Category Archives: Library Services

Library offers test proctoring services

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Did you know that the UT Southwestern Library offers test proctoring services for students, staff, and faculty upon request? Proctoring will be monitored by Library staff at the Bass Center Library Administration Offices (BL5.500) in the Paul M. Bass Administrative and Clinical Center, Tower 2. The cost is $10 per hour.

  • Payments can be made via cash or credit after receiving an invoice for the service.
  • Payment must be made before the proctoring service appointment. There are no refunds once payment is received.
  • Invoices must be paid in advance according to the standard length of the exam.
  • Cancellations will be accepted until 48 hours before the service appointment.

For scheduling or more information, call 214-648-2626 or email libADS@utsouthwestern.edu.

National Library of Medicine’s Loansome Doc services discontinued for non-affiliates

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On July 1, 2019, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) retired the Loansome Doc system. The system was closed due to a continued decrease in use that peaked in 2002.

UT Southwestern alumni and local healthcare professionals must register as “Unaffiliated” clients with the UTSW Library’s Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to request articles. For further information, please see First Time User Registration for Interlibrary Loan.

Registered users who previously used Loansome Doc from within PubMed to request articles from UT Southwestern Library can continue to do so in the future by directly using their UTSW ILLiAD account to request articles. Please refer to the following video tutorial for a step by step guidance: How To Order Articles from UTSW Library.

PubMed remains the key source for indexed, peer-reviewed literature. Copies of many articles are available for free, and others are available for purchase. (See “How to Get the Journal Article for more information.”)

In addition to PubMed, the following resources offer access to journal articles:

Please contact UTSW Interlibrary Loan unit with any questions at 214-648-2001 or LibILL@utsouthwestern.edu

Library highlights technologies, UT Southwestern offerings in new Campus 3D Printing primer

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Jane Scott, Digital Services and Technology Planning Library Manager, has created a Campus 3D Printing Resources primer to assist UT Southwestern learners, faculty, and staff with available 3D printing campus resources. The 10-page PDF provides an overview of current 3D printing technologies, describes 3D printing and copyright information, and highlights three departments that offer a variety of 3D printing services on campus.

For more information about the Library’s offerings, go to Library 3D Printing Resources.

UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center – 2019 and Beyond

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To meet the evolving information needs of the campus, over the past five to ten years, our Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center has changed extensively.  The Library expects to further evolve via its new 2019 – 2024 strategic plan.

We want to hear from you – that’s how we improve!  Please complete a short survey on or before January 31st.  It takes less than five minutes!

Your opinion matters – we read and evaluate every response.  Stay tuned – responses will be anonymized and summarized and posted on our website in the near future.

UT Southwestern launches ORCID@UTSW Registration site

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On January 15, 2019, UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center is officially launching ORCID@UTSW. ORCID (Open Research and Contributor ID) is a not-for-profit organization whose vision is to help researchers establish and maintain their scholarly identity and connect with each other. By creating persistent unique identifiers, ORCID minimizes name ambiguity. The ORCID iD is adopted widely by educational institutions, publishers, and funders and utilized in databases like Scopus. UT Southwestern Medical Center partners with ORCID as a “Trusted Organization” to connect our students and researchers to their scholarly work.

What is an ORCID iD?

The ORCID iD is a persistent unique identifier that follows individuals throughout their career, regardless of changes in name, occupation, or institution affiliation. Researchers can easily attach their ORCID iD to their scholarly works, such as articles, citations, grants, patents, and data sets. ORCID provides tools for individuals to manage data privacy; no information about a person is encoded in the ORCID iD.

Why get an ORCID iD?

Benefits of getting an ORCID iD:

  • Distinguish yourself from other researchers who share your name
  • Ensure you get credit for your scholarly work
  • Reduce the administrative burden of having to identify your work to multiple systems and organizations
  • Repurpose information for campus repositories

How do I register for an ORCID iD?

UT Southwestern has simplified registration through its ORCID@UTSW registration page. ORCID registration is quick and only requires an email and password! The current and future benefits to linking your ORCID account with UT Southwestern as a “Trusted Organization” are:

  • Streamline data exchange between you and UT Southwestern, i.e., affiliation and activity updates
  • Provide tracking capabilities for grants and accreditation
  • Further legitimize your ORCID record with source data attributed to UT Southwestern

ORCID understands your need to control how your information is shared and provides tools to manage the visibility of your data. You have full control over the information contained within your ORCID record. For each record, you can apply one of three visibility settings:

  • Everyone – Information is publicly available to everyone including UT Southwestern.
  • Trusted Parties – Information is not available to the general public, but access is provided to UT Southwestern and any other organization you designate in your ORCID record’s “Trusted Parties” area.
  • Only Me – Information is for personal use only and not publicly available to anyone.

Questions? Email orcid@utsouthwestern.edu or consult the Library’s ORCID Portal for more information, training videos and FAQs.

Coming in February — Key Class Series!

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Attend any or all of the “Key Classes” of our most frequently requested topics! Classes are free, hands-on, and open to all faculty, students, clinicians, and staff of UT Southwestern Medical Center and the University Hospitals. Don’t delay: register now in Taleo Learn, but be advised that seating is limited!

For more information on the “Key Classes” or other training/class topics, please email LibAsk@utsouthwestern.edu or call 214-648-2001.

Class Title: Introduction to Library Resources & Services
Location: South Campus Library Classroom (E2.310A)
Date: February 5, 2019
Time: 10 a.m. – Noon

Become familiar with the Library’s resources and services, range of electronic full-text options; learn how to verify incomplete journal citations; track citations for an article, follow an author, or retrieve Table of Contents for journal issues using PubMed® and other database “Alerts”.

Class Title: Expert Database Searching*
Location: South Campus Library Classroom (E2.310A)
Date: February 12, 2019
Time: 10 a.m. – Noon

Locate electronic full-text articles using the Library’s wide range of databases including Ovid MEDLINE®, Embase®, PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus. Learn how to utilize Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms and keywords to narrow your search to locate exactly what you’re looking for. Each database has its own unique way to search effectively and one method does not fit all.

Class Title: EndNote X8 Citation Management*
Location: South Campus Library Classroom (E2.310A)
Date: February 19, 2019
Time: 10 a.m. – Noon

How much time do you spend on your reference section? This key class will include:

  • Creating and organizing an EndNote library
  • Adding references to a library both manually and by using direct export or filters
  • Using the “Group” function to organize references
  • Inserting and editing citations in a Word document using EndNote’s Cite While You Write (CWYW) function
  • Formatting references in different reference or output styles

The Windows version will be used for this session.

Class Title: Evidence-Based Practice*
Location: South Campus Library Classroom (E2.310A)
Date: February 26, 2019
Time: 10 a.m. – Noon

Evidence-based practice is an approach to clinical practice that revolves around the use of the best available clinical evidence when making treatment decisions about individual patients. One of the biggest challenges of evidence-based practice is locating and identifying the best available clinical evidence, and determining which resources to use when gathering evidence. This class will introduce a number of systems developed for the identification of best evidence resources for clinical evaluation.

* UT Southwestern Hospitals is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association – Approver, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Each activity provides 2 contact hours of continuing nursing education.

 

New service changes coming to Interlibrary Loan service in mid-September

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Beginning in mid-September, a few changes are coming to the UT Southwestern Digital Library and Learning Center’s Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.

Delivery Service Changes

We are excited to offer an expanded free and convenient delivery service of books directly to all UT Southwestern-affiliated borrowers on campus. Additionally, the Bass Center ILL office (BL5.500) will be the only pick-up location available during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.).

Pick-Up Options

  • Delivery Service – This free and convenient service is available to affiliated clients on-campus.
  • In Person Pickup – The Bass Center ILL office is located at the Bass Center, 6363 Forest Park Rd (Tower #2), Room BL5.500, during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.). The South Campus Library will no longer be a designated pick-up location.

Drop-Off Options

  • South Campus Main Library Book Drop Slot (near E2.408, 24/7 badge access)
  • North Campus Branch Library (ND2.300, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
  • Bass Center ILL Office  (BL5.500, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

New Terms of Agreement

The Library has a new ILL Terms of Agreement. When logging into your ILLiad account to request materials, you will receive a one-time request to accept the new terms.

For any questions or help, please contact the ILL office during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) by email, on LiveChat, or by phone at 214-648-2002.

Interested to learn more about getting help with or using ILLiad? Go to the ILLiad FAQs.

Library website officially migrates to new interface on May 1st

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New Library website image of desktop and mobile versions.

The UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center is excited to announce the official launch of its new interface and enhancements. The new Library beta site is currently available for use and will be officially switched on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

The Library’s Digital Services and Technology Planning unit has been hard at work collaborating with the Library’s multiple units to enhance site content and functionality. We started with a statistical review of website content, requested user feedback, and updated accordingly. Additionally, the new website’s design is easier to navigate and use on handheld devices.

Watch the new promotional video highlighting the enhancements and new home page overview below, and then visit the new site and tell us what you think.

New changes to Library printing

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The Library Printing system has undergone some major changes highlighted below:

  • No more print cards!
    Library print cards will no longer be used going forward. Over the past three months, we have been slowly removing swipe card functionality from our print system.
  • New print release station 
    The new print release station is directly opposite the old swipe station. You can now release your print job with your UT Southwestern username and password. When UT Southwestern Information Resources disables someone’s UTSW account, the print account will also be disabled. (Note: The old release station will remain available for another few weeks for card holders to use up their balances and only reflect account cards issued in the last six months.)
  • Adding funds?
    You may add funds via the cash box to your print account that is now connected to the new print station. The process is the same as it was with the old station.
    Users can also call 214-648-2626 to add money to their account with a credit card.
  • Secure printing
    Users can now only see their own print jobs when they log into either the new release station or PrintCenter, which is the website used to release print jobs.
  • No more print job passwords!
    When you submit a print job, you will no longer be asked to provide a print job password along with the print job name. Your UT Southwestern username and password will now be used. Upon logging in, select the print job, and select the print button to release your job to the printer.
  • Need a print account?
    Currently, this is a manual process while our staff finalizes the automation process. If you require a new account, please send an email to Charles.Robinson@utsouthwestern.edu. Charles reviews all system transactions daily and adds anyone that has attempted to use the system but received an account error.

New D2L faculty resources: AcESO Curriculum Builder tutorial and April 3rd Turnitin: Feedback Studio faculty training

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Make Reading Lists in Your Courses Using a New AcESO Curriculum Builder Tool in D2L  

The Library is launching a new discovery tool which allows you to search all Library holdings using one search box. AcESO (Academic Enhanced Search Option) will search books, journals, available full-text articles, and UT Southwestern Archives digital images, as well as Institutional Repository content including theses, dissertations, contributed academic posters, Grand Rounds videos, and more!

Along with AcESO, we have purchased Curriculum Builder, which integrates AcESO with D2L Brightspace (D2L) and provides the ability to create reading lists in class sections that are linked directly to electronic content to which the Library subscribes.

To learn how to use the Curriculum Builder tool in D2L, view the Making a Reading List in D2L using UTSW Library’s AcESo Curriculum Builder Tool brief tutorial on the Library’s YouTube page.

Questions about AcESO or Curriculum Builder? Contact LibWebmaster@utsouthwestern.edu.

Turnitin: Feedback Studio (anti-plagiarism software) Faculty Training on April 3rd

As an instructor would you like to:

  • Know if your students are writing original papers?
  • Help your students write better papers by improving their style and grammar?
  • Show your students how their grade relates to competencies or assignment requirements?
  • Grade quickly using a set of reusable marking tools?
  • Have students provide peer feedback?

Turnitin enables you to do all these things. Turnitin works with your courses in D2L, and you can even use Turnitin without using D2L.

Are you ready to learn how to use it?  A trainer from Turnitin will lead a hands-on how-to webinar that covers how to configure a D2L assignment to utilize Turnitin.

You will also learn how to use the online Feedback Studio tool to:

  • See and evaluate possible plagiarism and writing style problems
  • Use the QuickMark tool to provide drag and drop feedback
  • Link feedback to competencies or assignment requirements
  • Create and use grading rubrics
  • Provide quick verbal or written feedback
  • Push the grade to the D2L gradebook

The training session will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Bring your laptop and join Dr. Yulia Piller, AIS Manager of Educational Technology, and Martha Buckbee, D2L Administrator, in NL03.120 or join from your office. You should be able to follow the steps in your sandbox course. Let Martha know by March 30, 2018, if you do not have a sandbox and would like one.