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AccessAPP now available

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The new AccessAPP from McGraw Hill Medical allows you to quickly find relevant content from the following UT Southwestern subscribed Access databases: 

  • AccessMedicine 
  • AccessAnesthesiology 
  • AccessAPN 
  • AccessNeurology 
  • AccessObGyn 
  • AccessPharmacy 
  • AccessPhysiotherapy 

Content ranges from books and chapters to infographics/images/tables/figures to videos/podcasts and review questions. 

Complete the following steps to begin using the APP: 

  1. Access UT Southwestern’s Access Subscriptions here or from the Library’s website under Popular Links. 
  1. Click on Create a Free Profile. 
  1. Install the App for either iOS or Android. 
  1. After installing the App, you will be prompted to sign in with your Access profile credentials. 

Please note: Every 90 days, you will need to reauthenticate your APP access through the Library’s website or VPN; an in-app reminder will be delivered to you when you need to reconnect to the subscription. 

For more information, see the following links: 

Now Accepting Online Credit Card payments at the Library

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The UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library is now taking credit card payments online on the Library website. You can find a link to pay on various related pages of the Library website. The link will take you to the Converge website for payment. UT Southwestern partners with Converge for processing credit card payments safely and securely.

You can make payments 24/7 for invoices and fees related to the following services:

  • Archives Services
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Library Classroom Reservations
  • Print Services
  • Proctoring Services
  • Systematic Review Services

Payments will continue to be processed and posted to all related accounts during office hours (8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). We will continue to accept Visa and Mastercard. Please have your invoice number ready to enter with payment for ILL, Archives, Classroom, Systematic Reviews and Proctoring to allow us to post the payment appropriately.

Payments to add funds to print accounts will only be processed and added to the print services accounts Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.. We encourage patrons to add a minimum of $5 when adding funds to print accounts. This will provide you with more flexibility when printing in the future. The Jamex print services machine is still available 24/7 to add funds with cash when printing in the library space.

CardioSource Plus unavailable from May 10-21 due to system wide upgrade

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CardioSource Plus for institutions will be unavailable from Friday, May 10th until Tuesday, May 21st as the American College of Cardiology makes system wide upgrades to its digital infrastructure.  CardioSource Plus is expected to be back online no later than Tuesday, May 21.

Due to the ACC’s digital infrastructure improvements, all users visiting acc.org as of May 20, 2024 (and beyond) will need to change their password using the “Recover Password” function on the website. User names, if email addresses, will remain the same and not need to be changed. Usernames that are not email addresses will also need to be reset. ACC Member Care will be available to assist anyone with this as soon as the systems come back on line.

NLM Traveling Poster Exhibit: Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn!

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The field of graphic medicine is an emerging genre of medical literature combining the art of comics and personal illness narratives. The topic will be explored in the National Library of Medicine Travelling Poster Exhibit on display April 29–June 8 at the Library (E2.200) in the Florence Building. The banner exhibition and companion website, “Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn!,” was curated by artist, educator, and New York Times bestselling-author and artist Ellen Forney. 

Feeling creative? A coloring book with images taken from the rare Hebra’s Atlas of Skin Diseases will be available for download or pickup near the exhibit.

For more graphic medicine resources, visit the Library’s Medical Humanities Guide. 

From Cancer Vixen: A True Story, Marisa Acocella Marchetto, 2006
Courtesy Marisa Acocella Marchetto and Penguin Random House LLC

Post-Graduation Library Toolkit

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Congratulations on your approaching graduation from UT Southwestern Medical Center! As you start a new chapter in your professional career, most of you will have access to health sciences libraries and librarians. However, if you do not, then the Library has developed the Post-Graduation Library Toolkit with helpful links to libraries and resources. Popular resources include:

Questions? Reach out to your Regional Medical Library, which is part of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM). 

Try our Virtual Escape Room in honor of National Public Health Week

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Kick off National Public Health Week by having some fun playing the Library’s Public Health Week Virtual Escape Room, which is “set” in the old Parkland Memorial Hospital building. Can you escape before the hospital is demolished?

Begun in 1995 and organized by the American Public Health Association, National Public Health Week – which is always held during the first full week in April – provides an opportunity to spread awareness of the field by acknowledging the many ways lives are touched by public health. This year’s theme is “Protecting, Connecting, and Thriving: We Are All Public Health” and highlights the impact that each person – whether a health professional or not – can have on public health. For information about the daily themes, check out the National Public Health Week website.