Conduit, the online vendor that is used to create the Library Toolbar, has decided to switch their search partner from Google to Bing. Therefore, the following changes have been implemented immediately to the Library Toolbar:

1. All “default” searches are routed to Bing instead of Google. However, users are able to continue searching the Library web site, Library catalog, and other Library sites by clicking on the down arrow by the “Go” button on the toolbar and selecting the appropriate site to search.
2. The quick links to search multiple resources have been removed from the search results page.

Please see the Library Toolbar FAQ for further information about the toolbar.

Practicing evidence-based medicine (EBM) means finding and evaluating the best current research and combining it with clinical expertise to make treatment decisions. An evidence-based literature search always begins with a clinical question. Each of the four main types of questions has a particular search strategy that will retrieve the best results. Watch the Library’s tutorials to see a demonstration of how to do a simple search in Ovid MEDLINE for each of the four main clinical question types:

• Therapy
• Diagnosis
• Prognosis
• Etiology/Harm

In addition to MEDLINE, nurses and allied health professionals may want to do evidence-based searches in CINAHL Plus with Full Text, which offers some special limiters to help them retrieve the best results. An EBM search in CINAHL Library tutorial is also available for these limiters.

UPDATE: All student positions are currently filled. Applications are always being accepted for future consideration.
Click here for Student Library Assistant application
Would you like to work in a part-time job on campus? If so, consider a job at the South Campus (main) Library’s Information Desk. Pay is $8.00 per hour, and on-the-job training is provided.
Duties include:

• Assisting clients who have questions or computer problems
• Registering new users
• Checking out and in books and study room keys

Available shifts range from three to six hours: (examples listed below)

• Weekdays:
  • 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
  • 7 p.m. – 12 midnight
  • 8 p.m. – 12 midnight
• Saturdays:
  • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
  • 4 – 10 p.m.
  • 7 – 10 p.m.
• Sundays:
  • 12 noon – 6 p.m.
  • 6 p.m. – 12 midnight
  • 9 p.m. – 12 midnight

Work-study applicants are preferred but not required. Work-study jobs are for students receiving financial aid. Since the Financial Aid Office determines eligibility, contact 214-648-3611 to verify eligibility before applying.
After you have verified eligibility, submit your application to Richard Wayne by email. For more information, please call Mr. Wayne at 214-648-4755.

One way to measure the impact of an article and its authors is to look at the number of times it has been cited. The Library subscribes to two multidisciplinary databases that track citations:

• Scopus, which indexes more than 17,000 journal titles (including all of MEDLINE). However, it only tracks citation information for articles back to 1996.
• Web of Science, which indexes more than 10,000 journal titles and tracks citations back to 1965.

Because the databases each cover different content, it is a good idea to check both and compare the results to find a more complete citation count.
Google Scholar also provides citation counts, but because it relies on a computer algorithm to find citations, its citation counts may contain duplicate or false citations. To get an accurate number from Google Scholar, you must verify every result by hand. This can be very time consuming, but Google Scholar may sometimes find citations that were not discovered by either Scopus or Web of Science.
For more information, please see the Who is Citing Your Articles? YouTube video tutorials or contact the Library.

Earlier in 2010, the Library invited you – our clients – to participate in the LibQUAL+ Library Survey, which asked you to provide your opinions on library service quality. The results of this survey were very informative.
Thank you all for participating in the survey. Your input will assist us in better meeting the needs of current and future Library users.
A brief summary of the results in PDF format is now available.

Has your email, phone, address, or UT Southwestern department changed in the last 12 months? If so, we need to know in order to continue providing you with quality service, such as the courtesy of overdue notices via email.
Update your contact information by using the Client Information Update form on the Library Web site.
If you have any concerns or questions, please contact the South Campus Library’s Information Desk in person, by phone at 214-648-2001, or by email at libInfoDesk@utsouthwestern.edu.

Need a book or “rush” journal article not owned by our Library? If so, place your request via Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) by Thursday, December 16.
Beginning Friday, December 17, the Library will not process any requests for books and “rush” journal articles from other libraries. Why? During the holiday season, most libraries from which we borrow resources do not lend materials.
The suspension of service will end on January 2, 2011. Processing of book and “rush” article requests will resume in full on Monday, January 3.
If you have any questions about this matter, please email the ILL Office or call 214.648.2002.

We are looking for UT Southwestern faculty, staff, and student volunteers willing to be interviewed for 15-30 minutes (at your office or lab, if preferred) on how you locate relevant online information in a timely manner. If you have a group of three or more, we can also do a focus group interview. Please contact Richard Wayne or your Library Liaison, if you have questions or are interested in volunteering for a short interview.
The information gathered in this findability survey will be essential to our future planning. It will be the basis of your library web site, related software investment, and development. The information will enable us to prioritize our precious human and financial resources to help you better. None of the information that we collect will be linked back to specific individuals.

Responding to student requests, the main Library has recently added comfy new lounge furniture near the entry. The upholstered chairs have ottomans and side tables for maximum comfort, as well as convenient electrical outlets and strong wi-fi signals for laptop and mobile studying and relaxation. The Lounge has views of the outdoors through the building’s lobby windows.

The UT Southwestern Medical Center Library is now accepting credit cards as payment for services. Some of these services include:

• Photocopies and interlibrary loans
• Overdue books and fees
• Classroom rental
• Binding
• Classes taught to unaffiliated clients
• Searches for unaffiliated clients
• Cost recovery reimbursements

Clients wishing to pay by credit card must visit or call the Library Accounting Office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Library Accounting Office is located on the Middle Floor of the Library (E3.314) and the phone number is 214-648-2626. Campus departments paying with University funds will continue to submit payments with an IDL.