collection, email address,or an RSS feed without sending to theclipboard.

If you haven’t looked at the Preferencesin the My NCBI homepage, you need to.One easy change to Common Preferencesis to turn on highlighting of search termsin results. Another good feature is toapply PubMed® search filters. Here youcan specify “full text” and see which resultsare held by the USA Biomedical Librarynext to your full search results.

If you would like to know more aboutPubMed® features, comtact your liaisonlibrarian for a personalized lesson.

Figure 2

Click on the link entitled Find E-booksat Library’s webpage

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

Science for January through April, 2009. Department chairs are asked to submit citations of recentpublications by their department members. If we missed your latest contribution to the literature, pleasenotify the editor so it can be included in a future listing. New faculty are encouraged to submit their latestpublications to the editor ([email protected]).

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Anderson C, Hooks Q. 2009 Lawrence A. Goldingstudent scholarship winners named. ACSMSHealth Fit J 2009;13(2):3.

Barik S. Treating respiratory viral diseases withchemically modified, second generationintranasal sirnas. Methods Mol Biol 2009;487:331-41.

Benjamin JT, Hamm CR, Zayek M, Eyal FG,Carlson S, Manci E. Acquired left-sidedpulmonary vein stenosis in an extremelypremature infant: a new entity? J Pediatr2009;154(3):459.

Carter JE, Laurini JA. Isolated intestinalneurofibromatous proliferations in theabsence of associated systemic syndromes.World J Gastroenterol 2008;14(42):6569-71.

Chowdhury U, Samant R, Fodstad O, Shevde L.Emerging role of nuclear protein 1 (NUPR1)in cancer biology. Cancer Metastasis Rev2009;28(1-2):225-32.

Cioffi DL, Lowe K, Alvarez DF, Barry C, StevensT. TRPing on the lung endothelium: calciumchannels that regulate barrier function.Antioxid Redox Signal 2009;11(4):765-76.

Cohen MV, Downey JM. Modulation of receptorsensitivity: possible therapeutic target? Br JPharmacol 2009;156(6):899-900.

Cohen MV, Downey JM. Adenosine at reperfusiona conundrum ready to be resolved. J Am CollCardiol 2009;53(8):718-9.

Cole JH, Chunn VM. Coronary CT angiography isa more cost-effective strategy than myocardialperfusion imaging as an initial diagnostic testin clinical practice. J Am Coll Cardiol2009;53(10):A274.

Ellis CN. Rectovaginal fistula. Semin Colon RectalSurg 2009;20(1):58-62.

Fagone P, Gunter C, Sage CR, Gunn KE, BrewerJW, Jackowski S. CTP:phosphocholinecytidylyltransferase alpha is required for B-cellproliferation and class switch recombination.J Biol Chem 2009;284(11):6847-54.

Finan MA, Meredith C, Rocconi RP. Overcomingtechnical challenges with robotic surgery ingynecologic oncology. Gynecol Oncol2009;112(2):334.

Flessner MF, Wyatt SB, Akylbekova EL, Coady S,Fulop T, Lee F, Taylor HA, Crook E.Prevalence and awareness of CKD amongAfrican Americans: the Jackson Heart S0tudy.Am J Kidney Dis 2009;53(2):238-47.

Franceski BD. Cardiovascular health in women: anoverview of gender-related issues. Adv EmergNurs J 2009;31(1):63-72.

Goel S, Kahn AG, Zuo Z, Patterson KV. Post-mortem diagnosis of lymphoma: report offive cases with review of the literature anddiscussion of specialized diagnostic tech-niques. Lab Invest 2009;89:10.

Gonzalez RP, Cummings GR, Phelan HA, MulekarMS, Rodning CB. Does increased emergencymedical services prehospital time affectpatient mortality in rural motor vehiclecrashes? A statewide analysis. Am J Surg2009;197(1):30-4.

Gonzalez RP, Scott W, Wright A, Phelan HA,Rodning CB. Anatomic location of penetrat-ing lower-extremity trauma predicts compart-ment syndrome development. Am J Surg2009;197(3):371-4.

Gordon MS, Allen S. Audiovisual speech in olderand younger adults: integrating a distortedvisual signal with speech in noise. Exp AgingRes 2009;35(2):202-19.

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.

Grishko VI, Ho R, Wilson GL, Pearsall AW.Diminished mitochondrial DNA integrity andrepair capacity in oa chondrocytes. Osteoarthri-tis Cartilage 2009;17(1):107-13.

Heberer S, Ruhe B, Krekeler L, Schink T, NelsonJJ, Nelson K. A prospective randomized split-mouth study comparing iliac onlay grafts inatrophied edentulous patients: covered withperiosteum or a bioresorbable membrane. ClinOral Implant Res 2009;20(3):319-26.

Imran H, Brown E, Bamba R, Lemley T,Cousineau LK, Kalpatthi R. Use of corticos-teroids for acute chest syndrome in childrenwith sickle cell anemia: a systematic review.Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009;52(6):727-.

Imran H, Enders F, Krailo M, Sim F, Okuno S,Hawkins D, Neglia J, Randall RL, Womer R,Mascarenhas L, Arndt CAS. Effect of time toresumption of chemotherapy after definitivesurgery on prognosis for non-metastaticosteosarcoma. J Bone Joint Surg-Am Vol2009;91A(3):604-12.

Ito T, Fujio Y, Schaffer SW, Azuma J. Involvementof transcriptional factor tonEBP in theregulation of the taurine transporter in thecardiomyocyte. In: Azuma J, Schaffer SW, Ito T,eds. Taurine 7; 2009:523-32.

Ito T, Muraoka S, Takahashi K, Fujio Y, SchafferSW, Azuma J. Beneficial effect of taurinetreatment against doxorubicin-inducedcardiotoxicity in mice. In: Azuma J, SchafferSW, Ito T, eds. Taurine 7; 2009:65-74.

Ito T, Pastukh V, Solodushko V, Azuma J, SchafferSW. Effect of taurine on protein kinase Cisoforms: role in taurine’s actions? In: Azuma J,Schaffer SW, Ito T, eds. Taurine 7; 2009:3-11.

Kalpatthi R, Ngwube A, Hlavacek A, Bowman M,Jackson S, Imran H. Low prevalence ofpulmonary artery hypertension in childrenwith sickle cell anemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer2009;52(6):725.

Lemley T, Burnham JF. Web 2.0 tools in medicaland nursing school curricula. J Med Libr Assoc2009;97(1):50-2.

Lin WS, Popko B. Endoplasmic reticulum stressin disorders of myelinating cells. Nat Neurosci2009;12(4):379-85.

Lorberg B, Youssef NA, Bhagwagar Z.Lamotrigine-associated rash: to rechallenge ornot to rechallenge? Int J Neuropsychopharmacol2009;12(2):257-65.

MacLauchlan S, Skokos EA, Agah A, Zeng JM, TianWM, Davidson JM, Bornstein P, KyriakidesTR. Enhanced angiogenesis and reducedcontraction in thrombospondin-2-nullwounds is associated with increased levels ofmatrix metalloproteinases-2 and-9, and solubleVEGF. J Histochem Cytochem 2009;57(4):301-13.

Madanagopal SG, Kovaleski JE, Pearsall AW. Surveyof short-term oral corticosteroid administra-tion by orthopaedic physicians in college andhigh school athletes. J Sport Sci Med2009;8(1):37-44.

Matthews KS, Straughn JM, Kemper MK, HoskinsKE, Wang WQ, Rocconi RP. The effect ofobesity on survival in patients with ovariancancer. Gynecol Oncol 2009;112(2):389-93.

McCoy A, Finan MA, Boudreaux F, Tucker J,Rocconi RP. The incidence and clinicalsignificance of lymph node micrometastasesdetermined by immunohistochemical stainingin stage I lymph node-negative endometrialcancer. Gynecol Oncol 2009;112(2):131.

McCullers J. Frailty: the looming epidemic. AlaNurse 2008;35(4):25-6.

Moore J, Whitworth J, Matthews KS, Finan MA,Straughn JM, Rocconi RP. Double prophylaxisfor deep venous thrombosis in gynecologiconcology patients undergoing laparotomy:does preoperative anticoagulation matter?Gynecol Oncol 2009;112(2):343.

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Needham KD, Yevtusbok L, Lapchenko S,Wertelecki W, Garruto RM. Dietary and activitypatterns and implications for birth defects inthe chernobyl impacted Rivne-Polissia regionof Ukraine. Am J Hum Biol 2009;21(2):261-2.

Nelson JJ, Kahn AG. A case of bone metaplasia ofthe gallbladder epithelium. South Med J2009;102(3):322-4.

Ortega JDL, Kakati B, Girkin CA. Artifacts on theoptic nerve head analysis of the opticalcoherence tomography in glaucomatous andnonglaucomatous eyes. J Glaucoma2009;18(3):186-91.

Ozdener H, Di Poto C, Rawson N, Pannell LK,Baraniuk JN. Proteomics of the olfactory stemcells. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009;123(2):1011.

Phelan HA, Brakenridge SC, Rutland TJ, Maltese C.Boerhaave syndrome presenting as massivehemothorax. South Med J 2009;102(2):202-3.

Polski JM. The sensitivity and specificity ofgranulocyte and monocyte immunophenotypeabnormalities in the detection of myeloidneoplasms. Lab Invest 2009;89:1274.

Prasain N, Stevens T. The actin cytoskeleton inendothelial cell phenotypes. Microvasc Res2009;77(1):53-63.

Rocchiccioli JT, Sanford JT. Revisiting geriatricfailure to thrive a complex and compellingclinical condition. J Gerontol Nurs 2009;35(1):18-24.

Rocconi RP, Meredith C, Finan MA. Evaluation ofthe learning curve of robotic assistedlaparoscopic hysterectomy with lymphadenec-tomy for gynecologic malignancies. GynecolOncol 2009;112(2):332.

Rohling ML. What do neuropsychologists need toknow about somatizing patients? J Clin ExpNeuropsychol 2009;31(1):151-2.

Rohling ML, Faust ME, Beverly B, Demakis G.Effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitationfollowing acquired brain injury: a meta-analytic re-examination of Cicerone et al.’s(2000,2005) systematic reviews. Neuropsychology2009;23(1):20-39.

Ruchko MV, Gorodnya OM, Pastukh VM, SwigerBM, Middleton NS, Wilson GL, Gillespie MN.Hypoxia-induced oxidative base modificationsin the VEGF hypoxia-response element areassociated with transcriptionally activenucleosomes. Free Radic Biol Med 2009;46(3):352-9.

Safdar B, Heins A, Homel P, Miner J, Neighbor M,DeSandre P, Todd KH. Impact of physicianand patient gender on pain management in theemergency department-a multicenter study.Pain Med 2009;10(2):364-72.

Sayed AK, Foster JW. A 750 bp sensory integrationregion directs global control of the Escheri-chia coli GadE acid resistance regulator. MolMicrobiol 2009;71(6):1435-50.

Shao L, Perez RE, Gerthoffer WT, Truog WE, XuD. Heat shock protein 27 protects lungepithelial cells from hyperoxia-inducedapoptotic cell death. Pediatr Res 2009;65(3):328-33.

Swingle HM, Colaizy TT, Zimmerman MB,Morriss FH. Abortion and the risk ofsubsequent preterm birth a systematic reviewwith meta-analyses. J Reprod Med 2009;54(2):95-108.

Takahashi K, Azuma Y, Kobayashi S, Azuma J,Takahashi K, Schaffer SW, Hattori M, Namba T.Tool from traditional medicines is useful forhealth-medication: bezoar bovis and taurine.In: Azuma J, Schaffer SW, Ito T, eds. Taurine 7;2009:95-103.

Taylor BA, Meng E, Shevde LA, Reed E, RocconiRP. Telomerase activity in multiple successivegenerations of ovarian cancer stem cells.Gynecol Oncol 2009;112(2):234.

Teplick R, Rosenthal M. The evolution of theanesthesiologist: novel perioperative roles andbeyond. Anesthesiol Clin 2009;27(1):157-65.

Titford M. Progress in the development ofmicroscopical techniques for diagnosticpathology. J Histotechnol 2009;32(1):9-19.

Vyas K, Chaudhuri S, Leaman DW, Komar AA,Musiyenko A, Barik S, Mazumder B. Genome-wide polysome profiling reveals an inflamma-tion-responsive posttranscriptional operon ingamma interferon-activated monocytes. MolCell Biol 2009;29(2):458-70.

Walsh KB, Rich TC, Coffman ZJ. Development ofa high-throughput assay for monitoring camplevels in cardiac ventricular myocytes. JCardiovasc Pharmacol 2009;53(3):223-30.

Weisz G, Filby SJ, Cohen MG, Allie DE, WeinstockBS, Kyriazis D, Walker CM, Moses JW, Danna P,Fearon WF, Sachdev N, Wiechmann BN, VoraK, Findeiss L, Price MJ, Mehran R, Leon MB,Teirstein PS. Safety and performance oftargeted renal therapy: the Be-RITe! Registry. JEndovascular Ther 2009;16(1):1-12.

Wertelecki W, Yevtushok L. Blastopathies:conjoined twins - teratomas TND in aChornobyl impacted region of Ukraine. BirthDefects Res Part A-Clin Mol Teratol 2009;85(3):245.

Wu JJ, Papajohn NG, Murase JE, Verkruysse W,Kelly KM. Generalized chrysiasis improvedwith pulsed dye laser. Dermatol Surg2009;35(3):538-42.

Yang J, Craddock L, Hong S, Liu ZM. Amp-activated protein kinase suppresses LXR-dependent sterol regulatory element-bindingprotein-1c transcription in rat hepatoma McA-RH7777 cells. J Cell Biochem 2009;106(3):414-26.

Zhu B, Zhang L, Alexeyev M, Alvarez DF, Strada SJ,Stevens T. Type 5 phosphodiesteraseexpression is a critical determinant of theendothelial cell angiogenic phenotype. Am JPhysiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2009;296(2):L220-8.

Zhuang J, Li F, Liu X, Liu ZP, Lin JX, Ge YH,Kaminski JM, Summers JB, Wang ZC, Ge J, YuKM. Lithium chloride protects retinalneurocytes from nutrient deprivation bypromoting DNA non-homologous end-joining. Biochem Biophys Res Commun2009;380(3):650-4.

Zuo Z, Goel S, Carter JE. Prepartum cervicalcytologic changes correlated with abnormalplacental changes and preterm delivery. ModPathol 2009;22:1109.

Zuo Z, Goel S, Carter JE. Prepartum cervicalcytologic changes correlated with abnormalplacental changes and preterm delivery. LabInvest 2009;89:1109.

The Medpedia WikiMedpedia, http://www.medpedia.com/, is a wiki of healthcareinformation that has been developed in conjunction with HarvardMedical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of PublicHealth, University of Michigan Medical School and other leading globalhealth organizations. The information is available to anyone; however,only physicians and PhDs are allowed to edit the content (after approvalby the Editor.) Others can suggest changes, but these must beapproved by an Approved Editor before they are included in thedocument. Medpedia is intended as a resource for both health careprofessionals and health care consumers. Users can “follow” a page andreceive notification when an article is updated.

- Judy Burnham

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Books- Robert Britton

Location in brackets following the call number.B = Baugh Biomedical Library (Campus)CW = Children’s & Women’s LibraryHIRC = UMC Health Information ResourceCenter (formerly Medical Center Library)Ref = Reference collection at indicated site.

New

P PHILOLOGY. LINGUISTICSP 118.3 D487 2008 [B]Developmental psycholinguistics: on-line methods inchildren’s language processing. Irina A. Sekerina, EvaM. Ferna˜ndez, Harald Clahsen, eds.

QP PHYSIOLOGYQP 303 .A67 2009 [B]Applied anatomy and biomechanics in sport. TimothyR. Ackland, Bruce C. Elliott, John Bloomfield,eds.

QS HUMAN ANATOMYQS 4 P243 2007 [HIRC]The human body book. Steve Parker.

QU BIOCHEMISTRYQU 58.5 G33521 2008 [B]Genomics and environmental regulation: science, ethics,and law. Richard R. Sharp, Gary E. Marchant, JamieA. Grodsky eds.

QU 58.5 N163d 2008 [B]Drug-DNA interactions: structures and spectra. KazuoNakamoto.

QV PHARMACOLOGYQV 738 FA1 M384e 2009 [HIRC]Martindale: the complete drug reference. Sean C.Sweetman, ed.

QZ PATHOLOGYQZ 201 K75 2008 [HIRC]Everyone’s guide to cancer therapy: how cancer isdiagnosed, treated, and managed day to day. Andrew H.Ko, Malin Dollinger, Ernest H. Rosenbaum.

QZ 266 I5833c 2009 [HIRC]Cancer prevention. Hans-Jorg Senn, Usula Kapp,Florian Otto, eds.

RF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGYRF 293.5 .S87 2007 [B]Hearing conservation manual. Alice H. Suter.

W HEALTH PROFESSIONSW 18 H2364m 2008 [B]The handbook of academic medicine: how medical schoolsand teaching hospitals work. William T. Mallon et al.

W 26.5 M4893 2008 [B]Medical informatics: practical guide for the healthcareprofessional 2008. Robert Hoyt, ed.

WA PUBLIC HEALTHWA 309 C284h 2004 [HIRC]The new Harvard guide to women’s health. Karen J.Carlson

WA 309 G653 2008 [HIRC]Dr. Nieca Goldberg’s Complete Guide to Women’sHealth. Nieca Goldberg

WA 590 A58 2009 [HIRC]Take care tips: how to care for yourself while you’retaking care of others. Jennifer Antkowiak.

WA 590 B378 2006 [HIRC]The guide to living with HIV infection: developed at theJohns Hopkins AIDS Clinic. John G. Bartlett, AnnK. Finkbeiner.

WA 590 B733 2009 [HIRC]The rough guide to men’s health. Lloyd Bradley.

WA 590 G754 2009 [HIRC]Complete guide to prescription & nonprescription drugs.H. Winter Griffith

WA 590 L544 2006 [HIRC]What to eat: the ten things you really need to know to eatwell and be healthy! Luise Light.

WB PRACTICE OF MEDICINEWB 13 P213 2007 [HIRC]Current consult medicine 2007. Maxine Papadakis,Stephen McPhee, Roni Zeiger.

WB 18.2 M824g 2005 [HIRC]Griffith’s instructions for patients. Stephen W. Moore

WB 120 A512 2004 [HIRC]American Medical Association family medical guide.American Medical Association.

WB 120 H37 2005 [HIRC]The Harvard Medical School family health guide.Anthony L. Komaroff, ed.

WB 141 S454 2002 [HIRC]The patient’s guide to medical tests: everything you need toknow about the tests your doctor orders. Joseph C.Segen and Josie Wade.

WB 430 C737 2009 [HIRC]The complete vegetarian: the essential guide to good health.Peggy Carlson, ed.

WB 541 C641 2009 [B]Clinical exercise physiology. Jonathan K. Ehrman etal., eds.

WC COMMUNICABLE DISEASESWC 39 Z999 2001 [HIRC]The 5 minute infectious diseases consult. Sherwood L.Gorbach, Matthew Falagas, eds.

WG CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEWG 113 A512 2008 [HIRC]American Medical Association guide to preventing andtreating heart disease: essential information you and yourfamily need to know about having a healthy heart.Martin S. Lipsky et al., eds.

WG 330 C2649 2001 [B]Cardiac arrhythmia: mechanisms, diagnosis, andmanagement. Philip J. Podrid, Peter R. Kowey, eds.

WI DIGESTIVE SYSTEMWI 250 A959f 2005 [B]FEESST: flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowingwith sensory testing. Jonathan E. Aviv.

WI 770 L7837 2007 [HIRC]Living donor liver transplantation. Sheung Tat Fan, ed.

WK EDOCRINE SYSTEMWK 850 A512 2006 [HIRC]American Medical Association guide to living withdiabetes: preventing and treating type 2 diabetes. Boyd E.Metzger et al, eds.

WL NERVOUS SYSTEMWL 340.2 W929c 2003 [B]Communication disability in aging: from prevention tointervention. Linda E. Worall, Louise M. Hickson.

WM PSYCHIATRYWM 75 E26 2007 [HIRC]A consumer’s guide to mental health services: unveiling themysteries and secrets of psychotherapy. Jeffrey K.Edwards, Anthony W. Heath.

WM 140 A5126 2003 [B]The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook ofclinical psychiatry. Robert E. Hales, Stuart C.Yudofsky.

WM 171 H2367 2009 [HIRC]Handbook of depression. Ian H. Gotlib, ConstanceL. Hammen, eds.

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Not finding what you need?Contact your Liaison Librarian

Robert Britton Library Liaison -College of Medicine Radiology,Biochemistry, and MolecularBiology;College of Allied HealthBiomedical Sciences.

Judy Burnham Library Liaison -College of Allied Health Professions:Cardiorespiratory Care, ClinicalLaboratory Sciences, OT, PA Studies,PT, Radiologic Sci, Speech Pathology,& Audiology.

Clista Clanton Library Liaison -College of Medicine Family Practice,Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics.

Trey Lemley Library Liaison -College of Medicine Microbiology,Comparative Medicine, Pharmacology.

Jie Li Library Liaison - College ofMedicine Emergency Medicine,Surgery, Neurosurgery, OrthopaedicSurgery, Mitchell Cancer Institute.

Justin Robertson Library Liaison -College of Nursing.

Beverly Rossini Library Liaison -College of Medicine Pathology,Physiology and Psychiatry.

Geneva Staggs Library Liaison -College of Medicine Internal Medicine(Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroen-terology, Geriatrics, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases,Nephrology, Pulmonary Medicine,Rheumatology, Primary) and MedicalEducation.

Andrea Wright Library LiaisonCollege of Medicine Cell Biology &Neuroscience, Neurology, MedicalGenetics.

WN RADIOLOGY. DIAGNOSTICIMAGINGWN 203 N964 2009 [HIRC]Nuclear medicine imaging: a teaching file. M. RezaHabibian, et al., eds.

WO SURGERYWO 517 Z655 2003 [HIRC]I need an operation—now what? : A patient’s guide to asafe and successful outcome. Thomas R. Russell.

WO 500 R967 2008 [HIRC]Zollinger’s atlas of surgical operations. RobertM. Zollinger.

WP GYNECOLOGYWP 26.5 M489 2009 [CW]Medical informatics in obstetrics and gynecology.David Parry, Emma Parry, eds.

WS PEDIATRICSWS 105.5.C8 G369L 2009 [B]Language development. LouAnn Gerken.

WT GERIATRICS. CHRONICDISEASEWT 104 P578 2007 [HIRC]Physiologic Basis of aging and geriatrics. Paola S.Timiras, ed.

WT 500 B561 2006/2008 [B]Best practices in the behavioral management ofchronic disease. Jodie A. Trafton, William P.Gordon eds.

WT 500 G887a 2007 [HIRC]AfterShock: what to do when the doctor gives you,or someone you love, a devastating diagnosis. JessieGruman.

WV OPTHALMOLOGYWV 270 M536a 1997 [B]Audiology and auditory dysfunction. George T.Mencher.

WV 272 M987a 2007 [B]The auditory system: anatomy, physiology andclinical correlates. Frank E. Musiek.

WX HOSPITALS AND OTHERHEALTH FACILITIESWX 218 C582 2009 [B]

Civetta, Taylor, & Kirby’s critical care. Andrea

Gabrielli, A. Joseph Layon, Mihae Yu., eds.

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Top 10 Things to do fromthe library’s new webpresence atbiomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu.

2. Start your research from the librarywebsite

It may sound like more work, but if youstart your search from our website andclick on our link to PubMed, or evenGoogle Scholar, instead of just typing theURL from home, your searches willautomatically be linked to our collectionand you’ll have full access to all of thearticles we buy for you. Our website alsohas links to other great databases andresources with information that you’llnever find through Google because wepay for your access. We can even help yousubscribe to your favorite searches inmany of our databases, so that newresults for your favorites searches getemailed to you as they are published.

1. Ask A LibrarianLibrarians are available any time that oneof our libraries is open through chat,email, phone, text messaging, in person,or even through Facebook. All of theinformation you need to reach us isavailable on the website. We’re here toassist you in finding the information,tool, or resource that you need, and allyou have to do is ask. Click the Ask ALibrarian link on our homepage to findout all of the ways you can ask.

Text “send usabiolib”followed by your question to246246 (AIMAIM).

The easiest way to remem-ber is to add 246246 to thecontact list on your phonewith “send usabiolib” in thename field.

Some phones also allow youto create templates for textmessages, which would letyou save the beginning of themessage to pull up anytime.

PLEASE NOTE:Changes to Text a Librarian

Feature

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Users of Clinical Pharmacologyare now able to access journal abstractsand, where available, full journal articlesvia links to PubMed and MD Consultdatabases.

This new feature provides the abilityto refer to deeper referential content byclicking on the PubMed icon in thereference links located within theClinical Pharmacology monograph toaid in researching evidence-basedinformation. The Biomedical Librarylinks to our online journals fromPubMed citations if you accessPubMed from the library’s website.

Try the new Reference LinkingFeature in

- Jie Li

The new USABiomedical Library Facebook page is one place to getthe latest updates and tips from the Biomedical Library blog as well asexclusive medical news and research information shared by our very ownlibrarians. It also offers yet another opportunity to ask a librarian, or just letus know what you're thinking. You can get there anytime by visitingbiomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/facebook.

Feel free to stop by and take a look, become a fan, and say hello.

Library now has a presence. - Justin Robertson

Interlibrary Loan Articles: 10Articles/Month Without Charge

Beginning 2009 Fall Semester, each facultymember can request up to 10 interlibrary-loanarticles/month from the Biomedical Library (BL)free of charge. For additional articles that need tobe obtained in a given month by interlibrary loan,the BL will charge $5 per article. The average cost tothe BL of obtaining a document throughinterlibrary loan is $25, translating into a $250value to each faculty member per month andsignificant saving on additional articles. During thepast year, there were a total of 818 interlibrary loanrequests from faculty members in the Colleges ofMedicine, Nursing, and Allied Health combined.A fee of $5 per article will continue to be assessedby the BL to provide articles that are requested,but are part of its existing hard-copy or electroniccollection. The Biomedical Library AdvisoryCommittee recommended this change in policy.

- Dr. Jonathan Scammell, ChairBiomedical Library Advisory Committee

With the opening of the Health Infor-mation Resource Center in January, 2009,a consumer health information service hasbeen initiated with hospital patients in mind.

A touch screen kiosk has been set up withlinks to quality websites that can be used toanswer the questions of patients and theirfamilies. Ready access to information toguide their decisions about their own healthcare is crucial to their continued health.

A basic collection of 20 books has beenpurchased to support this service and thebooks are included in the “New Books”column on page 8 in this issue.

In SOUTHcat the location is “Health andWellness Collection.” They are shelvedadjacent to the kiosk and will be used in thelibrary.

The new Health Information Re-source Center, on the third floor of theUSA Medical Center Hospital, is also opento health care professionals and health carestudents and is provided to support theinformation needs of clinical practice andeducation.

Health and WellnessInformation Available at the

Health Information Resource Center- Geneva Staggs

Dynamed now includes over500 interactive clinicalcalculators, decision rules andstatistics to provide clinicians witheven more decision-making tools to use atthe point-of-care. Most calculatorsinclude information to help you interpretyour results, as well as references toliterature.

DynaMed,a clinical reference toolcreated by physicians for physicians foruse at the ‘point-of-care’ is the evidence-based reference shown to answer mostclinical questions during practice.DynaMed content from over 500 medicaljournals is updated daily. AccessDynamed from the Biomedical Library’swebsite http:biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/

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USA Biomedical Librarian Trey Lemley has been awarded theEBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant from EBSCO Subscrip-tion Services to defray his expenses to attend the Medical LibraryAssociation’s (MLA) 2009 meeting in Hawaii this May.

Interlibrary Loan Supervisor and USA Biomedical LibrarianBeverly Rossini was awarded the $1,000 Stars Atlas MentoringAward from Atlas Systems. This award is made to one librarypractitioner who is new to the field of interlibrary loan and will enableBeverly to attend the 2009 American Library Association (ALA)Summer Conference in Chicago where she will participate in continu-ing education and be mentored by another medical librarian.

The University of South Alabama Biomedical Library iscurrently hosting the National Library of Medicine’s travelingexhibit Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Natureuntil June 21, 2009 at the Gulf Coast Exploreum andpartnering with the The University of South AlabamaPhysicians’ Group Med School Café lecture series. The Mayseries featured USA researchers Drs. Glenn L. Wilson and MaryTownsley. Their lecture “How Every Patient Benefits fromMedical Research” featured specific examples of medical researchconducted at USA to illustrate how all patient care is improvedthrough scientific discovery. The series will continue in June, isfree and open to the public includes lunch and a tour of theFrankenstein exhibit. Call us for more infomration.

As part of the National Library Week, the University ofSouth Alabama Libraries sponsored a Kids & Teens BookDrive for USA Women's & Children's Hospital. More than900 new and gently-used books for kids and teens were donatedthen delivered to Volunteer Services to be given to the childrenand teenagers at the hospital to entertain, enrich, and promotelove of reading. Andrea Wright of the USA Biomedical Libraryorganized and promoted this project.

LibrariansJie Lie, Andrea Wright, Judy Burnham, JustinRobertson, Geneva Staggs, and Robert Britton and staffWynde Griffith, Donna Ladnier, Fletch Bowling, MarianLee, and Robbie Runderson from the Biomedical Library akathe Jagbrarians participated in the College of Medicine’s Chili/Gumbo Showdown on Saturday, February 28, 2009. A specialsecret recipe met with rave reviews.

- Sharrie Cranford

Keeping You Updated in CME

http://www.usa-cme.com/

The Biomedical Library is an extremelyvaluable resource to me as I prepareupdates on my lecture content andcollaborate on research projects and tomy students as they gather recentevidence-based resources for classassignments. When I don’t knowhow to find some information, thelibrarians always have greatsuggestions. I’m continually learningfrom the very friendly staff!

Dennis W. Fell, MD, PTChairman & AssociateProfessor Univ. of SouthAlabama, Physical Therapy

What our users say ...

News

For the past year we have been developing the new USA CME’s website.The emergence of the site is to ease the transition to the ACCME’sUpdated Criteria. The portal should be used for all activities relative toCME sponsored AMA PRA Category 1 credit and has been designed tocomply with all ACCME requirements. Currently, you can go to ourwebsite and obtain free CME credits on most any topic in medicine.Everyone is welcome.

USA CME emphasizes (without pharma support):• How can the physician enhance their performance or do differently

in the context and scope of their practice to provide the best patientcare and improve patient outcomes?

The ACCME also looks for linkages between the actions and behaviorsthat should be occurring in practice, and the confirmation for thoseactions.

• How does an educational activity address those actions?• How the educational activity will be evaluated for effectiveness in

helping participants reach the desired results.The application process will guide you through the requirements of the

Updated Criteria and help you think through your activity in terms ofthese changed requirements. It is also intended to help USA CMEmaintain its accreditation, and gain status as an exemplary provider of CME.

An additional feature is that it provides CME planners with moreinformation than ever about what the ACCME expects of every CME-certified activity. There are links to several wording samples for action andevidence statements, ACCME activity review pages, and journal articlesabout CME design and evaluation.

Everything is conveniently accessible from one place, the usa-cme.comwebsite.

If you are planning to develop a CME activity, first contact the CMEoffice to discuss your ideas and let us provide all needed documentationrequirements. We will help you figure out how your activity can movebeyond transmitting knowledge into one that can support change inparticipant’s actions as they turn knowledge into practice.

The Updated application has been live for about one month, and we arelistening to our users and making changes as needed. Our continued goalsare to improve patient outcomes by developing CME activities that meetthe Updated Criteria, display USA’s expertise and capabilities, and createinnovative approaches to continuing medical education and professionaldevelopment.

We welcome your feedback and look forward to working with you in thenew world of CME.

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SOUTHmed Update

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

USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Summer 2009

Confusion about copyright law continues to perplex information seekers. The CONTU Suggestion of Five (CCG) guidelinesstate: “During a calendar year (12 consecutive months) a library may receive up to five copies of articles from a particular periodicalpublished within five years prior to the request date. No more than six copies of articles/chapters/small portions may be madefrom a non-periodical (including a book) during the entire term of copyright of the work.”

For copying beyond the CONTU Guidelines, the library may need to obtain copyright permission directly from the copyrightholder or from a representative such as Copyright Clearance Center.

It would be prudent for SOUTHMed patrons to obtain a common understanding of the basic aspects of copyright law(CCL) and its application to your information use. You should begin with a direct analysis of the four fair use factors found in the US Code Title17 Chapter 1 § 107 to ascertain how a copy will be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research. A brief paraphrase can befound below:

“Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction incopies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting,teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determiningwhether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educationalpurposes;

(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.”

There are mechanisms in place for obtaining copyright permissions. We use them, but you may want to be aware of some of theresources made available from one of our resources - the Copyright Clearance Center. They have a short program (less than sevenminutes) called Copyright Basics which you can view or download for non-commercial use in your organization (terms and condi-tions apply) from http://66.151.191.157/. Why don’t you take a look?